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rocks
(mass) | rocks
- varlata |
rocks
(encz) | rocks,prachy n: [slang.] [amer.] Petr Prášek |
rocks
(encz) | rocks,skály n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
rocks
(encz) | rocks,varlata [sex.] jk |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
rocksolid
(mass) | rock-solid
- skalopevný |
get your rocks off
(encz) | get your rocks off,mít sex v: [slang.] [amer.] Pino |
got rocks in your head
(encz) | got rocks in your head, |
rocks socks*
(encz) | rocks socks*, |
rockslide
(encz) | rockslide, n: |
whiskey on the rocks
(encz) | whiskey on the rocks, n: |
whisky on the rocks
(encz) | whisky on the rocks, n: |
Aqueous rocks
(gcide) | Aqueous \A"que*ous\, a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua.
See Aqua, Aquose.]
1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it;
watery.
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The aqueous vapor of the air. --Tyndall.
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2. Made from, or by means of, water.
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An aqueous deposit. --Dana.
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Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable
substance by steeping it in water.
Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid
fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens
and the cornea. (See Eye.)
Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water
and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which
are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.
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Effusive rocks
(gcide) | effusive \ef*fu"sive\, a.
1. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [archaic] "Washed with
the effusive wave." --Pope.
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2. (Geol.) formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or
pertaining to rocks so formed.
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3. overly demonstrative; expressing emotion in an
unrestrained manner; exhibiting unrestrained enthusiasm;
-- of people and human actions; as, effusive thanks; an
effusive letter of recommendation. Contrasted with
reserved. [WordNet sense 1+2]
Syn: gushing, gushy, burbling, burbly. [PJC]
Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks formed by a
nonexplosive outpouring of lava in molten or plastic form;
in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic,
rocks. -- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.
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Glaciated rocks
(gcide) | Glaciate \Gla"ci*ate\, v. t.
1. To convert into, or cover with, ice.
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2. (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring
of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.
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Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed,
furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.
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Intrusive rocks
(gcide) | Intrusive \In*tru"sive\, a.
Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without
right or welcome.
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Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced,
while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or
between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is
sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is
then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks. --
In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n.
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Longmynd rocks
(gcide) | Longmynd rocks \Long"mynd rocks"\n. pl. (Geol.)
The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists,
and slates of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the
Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in
the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.
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plutonic rocks
(gcide) | Intrusive \In*tru"sive\, a.
Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without
right or welcome.
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Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced,
while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or
between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is
sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is
then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks. --
In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Plutonic \Plu*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto.]
1. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to
the interior of the earth; subterranean.
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2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the
Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.
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Plutonic action (Geol.), the influence of volcanic heat and
other subterranean forces under pressure.
Plutonic rocks (Geol.), granite, porphyry, and some other
igneous rocks, supposed to have consolidated from a melted
state at a great depth from the surface. Cf. {Intrusive
rocks}, under Intrusive.
Plutonic theory. (Geol.) See Plutonism.
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Plutonic rocks
(gcide) | Intrusive \In*tru"sive\, a.
Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without
right or welcome.
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Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced,
while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or
between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is
sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is
then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks. --
In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Plutonic \Plu*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto.]
1. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to
the interior of the earth; subterranean.
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2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the
Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.
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Plutonic action (Geol.), the influence of volcanic heat and
other subterranean forces under pressure.
Plutonic rocks (Geol.), granite, porphyry, and some other
igneous rocks, supposed to have consolidated from a melted
state at a great depth from the surface. Cf. {Intrusive
rocks}, under Intrusive.
Plutonic theory. (Geol.) See Plutonism.
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Primary rocks
(gcide) | Primary \Pri"ma*ry\, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
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The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
--Bp. Pearson.
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These I call original, or primary, qualities of
body. --Locke.
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2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
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3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
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4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
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5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
some quality or property in the first degree; having
undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
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Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
carbon atoms; -- distinguished from {secondary & tertiary
alcohols}.
Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.
Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
supervene.
Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
cluster of flowers.
Primary colors. See under Color.
Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
See Caucus.
Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
inseparable from them.
Primary quills (Zool.), the largest feathers of the wing of
a bird; primaries.
Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
to have been first formed, being crystalline and
containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
-- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
a base or basic radical.
Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
including the period from the development of the original
lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
indicative of general constitutional infection.
Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
the first intention.
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primitive rocks
(gcide) | Primary \Pri"ma*ry\, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
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The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
--Bp. Pearson.
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These I call original, or primary, qualities of
body. --Locke.
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2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
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3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
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4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
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5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
some quality or property in the first degree; having
undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
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Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
carbon atoms; -- distinguished from {secondary & tertiary
alcohols}.
Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.
Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
supervene.
Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
cluster of flowers.
Primary colors. See under Color.
Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
See Caucus.
Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
inseparable from them.
Primary quills (Zool.), the largest feathers of the wing of
a bird; primaries.
Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
to have been first formed, being crystalline and
containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
-- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
a base or basic radical.
Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
including the period from the development of the original
lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
indicative of general constitutional infection.
Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
the first intention.
[1913 Webster]Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, a. [L. primitivus, fr. primus the
first: cf. F. primitif. See Prime, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early
times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as,
primitive innocence; the primitive church. "Our primitive
great sire." --Milton.
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2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned;
characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of
dress.
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3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive
verb in grammar.
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Primitive axes of coordinate (Geom.), that system of axes
to which the points of a magnitude are first referred,
with reference to a second set or system, to which they
are afterward referred.
Primitive chord (Mus.), that chord, the lowest note of
which is of the same literal denomination as the
fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Primitive circle (Spherical Projection), the circle cut
from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane.
Primitive colors (Paint.), primary colors. See under
Color.
Primitive Fathers (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian
writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D.
325. --Shipley.
Primitive groove (Anat.), a depression or groove in the
epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with
the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of
it.
Primitive plane (Spherical Projection), the plane upon
which the projections are made, generally coinciding with
some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a
meridian.
Primitive rocks (Geol.), primary rocks. See under
Primary.
Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.
Primitive streak or Primitive trace (Anat.), an opaque
and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in
the vertebrate blastoderm.
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Syn: First; original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval;
antiquated; old-fashioned.
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Primitive rocks
(gcide) | Primary \Pri"ma*ry\, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
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The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
--Bp. Pearson.
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These I call original, or primary, qualities of
body. --Locke.
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2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
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3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
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4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
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5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
some quality or property in the first degree; having
undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
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Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
carbon atoms; -- distinguished from {secondary & tertiary
alcohols}.
Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.
Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
supervene.
Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
cluster of flowers.
Primary colors. See under Color.
Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
See Caucus.
Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
inseparable from them.
Primary quills (Zool.), the largest feathers of the wing of
a bird; primaries.
Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
to have been first formed, being crystalline and
containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
-- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
a base or basic radical.
Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
including the period from the development of the original
lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
indicative of general constitutional infection.
Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
the first intention.
[1913 Webster]Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, a. [L. primitivus, fr. primus the
first: cf. F. primitif. See Prime, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early
times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as,
primitive innocence; the primitive church. "Our primitive
great sire." --Milton.
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2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned;
characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of
dress.
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3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive
verb in grammar.
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Primitive axes of coordinate (Geom.), that system of axes
to which the points of a magnitude are first referred,
with reference to a second set or system, to which they
are afterward referred.
Primitive chord (Mus.), that chord, the lowest note of
which is of the same literal denomination as the
fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Primitive circle (Spherical Projection), the circle cut
from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane.
Primitive colors (Paint.), primary colors. See under
Color.
Primitive Fathers (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian
writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D.
325. --Shipley.
Primitive groove (Anat.), a depression or groove in the
epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with
the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of
it.
Primitive plane (Spherical Projection), the plane upon
which the projections are made, generally coinciding with
some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a
meridian.
Primitive rocks (Geol.), primary rocks. See under
Primary.
Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.
Primitive streak or Primitive trace (Anat.), an opaque
and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in
the vertebrate blastoderm.
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Syn: First; original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval;
antiquated; old-fashioned.
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Rocksucker
(gcide) | Rocksucker \Rock"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
A lamprey.
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rocksuckers
(gcide) | Lamprey \Lam"prey\ (l[a^]m"pr[y^]), n.; pl. Lampreys
(l[a^]m"pr[i^]z). [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda,
lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The
lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with
their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are
also called rocksuckers. See Lap to drink, Petrify.]
(Zool.)
An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and
allied genera; called also lamprey eel and lamper eel.
The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but
set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth
on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven
small branchial openings on each side. [Written also
lamprel, and lampron.]
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Note: The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe
(Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers
to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is
sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller
river lampreys mostly belong to the genus
Ammoc[oe]les, or Lampetra, as {Ammoc[oe]les
fluviatilis}, of Europe, and {Ammoc[oe]les
[ae]pypterus} of America. All lampreys attach
themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of
the suckerlike mouth.
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Saliferous rocks
(gcide) | Saliferous \Sa*lif"er*ous\, a. [L. sal salt + -ferous.]
Producing, or impregnated with, salt.
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Saliferous rocks (Geol.), the New Red Sandstone system of
some geologists; -- so called because, in Europe, this
formation contains beds of salt. The saliferous beds of
New York State belong largely to the Salina period of the
Upper Silurian. See the Chart of Geology.
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Secondary rocks
(gcide) | Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire.
See Second, a.]
1. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place,
origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the
first order or rate.
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Wheresoever there is moral right on the one hand, no
secondary right can discharge it. --L'Estrange.
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Two are the radical differences; the secondary
differences are as four. --Bacon.
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2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work
of secondary hands.
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3. (Chem.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to
some operation (as substitution), in the second degree;
as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf.
primary.
