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pseudo
(mass) | pseudo
- falošný |
Pseudo-
(gcide) | Pseudo- \Pseu"do-\ [Gr. pseydh`s lying, false, akin to psey`dein
to belie; cf. psydro`s lying, psy`qos a lie.]
A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit,
pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle;
pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy,
pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used
adjectively.
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pseudo
(mass) | pseudo
- falošný |
pseudotransparency
(mass) | pseudo-transparency
- pseudo-priesvitný |
pseudo-priesvitný
(msas) | pseudo-priesvitný
- pseudo-transparency |
pseudo-priesvitny
(msasasci) | pseudo-priesvitny
- pseudo-transparency |
Acer Pseudo-platanus
(gcide) | Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol;
akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G.
massholder.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species.
Acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple,
from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in
great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or {swamp
maple} is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, {Acer
dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the {striped
maple}, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The
common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the {sycamore
maple} is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is
Acer platanoides.
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Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of
the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
Maple honey, Maple molasses, Maple syrup, or {Maple
sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.
[1913 Webster]Sycamore \Syc"a*more\, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry;
? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin:
cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] (Bot.)
(a) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common
fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore,
or sycamine, of Scripture.
(b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
(c) A large European species of maple ({Acer
Pseudo-Platanus}). [Written sometimes sycomore.]
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Acer Pseudo-Platanus
(gcide) | Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol;
akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G.
massholder.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species.
Acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple,
from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in
great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or {swamp
maple} is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, {Acer
dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the {striped
maple}, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The
common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the {sycamore
maple} is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is
Acer platanoides.
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Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of
the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
Maple honey, Maple molasses, Maple syrup, or {Maple
sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.
[1913 Webster]Sycamore \Syc"a*more\, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry;
? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin:
cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] (Bot.)
(a) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common
fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore,
or sycamine, of Scripture.
(b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
(c) A large European species of maple ({Acer
Pseudo-Platanus}). [Written sometimes sycomore.]
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Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus
(gcide) | Daffodil \Daf"fo*dil\ (d[a^]f"f[-o]*d[i^]l), n. [OE. affodylle,
prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or
OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphod[`e]le), L. asphodelus,
fr. Gr. 'asfo`delos. The initial d in English is not
satisfactorily explained. See Asphodel.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Asphodelus.
(b) A plant of the genus Narcissus ({Narcissus
Pseudo-narcissus}). It has a bulbous root and beautiful
flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also
daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly,
daffydowndilly, etc.
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With damask roses and daffadillies set. --Spenser.
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Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies,
And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies.
--Spenser.
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A college gown
That clad her like an April daffodilly. --Tennyson
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And chance-sown daffodil. --Whittier.
[1913 Webster]Easter lily \Eas"ter lil`y\ (Bot.)
Any one of various lilies or lilylike flowers which bloom
about Easter; specif.:
(a) The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also
Annunciation lily.
(b) The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn.
L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily.
(c) The daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus).
(d) The Atamasco lily.
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Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus
(gcide) | Daffodil \Daf"fo*dil\ (d[a^]f"f[-o]*d[i^]l), n. [OE. affodylle,
prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or
OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphod[`e]le), L. asphodelus,
fr. Gr. 'asfo`delos. The initial d in English is not
satisfactorily explained. See Asphodel.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Asphodelus.
(b) A plant of the genus Narcissus ({Narcissus
Pseudo-narcissus}). It has a bulbous root and beautiful
flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also
daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly,
daffydowndilly, etc.
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With damask roses and daffadillies set. --Spenser.
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Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies,
And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies.
--Spenser.
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A college gown
That clad her like an April daffodilly. --Tennyson
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And chance-sown daffodil. --Whittier.
[1913 Webster]Easter lily \Eas"ter lil`y\ (Bot.)
Any one of various lilies or lilylike flowers which bloom
about Easter; specif.:
(a) The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also
Annunciation lily.
(b) The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn.
L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily.
(c) The daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus).
(d) The Atamasco lily.
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pseudo first order
(gcide) | First-order \First`-or"der\, a.
decaying at an exponential rate; -- a mathematical concept
applied to various types of decay, such as radioactivity and
chemical reactions.
