Chapter 61

Anadiplosis <Xpage=52>

An`a*di*plo"sis (#) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ to double, <?/, <?/, twofold, double.] (Rhet.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent ."

Anadrom <Xpage=52>

An"a*drom (#) , n. [Cf. F. anadrome .] (Zo\'94l.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

Anadromous <Xpage=52>

A*nad"ro*mous (#) , a. [Gr. <?/ running upward; <?/ + <?/ a running, <?/ to run.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.

D. C. Eaton.

An\'91mia <Xpage=52>

A*n\'91"mi*a (#) , a. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ blood.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

An\'91mic <Xpage=52>

A*n\'91m"ic (#) , a. Of or pertaining to an\'91mia.

Ana\'89robic <Xpage=52>

An*a`\'89*rob"ic (#) , a. (Biol.) Relating to, or like, ana\'89robies; ara\'89robiotic.

Ana\'89robies <Xpage=52>

An*a"\'89r*o*bies (#) , n. pl. [Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/, <?/, air + <?/ life.] (Biol.) Micro\'94rganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. <-- anaerobe, anaerobes -->

Sternberg.

Ana\'89robiotic <Xpage=52>

An*a`\'89r*o*bi*ot"ic (#) , a. (Anat.) Related to, or of the nature of, ana\'89robies.

An\'91sthesia <Xpage=52>

An`\'91s*the"si*a (#) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ feeling, <?/ to feel: cf. F. anesth\'82sie . See \'92sthetics .] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an an\'91sthetic.

An\'91sthesis <Xpage=52>

An`\'91s*the"sis (#) , n. See An\'91sthesia .

An\'91sthetic <Xpage=52>

An`\'91s*thet"ic (#) , a. (Med.) (a) Capable of rendering insensible; as, an\'91sthetic agents . (b) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an an\'91sthetic effect or operation .

An\'91sthetic <Xpage=52>

An`\'91s*thet"ic , n. (Med.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.

An\'91sthetization <Xpage=52>

An*\'91s`the*ti*za"tion (#) , n. The process of an\'91sthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by an\'91sthetics.

An\'91sthetize <Xpage=52>

An*\'91s"the*tize (#) , v. t. (Med.) To render insensible by an an\'91sthetic.

Encyc. Brit.

Anaglyph <Xpage=52>

An"a*glyph (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ wrought in low relief, <?/ embossed work; <?/ + <?/ to engrave.] Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

Anaglyphic, Anaglyphical <Xpage=52>

An`a*glyph"ic (#) , An`a*glyph"ic*al (#) , a. Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

Anaglyphic <Xpage=52>

An`a*glyph"ic , n. Work chased or embossed relief.

Anaglyptic <Xpage=52>

An`a*glyp"tic (#) , a. [L. anaglypticus , Gr. <?/, <?/. See Anaglyph .] Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

Anaglyptics <Xpage=52>

An`a*glyp"tics (#) , n. The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

Anaglyptograph <Xpage=52>

An`a*glyp"to*graph (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ + -graph .] An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed.

Brande & C.

Anaglyptographic <Xpage=52>

An`a*glyp`to*graph"ic (#) , a. Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, analyptographic engraving .

Anaglyptography <Xpage=52>

An`a*glyp*tog"ra*phy (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ embossed + -graphy .] The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

Anagnorisis <Xpage=52>

An`ag*nor"i*sis (#) , n. [Latinized fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ to recognize.] The unfolding or d\'82nouement. [R.]

De Quincey.

Anagoge <Xpage=52>

An`a*go"ge (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ a leading up; <?/ + <?/ a leading, <?/ to lead.] 1. An elevation of mind to things celestial.

2. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

Anagogic, Anagogical <Xpage=52>

An`a*gog"ic (#) , An`a*gog"ic*al (#) , a. Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. -- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly , adv.

Anagogics <Xpage=52>

An`a*gog"ics (#) , n. pl. Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures.

L. Addison.

Anagogy <Xpage=52>

An"a*go`gy (#) , n. Same as Anagoge .

Anagram <Xpage=52>

An"a*gram (#) , n. [F. anagramme , LL. anagramma , fr. Gr. <?/ back, again + <?/ to write. See Graphic .] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus ; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law .

