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illation
(encz) | illation,dedukce n: Zdeněk Brož |
Illation
(gcide) | Illation \Il*la"tion\, n. [L. illatio, fr. illatus, used as p.
p. of inferre to carry or bring in, but from a different
root: cf. F. illation. See 1st In-, and Tolerate, and cf.
Infer.]
The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons;
perception of the connection between ideas; that which is
inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.
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Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a
false conception of things. --Sir T.
Browne.
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illation
(wn) | illation
n 1: the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a
logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence
and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct
observation [syn: inference, illation] |
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defibrillation
(encz) | defibrillation,defibrilace Zdeněk Brož |
destructive distillation
(encz) | destructive distillation, n: |
distillation
(encz) | distillation,destilace Milan Svoboda |
fibrillation
(encz) | fibrillation,fibrilace n: Zdeněk Brož |
fractional distillation
(encz) | fractional distillation,frakční destilace n: též "rektifikace" Janus |
illation
(encz) | illation,dedukce n: Zdeněk Brož |
instillation
(encz) | instillation,nakapání n: Zdeněk Brož |
oscillation
(encz) | oscillation,kmitání n: Zdeněk Brožoscillation,kolísání n: Zdeněk Brožoscillation,oscilace n: Zdeněk Brož |
oscillations
(encz) | oscillations,kmitání pl. Zdeněk Brožoscillations,oscilace pl. Zdeněk Brož |
redistillation
(encz) | redistillation,redestilace n: Zdeněk Brož |
scintillation
(encz) | scintillation,jiskření n: Zdeněk Brožscintillation,třpyt n: Zdeněk Brož |
scintillation counter
(encz) | scintillation counter, n: |
titillation
(encz) | titillation,vydráždění n: Zdeněk Brožtitillation,vzrušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
vacillation
(encz) | vacillation,váhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
ventricular fibrillation
(encz) | ventricular fibrillation, n: |
pilot induced oscillation
(czen) | Pilot Induced Oscillation,PIO[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
wide-band scintillation model
(czen) | Wide-Band Scintillation Model,WBMOD[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Axis of oscillation
(gcide) | Oscillation \Os`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.]
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1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and
forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
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2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
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His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme
points of the oscillation were not very remote.
--Macaulay.
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Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under
Axis, and Center.
[1913 Webster]Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. Axes. [L. axis axis, axle. See Axle.]
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,
on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line
passing through a body or system around which the parts are
symmetrically arranged.
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2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the
different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged;
as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone,
that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the
center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight
line passing through the center.
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3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal
support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the
central line of any body. --Gray.
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4. (Anat.)
(a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra
dentata}.
(b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is
prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first
vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process
or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head
to turn upon.
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5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in
describing the position of the planes by which a crystal
is bounded.
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6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any
design.
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Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the
strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.
Synclinal axis, a line from which the strata slope upward
in opposite directions, so as to form a valley.
Axis cylinder (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central
substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also axis band,
axial fiber, and cylinder axis.
Axis in peritrochio, the wheel and axle, one of the
mechanical powers.
Axis of a curve (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a
system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal
axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it
divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the
parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has
two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two
axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the {minor
axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the
transverse axis and the conjugate axis.
Axis of a lens, the straight line passing through its
center and perpendicular to its surfaces.
Axis of a microscope or Axis of a telescope, the straight
line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses
which compose it.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in a plane, two straight lines
intersecting each other, to which points are referred for
the purpose of determining their relative position: they
are either rectangular or oblique.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in space, the three straight lines
in which the co["o]rdinate planes intersect each other.
Axis of a balance, that line about which it turns.
Axis of oscillation, of a pendulum, a right line passing
through the center about which it vibrates, and
perpendicular to the plane of vibration.
Axis of polarization, the central line around which the
prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster.
Axis of revolution (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line
about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the
several points of the line or plane shall describe circles
with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes
perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of
revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution.
Axis of symmetry (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which
divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when
folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other
part.
Axis of the equator, ecliptic, horizon (or other circle
considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies),
the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the
plane of the circle. --Hutton.
Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing
perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the
volute.
Neutral axis (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the
horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression,
exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder.
Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of
transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All
crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial
or biaxial.
Optic axis, Visual axis (Opt.), the straight line passing
through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the
surface of the eye.
Radical axis of two circles (Geom.), the straight line
perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such
that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles
shall be equal to each other.
Spiral axis (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn
spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without.
Axis of abscissas and Axis of ordinates. See Abscissa.
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Cantillation
(gcide) | Cantillation \Can`til*la"tion\, n.
A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
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Capillation
(gcide) | Capillation \Cap`il*la"tion\, n. [L. capillatio the hair.]