Note: In first order decay, the amount of material decaying
in a given period of time is directly proportional to
the amount of material remaining. This may be expressed
by the differential equation: dA/dt = -kt where dA/dt
is the rate per unit time at which the quantity (or
concentration) of material (expressed as A) is
increasing, t is the time, and k is a constant. The
minus sign in front of the "kt" assures that the amount
of material remaining will be decreasing as time
progresses. A solution of the differential equation to
give the quantity A shows that: A = e^-kt where e is
the base for natural logarithms. Thus this type of
decay is called exponential decay. In certain chemical
reactions that are in fact second-order, involving two
reactants, the conditions may be chosen in some cases
so that one reactant is vastly in excess of the other,
and its concentration changes very little in the course
of the reaction, so that the reaction rate will be
approximately first order in the more dilute reactant;
such reactions are called pseudo first order.
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Pseudobacteria
(gcide) | Pseudobacteria \Pseu`do*bac*te"ri*a\, n. pl. [Pseudo- +
bacteria.] (Biol.)
Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered
inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping
resemble bacteria.
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Note: The globules which divide and develop in form of chains
are organized beings; when this does not occur, we are
dealing with pseudobacteria. --Sternberg.
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Pseudoblepsis
(gcide) | Pseudoblepsis \Pseu`do*blep"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s
false + ble`psis sight.] (Med.)
False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects.
--Forsyth.
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Pseudobranch
(gcide) | Pseudobranch \Pseu"do*branch\, n. (Anat.)
Same as Pseudobranchia.
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Pseudobranchia
(gcide) | Pseudobranchia \Pseu`do*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl.
Pseudobranchi[ae]. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Branchia.]
(Anat.)
A rudimentary branchia, or gill. -- Pseu`do*bran"chi*al, a.
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Pseudobranchiae
(gcide) | Pseudobranchia \Pseu`do*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl.
Pseudobranchi[ae]. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Branchia.]
(Anat.)
A rudimentary branchia, or gill. -- Pseu`do*bran"chi*al, a.
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Pseudobranchial
(gcide) | Pseudobranchia \Pseu`do*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl.
Pseudobranchi[ae]. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Branchia.]
(Anat.)
A rudimentary branchia, or gill. -- Pseu`do*bran"chi*al, a.
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Pseudo-bulb
(gcide) | Pseudo-bulb \Pseu"do-bulb`\, n. [Pseudo- + bulb.] (Bot.)
An a["e]rial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic
orchidaceous plants.
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Pseudocarp
(gcide) | Pseudocarp \Pseu"do*carp\, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived
from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.
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Pseudo-china
(gcide) | Pseudo-china \Pseu`do-chi"na\, n. [Pseudo- + china.] (Bot.)
The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax ({Smilax
Pseudo-china}), found in America.
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Pseudocoele
(gcide) | Pseudocoele \Pseu"do*c[oe]le\, n.
Same as Pseudoc[oe]lia.
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Pseudocoelia
(gcide) | Pseudocoelia \Pseu`do*c[oe]"li*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s
false + ? hollow.] (Anat.)
The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle.
--B. G. Wilder.
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Pseudo-cone
(gcide) | Pseudo-cone \Pseu"do-cone`\, n. [Pseudo- + cone.] (Zool.)
One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes
of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones
of others.
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Pseudo-cumene
(gcide) | Pseudo-cumene \Pseu`do-cu"mene\, n. [Pseudo- + cumene.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with
mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a
colorless liquid.
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Pseudo-dipteral
(gcide) | Pseudo-dipteral \Pseu`do-dip"ter*al\, a. [Pseudo- + dipteral:
cf. F. pseudodipt[`e]re.] (Arch.)
Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner
range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the
space between the cella wall and the columns is very great,
being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A
pseudo-dipteral temple.
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Pseudodox
(gcide) | Pseudodox \Pseu"do*dox\, a. [Gr. pseydo`doxos; pseydh`s false +
do`xa an opinion.]
Not true in opinion or doctrine; false. -- n. A false opinion
or doctrine. "To maintain the atheistical pseudodox which
judgeth evil good, and darkness light." --T. Adams.
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Pseudofilari
(gcide) | Pseudofilaria \Pseu`do*fi*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. Pseudofilari?.
[NL. See Pseudo-, and Filaria.] (Zool.)
One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of
the embryo during the development of certain Gregarin[ae].
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Pseudofilaria
(gcide) | Pseudofilaria \Pseu`do*fi*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. Pseudofilari?.
[NL. See Pseudo-, and Filaria.] (Zool.)
One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of
the embryo during the development of certain Gregarin[ae].
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Pseudo-galena
(gcide) | Pseudo-galena \Pseu`do-ga*le"na\, n. [Pseudo- + galena.] (Min.)
False galena, or blende. See Blende
(a) .