Anagram <Xpage=52>

An"a*gram , v. t. To anagrammatize.

Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton.

Anagrammatic, Anagrammatical <Xpage=52>

An`a*gram*mat"ic (#) , An`a*gram*mat"ic*al (#) , a. [Cf. F. anagramtique .] Pertaining to, containing, or making, anagram. -- An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly , adv.

Anagrammatism <Xpage=52>

An`a*gram"ma*tism (#) , n. [Gr. <?/: cf. F. anagrammatisme .] The act or practice of making anagrams.

Camden.

Anagrammatist <Xpage=52>

An`a*gram"ma*tist , n. [Cf. F. anagrammatiste .] A maker anagrams.

Anagrammatize <Xpage=52>

An`a*gram"ma*tize (#) , v. t. [Gr. <?/ cf. F. anagrammatiser .] To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram.

Cudworth.

Anagraph <Xpage=52>

An"a*graph (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ a writing out, fr. <?/ to write out, to record; <?/ + <?/ to write.] An inventory; a record. [Obs.]

Knowles.

Anakim, Anaks <Xpage=52>

An"a*kim (#) , A"naks (#) , n. pl. [Heb.] (Bibl.) A race of giants living in Palestine.

Anal <Xpage=52>

A"nal (#) , a. [From Anus .] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands .

Analcime <Xpage=52>

A*nal"cime (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ strong, <?/ strength: cf. F. analcime .] (Min.) A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.

Analcite <Xpage=52>

A*nal"cite (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ weak.] Analcime.

Analectic <Xpage=52>

An`a*lec"tic (#) , a. Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine .

Analects, Analecta <Xpage=52>

An"a*lects (#) , An`a*lec"ta (#) , n. pl. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to collect; <?/ + <?/ to gather.] A collection of literary fragments.

Analemma <Xpage=52>

An`a*lem"ma (#) , n. [L. analemma a sun dial on a pedestal, showing the latitude and meridian of a place, Gr. <?/ a support, or thing supported, a sun dial, fr. <?/ to take up; <?/ + <?/ to take.] 1. (Chem.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.

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2. An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems.

3. A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.

Analepsis, Analepsy <Xpage=53>

An"a*lep"sis (#) , An"a*lep"sy (#) , [Gr. <?/ a taking up, or again, recovery, from <?/. See Analemma .] (Med.) (a) Recovery of strength after sickness. (b) A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

Analeptic <Xpage=53>

An"a*lep"tic (#) , a. [Gr. <?/ restorative: cf. F. analeptique . See Analepsis .] (Med.) Restorative; giving strength after disease. -- n. A restorative.

Analgesia <Xpage=53>

An`al*ge"si*a (#) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ sense of pain.] (Med.) Absence of sensibility to pain.

Quain.

Anallagmatic <Xpage=53>

An`al*lag*mat"ic (#) , a. [Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a change.] (Math.) Not changed in form by inversion.

Anallagmatic curves , a class of curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relations to circles; -- sometimes called bicircular quartics . -- Anallagmatic surfaces , a certain class of surfaces of the fourth degree.

Anallantoic <Xpage=53>

An`al*lan*to"ic (#) , a. (Anat.) Without, or not developing, an allantois.

Anallantoidea <Xpage=53>

An`al*lan*toid"e*a (#) , n. pl. [Gr. <?/ priv. + E. allantoidea .] (Zo\'94l.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

Analogal <Xpage=53>

A*nal"o*gal (#) , a. Analogous. [Obs.]

Donne.

Analogic <Xpage=53>

An`a*log"ic (#) , a. [See Analogous .] Of or belonging to analogy.

Geo. Eliot.

Analogical <Xpage=53>

An`a*log"ic*al (#) , a. 1. Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.

When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical . J. S. Mill.

2. Having analogy; analogous.

Sir M. Hale.

Analogically <Xpage=53>

An`a*log"ic*al*ly , adv. In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.

A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as a pilot is to the vessel. Berkeley.

Analogicalness <Xpage=53>

An`a*log"ic*al*ness , n. Quality of being analogical.

