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not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall. -- In*tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- In*tan"gi*bly, adv.

e. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne.

consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar.

The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.

To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.

ffected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.

is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo. [Written also, less properly, isatine.]

A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; -- called also cresorcin.

An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.

An artificial nitrogenous base, isomeric with urea, and forming a white crystalline substance; -- called also isuretine.

Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. "A barbarous jargon." Macaulay. "All jargon of the schools." Prior. The jargon which serves the traffickers. Johnson.

freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more artificial in mode of narration. S. Davidson.

(Coccus ilicis) feeds. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). Kermes mineral. (a) (Old Chem.) An artificial amorphous trisulphide of antimony; -- so called on account of its red color. (b) (Med. Chem.) A compound of the trioxide and trisulphide of antimony, used in medicine. This substance occurs in nature as the mineral kerm…

used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.

Light from a lamp. This world's artificial lamplights. Owen Meredith.

An artificial oyster bed.

An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill. C. Kingsley.

Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.

ich the classes are founded mainly upon the stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.

ving long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.