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Pseudograph
(gcide) | Pseudograph \Pseu"do*graph\, n. [See Pseudography.]
A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
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Pseudography
(gcide) | Pseudography \Pseu*dog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false + ? to
write.]
False writing; forgery.
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Pseudohalter
(gcide) | Pseudohalter \Pseu`do*hal"ter\, n.; pl. Pseudohalteres. [NL.
See Pseudo-, and Halteres.] (Zool.)
One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects
(Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind
wings, of Diptera.
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Pseudohalteres
(gcide) | Pseudohalter \Pseu`do*hal"ter\, n.; pl. Pseudohalteres. [NL.
See Pseudo-, and Halteres.] (Zool.)
One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects
(Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind
wings, of Diptera.
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Pseudo-heart
(gcide) | Pseudo-heart \Pseu"do-heart`\, n. [Pseudo- + heart.] (Zool.)
Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the
nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to
the excretory system.
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Pseudo-hyperthophic
(gcide) | Pseudo-hyperthophic \Pseu`do-hy`per*thoph"ic\, a. [Pseudo- +
hypertrophic.] (Med.)
Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a
variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently
enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.
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pseudo-igniarius
(gcide) | Boletic \Bo*let"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus.
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Boletic acid, an acid obtained from the {Boletus
fomentarius}, variety pseudo-igniarius. Same as {Fumaric
acid}.
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Pseudologist
(gcide) | Pseudologist \Pseu*dol"o*gist\, n. [Gr. ?.]
One who utters falsehoods; a liar.
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Pseudology
(gcide) | Pseudology \Pseu*dol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false + ?
speech: cf. F. pseudologie.]
Falsehood of speech. --Arbuthnot.
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Pseudo-metallic
(gcide) | Pseudo-metallic \Pseu`do-me*tal"lic\, a. [Pseudo- + metallic.]
Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster,
as in minerals.
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Pseudo-monocotyledonous
(gcide) | Pseudo-monocotyledonous \Pseu`do-mon`o*cot`y*led"on*ous\, a.
[Pseudo- + monocotyledonous.] (Bot.)
Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the
horse-chestnut.
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Pseudomorph
(gcide) | Pseudomorph \Pseu"do*morph\, n. [See Pseudomorphous.]
1. An irregular or deceptive form.
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2. (Crystallog.) A pseudomorphous crystal, such as a
crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of
fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to
quartz by a process of substitution.
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Pseudomorphism
(gcide) | Pseudomorphism \Pseu`do*mor"phism\, n. (Crystallog.)
The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline
form unlike that which belongs to the species.
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Pseudomorphous
(gcide) | Pseudomorphous \Pseu`do*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false +
morfh` form: cf. F. pseudomorphe.]
Not having the true form.
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Pseudomorphous crystal, a crystal which has a form that
does not result from its own powers of crystallization.
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Pseudomorphous crystal
(gcide) | Pseudomorphous \Pseu`do*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false +
morfh` form: cf. F. pseudomorphe.]
Not having the true form.
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Pseudomorphous crystal, a crystal which has a form that
does not result from its own powers of crystallization.
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Pseudonavicella
(gcide) | Pseudonavicella \Pseu`do*nav`i*cel"la\, n.; pl.
Pseudonavicull[ae]. [NL.] (Zool.)
Same as Pseudonavicula.
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Pseudonavicula
(gcide) | Pseudonavicula \Pseu`do*na*vic"u*la\, n.; pl.
Pseudonavicul[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + NL.
navicula, a genus of diatoms. See Navicular.] (Zool.)
One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarin[ae] and
some other Protozoa.
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Pseudonaviculae
(gcide) | Pseudonavicula \Pseu`do*na*vic"u*la\, n.; pl.
Pseudonavicul[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + NL.
navicula, a genus of diatoms. See Navicular.] (Zool.)
One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarin[ae] and
some other Protozoa.
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Pseudonavicullae
(gcide) | Pseudonavicella \Pseu`do*nav`i*cel"la\, n.; pl.
Pseudonavicull[ae]. [NL.] (Zool.)
Same as Pseudonavicula.
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Pseudoneuroptera
(gcide) | Pseudoneuroptera \Pseu`do*neu*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See
Pseudo-, and Neuroptera.] (Zool.)
division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the
Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the
dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some Zoologists
they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the
Neuroptera.
[1913 Webster]Book \Book\ (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to
Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k,
Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch;
and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient
Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of
beechen board. Cf. Beech.]
1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material,
blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many
folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or
writing.
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Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed,
the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a
volume of some size, from a pamphlet.