A capillary blood vessel. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Cavillation
(gcide) | Cavillation \Cav`il*la"tion\ (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
cavillation, L. cavillatio.]
Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Center of oscillation
(gcide) | Oscillation \Os`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.]
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1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and
forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
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2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
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His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme
points of the oscillation were not very remote.
--Macaulay.
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Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under
Axis, and Center.
[1913 Webster]center \cen"ter\ (s[e^]n"t[~e]r), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum,
fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a
circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
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2. The middle or central portion of anything.
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3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
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4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
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6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
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7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
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Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
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Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See
Coordinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid.
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Destructive distillation
(gcide) | Destructive \De*struc"tive\, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F.
destructif.]
Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or
devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil;
mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as,
intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are
destructive to the morals of youth.
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Time's destructive power. --Wordsworth.
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Destructive distillation. See Distillation.
Destructive sorties(Logic), a process of reasoning which
involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent
propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last; a
species of reductio ad absurdum. --Whately.
Syn: Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant;
baleful; pernicious; mischievous.
[1913 Webster]Distillation \Dis`til*la"tion\ (d[i^]s`t[i^]l*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[F. distillation, L. destillatio.]
1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in
drops.
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2. That which falls in drops. [R.] --Johnson
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3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a
substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation
of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or
solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation
of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver,
alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization;
condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and
coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in
steam.
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Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds,
and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or
hail, is an illustration of natural distillation.
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4. The substance extracted by distilling. --Shak.
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Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation,
especially of complex solid substances, so that the
ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new
compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as,
the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood.
Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by
themselves, or without the addition of water or of other
volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid.
Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.
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Distillation
(gcide) | Distillation \Dis`til*la"tion\ (d[i^]s`t[i^]l*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[F. distillation, L. destillatio.]
1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in
drops.
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2. That which falls in drops. [R.] --Johnson
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3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a
substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation
of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or
solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation
of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver,
alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization;
condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and
coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in
steam.
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Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds,
and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or
hail, is an illustration of natural distillation.
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4. The substance extracted by distilling. --Shak.
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Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation,
especially of complex solid substances, so that the
ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new
compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as,
the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood.
Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by
themselves, or without the addition of water or of other
volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid.
Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.
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Dry distillation
(gcide) | Distillation \Dis`til*la"tion\ (d[i^]s`t[i^]l*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[F. distillation, L. destillatio.]
1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in
drops.
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2. That which falls in drops. [R.] --Johnson
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3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a
substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation
of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or
solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation
of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver,
alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization;
condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and
coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in
steam.
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Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds,
and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or
hail, is an illustration of natural distillation.
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4. The substance extracted by distilling. --Shak.
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Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation,
especially of complex solid substances, so that the
ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new
compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as,
the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood.
Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by
themselves, or without the addition of water or of other
volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid.
Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.
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Extillation
(gcide) | Extillation \Ex`til*la"tion\, n.
Distillation. [Obs.]
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An exudation or extillation of petrifying juices.
--Derham.
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Fibrillation
(gcide) | Fibrillation \Fi`bril*la"tion\, n.
The state of being reduced to fibers. --Carpenter.
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Floccillation
(gcide) | Floccillation \Floc`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. floccus a flock of
wool. Cf. Flock of wool.] (Med.)
A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to
pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom
in acute diseases. --Dunglison.
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Focillation
(gcide) | Focillation \Foc`il*la"tion\, n.
Comfort; support. [Obs.]
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Fractional distillation
(gcide) | Fractional \Frac"tion*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting
a fraction; as, fractional numbers.
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2. Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a
fractional part of the population.
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Fractional crystallization (Chem.), a process of gradual
and approximate purification and separation, by means of
repeated solution and crystallization therefrom.
Fractional currency, small coin, or paper notes, in
circulation, of less value than the monetary unit.
Fractional distillation (Chem.), a process of distillation
so conducted that a mixture of liquids, differing
considerably from each other in their boiling points, can
be separated into its constituents.
[1913 Webster]Distillation \Dis`til*la"tion\ (d[i^]s`t[i^]l*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[F. distillation, L. destillatio.]
1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in
drops.
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2. That which falls in drops. [R.] --Johnson
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3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a
substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation
of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or
solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation
of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver,
alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization;
condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and
coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in
steam.
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Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds,
and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or
hail, is an illustration of natural distillation.
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4. The substance extracted by distilling. --Shak.
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Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation,
especially of complex solid substances, so that the
ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new
compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as,
the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood.
Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by
themselves, or without the addition of water or of other
volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid.
Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.
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Instillation
(gcide) | Instillation \In`stil*la"tion\, n. [L. instillatio: cf. F.
instillation.]