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Note: A primary amine has the general formula R.NH2; a
secondary amine has the general formula R.NH.R',
where R and R' are alkyl or aryl groups. A primary
alcohol has the general formula R.CH2.OH; a secondary
alcohol has the general formula R.CHOH.R'. Tertiary
amines and alcohols have the general formulas
R.CR'N.R' and R.CR'OH.R', respectively.
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4. (Min.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced
by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of
the original rock mass; also of characters of minerals (as
secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other
causes.
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5. (Zool.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a
bird.
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6. (Med.)
(a) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as,
Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
(b) Occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the
secondary symptoms of syphilis.
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Secondary accent. See the Note under Accent, n., 1.
Secondary age. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the
Tertiary. See Mesozoic, and Note under Age, n., 8.
Secondary alcohol (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols
which contain the radical CH.OH united with two
hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols
form ketones.
Secondary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury,
performed after the constitutional effects of the injury
have subsided.
Secondary axis (Opt.), any line which passes through the
optical center of a lens but not through the centers of
curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes
through the center of curvature but not through the center
of the mirror.
Secondary battery. (Elec.) See under Battery, n., 4.
Secondary circle (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle that
passes through the poles of another great circle and is
therefore perpendicular to its plane.
Secondary circuit, Secondary coil (Elec.), a circuit or
coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a
current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the
primary circuit or coil.
Secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary
colors in equal proportions.
Secondary coverts (Zool.), the longer coverts which overlie
the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See
Illust. under Bird.
Secondary crystal (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the
primary forms.
Secondary current (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a
closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through
the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also
at the end of the passage of the primary current.
Secondary evidence, that which is admitted upon failure to
obtain the primary or best evidence.
Secondary fever (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease
after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease
began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the
eruption in smallpox.
Secondary hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a
wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the
original bleeding has ceased.
Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are
not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for
their development and intensity on the organism of the
percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc.
Secondary quills or Secondary remiges (Zool.), the quill
feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a
row continuous with the primaries; -- called also
secondaries. See Illust. of Bird.
Secondary rocks or Secondary strata (Geol.), those lying
between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see
Primary rocks, under Primary); -- later restricted to
strata of the Mesozoic age, and at present but little
used.
Secondary syphilis (Med.), the second stage of syphilis,
including the period from the first development of
constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the
internal organs become involved.
Secondary tint, any subdued tint, as gray.
Secondary union (Surg.), the union of wounds after
suppuration; union by the second intention.
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Syn: Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior.
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Sedimentary rocks
(gcide) | Sedimentary \Sed`i*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]dimentaire.]
Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing
matter that has subsided.
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Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueous rocks, under
Aqueous.
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Slate rocks
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Adhesive slate (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray
color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the
tongue; whence the name.
Aluminous slate, or Alum slate (Min.), a kind of slate
containing sulphate of alumina, -- used in the manufacture
of alum.
Bituminous slate (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay
slate, impregnated with bitumen.
Hornblende slate (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting
essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for
flagging on account of its toughness.
Slate ax or Slate axe, a mattock with an ax end, used in
shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the
nails.
Slate clay (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the
alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an
infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used
for making fire bricks. --Tomlinson.
Slate globe, a globe the surface of which is made of an
artificial slatelike material.
Slate pencil, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for
writing on a slate.
Slate rocks (Min.), rocks which split into thin laminae,
not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated
rocks.
Slate spar (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white
luster and of a slaty structure.
Transparent slate, a plate of translucent material, as
ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed
beneath it, can be made by tracing.
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Transition rocks
(gcide) | Transition \Tran*si"tion\, n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition.
See Transient.]
1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as,
the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
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There is no death, what seems so is transition.
--Longfellow.
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2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to
another; a modulation.
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3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another.
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[He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes.
--Milton.
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4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another.
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Note: This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but
according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities,
the customary and preferable pronunciation is
tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode violates
analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un.
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Transition rocks (Geol.), a term formerly applied to the
lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed
to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to
have been formed when the earth was passing from an
uninhabitable to a habitable state.
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Volcanic rocks
(gcide) | Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.]
1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic
heat.
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2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous
agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
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3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
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Volcanic bomb, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of
molten lava having a rounded form.
Volcanic cone, a hill, conical in form, built up of
cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions.
Volcanic foci, the subterranean centers of volcanic action;
the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing
volcanic phenomena are most active.
Volcanic glass, the vitreous form of lava, produced by
sudden cooling; obsidian. See Obsidian.
Volcanic mud, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a
volcano.
Volcanic rocks, rocks which have been produced from the
discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of
basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact,
scoriaceous, or vitreous.
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rockslide
(wn) | rockslide
n 1: a landslide of rocks |
whiskey on the rocks
(wn) | whiskey on the rocks
n 1: whiskey with ice [syn: whiskey on the rocks, {whisky on
the rocks}] |
whisky on the rocks
(wn) | whisky on the rocks
n 1: whiskey with ice [syn: whiskey on the rocks, {whisky on
the rocks}] |
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