Analogism <Xpage=53>

A*nal"o*gism (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ course of reasoning, fr. <?/ to think over, to calculate] 1. Logic an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.

Johnson.

2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.

Crabb.

Analogist <Xpage=53>

A*nal"o*gist (#) , n. One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.

Cheyne.

Analogize <Xpage=53>

A*nal"o*gize , v. i. To employ, or reason by, analogy.

Analogon <Xpage=53>

A*nal"o*gon (#) , n. [Gr. <?/.] Analogue.

Analogous <Xpage=53>

A*nal"o*gous (#) , a. [L. analogous , Gr. <?/ according to a due ratio, proportionate; <?/ + <?/ ratio, proportion. See Logic .] Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to .

Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey.

Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman.

nalogous pole (Pyroelect.) , that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated.

Syn. -- Correspondent; similar; like.

-- A*nal"o gous*ly , adv. -- A*nal"o*gous*ness , n.

Analogue <Xpage=53>

An"a*logue (?; 115) , n. [F. <?/, fr. Gr. <?/.] 1. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.

The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many. I. Taylor.

2. (Philol.) A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father ."

3. (Nat. Hist.) (a) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations . (b) A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group. (c) A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species , and such genera, representative genera .

Dana.

Analogy <Xpage=53>

A*nal"o*gy (#) , n. ; pl. Analogies (#) . [L. analogia , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/: cf. F. analogie . See Analogous .] 1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

Followed by between , to , or with ; as, there is an analogy between these objects, or one thing has an analogy to or with another.

&hand; Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a similarity of relations , and in this consists the difference between the argument from example and that from analogy . In the former, we argue from the mere similarity of two things; in the latter, from the similarity of their relations .

Karslake.

2. (Biol.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.

3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios.

4. (Gram.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to an/xex>.

Johnson.

Analyse, v., Analyser <Xpage=53>

An"a*lyse (#) , v. , An"a*ly`ser (#) , n. , etc. Same as Analyze , Analyzer , etc.

Analysis <Xpage=53>

A*nal"y*sis (#) , n. ; pl. Analyses (#) . [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; <?/ up + <?/ to loose. See Loose .] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis .

2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative , and the latter quantitative analysis .

3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.

5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis .

6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.

Ultimate , Proximate , Qualitative , Quantitative , and Volumetric analysis . (Chem.) See under Ultimate , Proximate , Qualitative , etc.

Analyst <Xpage=53>

An"a*lyst (#) , n. [F. analyste . See Analysis .] One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

Analytic, Analytical <Xpage=53>

An`a*lyt"ic (#) , An`a*lyt"ic*al (#) , a. [Gr. <?/: cf. F. analytique . See Analysis .] Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning ; -- opposed to synthetic .

Analytical or co\'94rdinate geometry . See under Geometry . -- Analytic language , a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings. -- Analytical table (Nat. Hist.) , a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.

Analytically <Xpage=53>

An`a*lyt"ic*al*ly , adv. In an analytical manner.

Analytics <Xpage=53>

An`a*lyt"ics (#) , n. The science of analysis.

Analyzable <Xpage=53>

An"a*ly`za*ble (#) , a. That may be analyzed.

Analyzation <Xpage=53>

An`a*ly*za"tion (#) , n. The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.

Analyze <Xpage=53>

An"a*lyze (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Analyzed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Analyzing .] [Cf. F. analyser . See Analysis .] To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin.

Analyzer <Xpage=53>

An"a*ly`zer (#) , n. 1. One who, or that which, analyzes.

2. (Opt.) The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.

Anamese <Xpage=53>

An`a*mese" (#) , a. Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. -- n. A native of Anam.

Anamnesis <Xpage=53>

An`am*ne"sis (#) , n. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to remind, recall to memory; <?/ + <?/ to put in mind.] (Rhet.) A recalling to mind; recollection.

Anamnestic <Xpage=53>

An`am*nes"tic (#) , a. [Gr. <?/.] Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies .

Anamniotic <Xpage=53>

An*am`ni*ot"ic (#) , a. (Anat.) Without, or not developing, an amnion.