The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.
--Johnson.
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Lapillation
(gcide) | Lapillation \Lap"il*la"tion\, n. [See Lapilli.]
The state of being, or the act of making, stony.
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Mouillation
(gcide) | Mouillation \Mouil*la"tion\, n. [See Mouill['e].] (Phon.)
The act of uttering the sound of a mouill['e] letter.
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Obsigillation
(gcide) | Obsigillation \Ob*sig`il*la"tion\, n. [L. ob (see Ob-) +
sigillum a seal.]
A sealing up. [Obs.] --Maunder.
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Oscillation
(gcide) | Oscillation \Os`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.]
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1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and
forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
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2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
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His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme
points of the oscillation were not very remote.
--Macaulay.
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Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under
Axis, and Center.
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pestillation
(gcide) | pestillation \pes`til*la"tion\, n. [LL. pestillum, L. pistillum.
See Pestle.]
The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.
--Sir T. Browne.
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Pistillation
(gcide) | Pistillation \Pis`til*la"tion\, n. [L. pistillum a pestle.]
The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Postillation
(gcide) | Postillation \Pos`til*la"tion\, n. [LL. postillatio.]
The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in
preaching.
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Refocillation
(gcide) | Refocillation \Re*foc`il*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
Restoration of strength by refreshment. [Obs.] --Middleton.
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Scintillation
(gcide) | Scintillation \Scin`til*la"tion\, n. [L. scintillatio: cf. F.
scintillation.]
1. The act of scintillating.
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2. A spark or flash emitted in scintillating.
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These scintillations are . . . the inflammable
effluences discharged from the bodies collided.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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Suggillation
(gcide) | Suggillation \Sug`gil*la"tion\, n. [L. suggillatio: cf. F.
suggillation.]
A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise.
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titillation
(gcide) | titillation \tit`il*la"tion\ (t[i^]t`[i^]l*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. titillatio: cf. F. titillation.]
1. The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a
tickling sensation. --A. Tucker.
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2. Any pleasurable sensation.
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Those titillations that reach no higher than the
senses. --Glanvill.
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Vacillation
(gcide) | Vacillation \Vac`il*la"tion\, n. [L. vacillatio: cf. F.
vacillation.]
1. The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a
wavering.
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His vacillations, always exhibited most pitiably in
emergencies. --Macaulay.
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2. Unsteadiness of purpose; changeableness.
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There is a vacillation, or an alternation of
knowledge and doubt. --Jer. Taylor.
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Vexillation
(gcide) | Vexillation \Vex`il*la"tion\, n. [L. vexillatio.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A company of troops under one vexillum.
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atrial fibrillation
(wn) | atrial fibrillation
n 1: fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart |
cantillation
(wn) | cantillation
n 1: liturgical chanting |
defibrillation
(wn) | defibrillation
n 1: treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles
(usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator) |
destructive distillation
(wn) | destructive distillation
n 1: heating a solid substance in a closed container and
collecting the volatile products |
distillation
(wn) | distillation
n 1: the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and
condensing its vapors [syn: distillation, distillment]
2: a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor
during distilling; the product of distilling [syn:
distillate, distillation] |
el nino southern oscillation
(wn) | El Nino southern oscillation
n 1: a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the
welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur;
kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns |
fibrillation
(wn) | fibrillation
n 1: muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers
acting without coordination
2: act or process of forming fibrils |
fractional distillation
(wn) | fractional distillation
n 1: fractionation of a liquid by distillation |
illation
(wn) | illation
n 1: the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a
logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence
and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct
observation [syn: inference, illation] |
instillation
(wn) | instillation
n 1: the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop
by drop [syn: instillation, instillment, instilment]
2: a liquid that is instilled drop by drop |
oscillation
(wn) | oscillation
n 1: the process of oscillating between states
2: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
[syn: oscillation, vibration]
3: a single complete execution of a periodically repeated
phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons" [syn:
cycle, oscillation] |
scintillation
(wn) | scintillation
n 1: (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor
when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
2: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn:
twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
3: a brilliant display of wit
4: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn:
glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle]
5: the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density
of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of
starlight |
scintillation counter
(wn) | scintillation counter
n 1: counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to
ionizing radiation |
titillation
(wn) | titillation
n 1: a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or
tickling)
2: an agreeable arousal
3: the act of tickling [syn: tickle, tickling,
titillation] |
vacillation
(wn) | vacillation
n 1: indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation,
vacillation, wavering]
2: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: swing,
swinging, vacillation] |
ventricular fibrillation
(wn) | ventricular fibrillation
n 1: fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference
with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly
leading to cardiac arrest |
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