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Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book
is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound
together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music
or a diagram of patterns. --Abbott.
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2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
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A good book is the precious life blood of a master
spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a
life beyond life. --Milton.
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3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as,
the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
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4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are
kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and
expenditures, etc.; -- often used in the plural; as, they
got a subpoena to examine our books.
Syn: ledger, leger, account book, book of account. [1913
Webster + WordNet 1.5]
5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of bridge or
whist, being the minimum number of tricks that must be
taken before any additional tricks are counted as part of
the score for that hand; in certain other games, two or
more corresponding cards, forming a set.
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6. (Drama) a written version of a play or other dramatic
composition; -- used in preparing for a performance.
Syn: script, playscript.
[WordNet 1.5]
7. a set of paper objects (tickets, stamps, matches, checks
etc.) bound together by one edge, like a book; as, he
bought a book of stamps.
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8. a book or list, actual or hypothetical, containing records
of the best performances in some endeavor; a recordbook;
-- used in the phrase
one for the book or
one for the books.
Syn: record, recordbook.
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9. (Sport) the set of facts about an athlete's performance,
such as typical performance or playing habits or methods,
that are accumulated by potential opponents as an aid in
deciding how best to compete against that athlete; as, the
book on Ted Williams suggests pitching to him low and
outside.
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10. (Finance) same as book value.
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11. (Stock market) the list of current buy and sell orders
maintained by a stock market specialist.
[PJC]
12. (Commerce) the purchase orders still outstanding and
unfilled on a company's ledger; as, book to bill ratio.
[PJC]
Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many
compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book
lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook.
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Book account, an account or register of debt or credit in a
book.
Book debt, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the
creditor in his book of accounts.
Book learning, learning acquired from books, as
distinguished from practical knowledge. "Neither does it
so much require book learning and scholarship, as good
natural sense, to distinguish true and false." --Burnet.
Book louse (Zool.), one of several species of minute,
wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They
belong to the Pseudoneuroptera.
Book moth (Zool.), the name of several species of moths,
the larv[ae] of which eat books.
Book oath, an oath made on The Book, or Bible.
The Book of Books, the Bible.
Book post, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts,
etc., may be transmitted by mail.
Book scorpion (Zool.), one of the false scorpions
(Chelifer cancroides) found among books and papers. It
can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects.
Book stall, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for
retailing books.
Canonical books. See Canonical.
In one's books, in one's favor. "I was so much in his
books, that at his decease he left me his lamp."
--Addison.
To bring to book.
(a) To compel to give an account.
(b) To compare with an admitted authority. "To bring it
manifestly to book is impossible." --M. Arnold.
by the book, according to standard procedures; using the
correct or usual methods.
cook the books, make fallacious entries in or otherwise
manipulate a financial record book for fraudulent
purposes.
To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.
To make book (Horse Racing), to conduct a business of
accepting or placing bets from others on horse races.
To make a book (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a
pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that
the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and
loses only on the winning horse or horses.
off the books, not recorded in the official financial
records of a business; -- usually used of payments made in
cash to fraudulently avoid payment of taxes or of
employment benefits.
one for the book, one for the books, something
extraordinary, such as a record-breaking performance or a
remarkable accomplishment.
To speak by the book, to speak with minute exactness.
to throw the book at, to impose the maximum fine or penalty
for an offense; -- usually used of judges imposing
penalties for criminal acts.
Without book.
(a) By memory.
(b) Without authority.
to write the book, to be the leading authority in a field;
-- usually used in the past tense; as, he's not just an
average expert, he wrote the book.
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Pseudoneuropterous
(gcide) | Pseudoneuropterous \Pseu`do*neu*rop"ter*ous\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera.
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Pseudonym
(gcide) | Pseudonym \Pseu"do*nym\, n. [Cf. F. pseudonyme. See
Pseudonymous.]
A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a
pen name; an alias. [Written also pseudonyme.]
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pseudonyme
(gcide) | Pseudonym \Pseu"do*nym\, n. [Cf. F. pseudonyme. See
Pseudonymous.]
A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a
pen name; an alias. [Written also pseudonyme.]
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Pseudonymity
(gcide) | Pseudonymity \Pseu`do*nym"i*ty\, n.
The using of fictitious names, as by authors.
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Pseudonymous
(gcide) | Pseudonymous \Pseu*don"y*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false + ?,
?, a name: cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudo-, and Name.]
Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work.
-- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n.
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Pseudonymously
(gcide) | Pseudonymous \Pseu*don"y*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false + ?,
?, a name: cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudo-, and Name.]
Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work.
-- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n.
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Pseudonymousness
(gcide) | Pseudonymous \Pseu*don"y*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false + ?,
?, a name: cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudo-, and Name.]
Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work.
-- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n.
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Pseudo-peripteral
(gcide) | Pseudo-peripteral \Pseu`do-pe*rip"ter*al\, a. [Pseudo- +
peripteral: cf. F. pseudop['e]ript[`e]re.] (Arch.)
Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the
columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory
only at the ends or only at one end. -- n. A
pseudo-peripteral temple. --Oxf. Gloss.
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Pseudopod
(gcide) | Pseudopod \Pseu"do*pod\, n. [Pseudo- + -pod.]
1. (Biol.) Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process
projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any
animal or plant call.
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2. (Zool.) A rhizopod.
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Pseudopodia
(gcide) | Pseudopodium \Pseu`do*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Pseudopodia. [NL.]
Same as Pseudopod.
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Pseudopodial
(gcide) | Pseudopodial \Pseu`do*po"di*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a pseudopod, or to pseudopodia. See
Illust. of Heliozoa.
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Pseudopodium
(gcide) | Pseudopodium \Pseu`do*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Pseudopodia. [NL.]
Same as Pseudopod.
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Pseudoprion desolatus
(gcide) | Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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Pseudopupa
(gcide) | Pseudopupa \Pseu`do*pu"pa\, n.; pl. L. Pseudopup[ae], E.
Pseudopupas. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Pupa.] (Zool.)
A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and
certain other hymenopterous insects.
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Pseudopupae
(gcide) | Pseudopupa \Pseu`do*pu"pa\, n.; pl. L. Pseudopup[ae], E.
Pseudopupas. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Pupa.] (Zool.)
A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and
certain other hymenopterous insects.
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Pseudopupas
(gcide) | Pseudopupa \Pseu`do*pu"pa\, n.; pl. L. Pseudopup[ae], E.
Pseudopupas. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Pupa.] (Zool.)
A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and
certain other hymenopterous insects.
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pseudorcin
(gcide) | Erythrite \E*ryth"rite\, n. [Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
1. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4,
of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens,
and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called
also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite,
pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite
obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a
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Pseudorhabdite
(gcide) | Pseudorhabdite \Pseu`do*rhab"dite\, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. ? a rod.]
(Zool.)
One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the
integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a
soft granular substance.
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Pseudo-romantic
(gcide) | Pseudo-romantic \Pseu`do-ro*man"tic\, a. Pseudo- + romantic.]
Falsely romantic.
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The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage. --De
Quincey.
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Pseudoscope
(gcide) | Pseudoscope \Pseu"do*scope\, n. [Pseudo- + -scope.] (Opt.)
An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief
reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the
stereoscope. --Wheatstone.
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Pseudoscopic
(gcide) | Pseudoscopic \Pseu`do*scop"ic\, a. (Opt.)
Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its
parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic
image.
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Pseudoscorpiones
(gcide) | Pseudoscorpiones \Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See
Pseudo-, and Scorpion.] (Zool.)
An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large
claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting;
the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and
Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under
Book.
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Pseudosphere
(gcide) | Pseudosphere \Pseu"do*sphere`\, n. [Pseudo- + sphere.] (Geom.)
The surface of constant negative curvature generated by the
revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in
non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An
important property of the surface is that any figure drawn
upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or
altering in size any of its elements.
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Pseudospore
(gcide) | Pseudospore \Pseu"do*spore`\, n. [Pseudo- + spore.] (Bot.)
A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi.
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Pseudostella
(gcide) | Pseudostella \Pseu`do*stel"la\, n.; pl. -l[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr.
pseydh`s false + L. stella star.] (Astron.)
Any starlike meteor or phenomenon. [R.]
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Pseudostoma
(gcide) | Pseudostoma \Pseu*dos"to*ma\, n.; pl. Pseudostomata. [NL. See
Pseudo-, and Stoma.] (Anat.)
A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true
aperture among them.
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Pseudostomata
(gcide) | Pseudostoma \Pseu*dos"to*ma\, n.; pl. Pseudostomata. [NL. See
Pseudo-, and Stoma.] (Anat.)
A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true
aperture among them.
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pseudosulphocyanogen
(gcide) | Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.)
An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of
chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of
potassium; -- called also pseudosulphocyanogen,
perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen.
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Pseudo-symmetric
(gcide) | Pseudo-symmetric \Pseu`do-sym*met"ric\, a. (Crystallog.)
Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
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