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A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar. Dime novel, a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents.

easure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom. Gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions. W. Irving. Space of dimension, extension that has length but no breadth or thickness; a straight or curved lin…

Pertaining to dimension.

Having dimensions. [R.]

Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent. Milton.

Dimension. [R.] Howell.

Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits. Who can draw the soul's dimensive lines Sir J. Davies.

A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi.

One of the Dimera.

Composed of, or having, two parts of each kind.

Having two poetical measures or meters. -- n.

Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See Ethane.

Same as Tetragonal. Dana.

An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Ure.

The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. -- Ac`id*i*met"ric*al, a.

g substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning. As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment. Bacon.

The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.

resentation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.

An expedient. [Obs.] A like expediment to remove discontent. Barrow.

Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action. [Obs.] Changing hardiment with great Glendower. Shak.