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var.
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n 1: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ
in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of
microorganisms" [syn: form, variant, strain, var.] |
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aardvark
(mass) | aardvark
- mravčiar |
bavarian
(mass) | Bavarian
- bavorský |
divaricate
(mass) | divaricate
- rozdeliť |
ovaries
(mass) | ovaries
- vaječníky |
ovary
(mass) | ovary
- vaječník, ovarium, semenník |
variable
(mass) | variable
- premenlivý, kolísavý, nestály, variabilný, meniaci sa, premenná |
variance
(mass) | variance
- rozdiel, rozpor, zmena, odchýlka |
variation
(mass) | variation
- variácia |
varicella
(mass) | varicella
- ovčie kiahne |
variety
(mass) | variety
- rozmanitosť |
variety of colour
(mass) | variety of colour
- farebnosť |
variola
(mass) | variola
- ovčie kiahne |
various
(mass) | various
- rozličný, rozmanitý, rôznorodý, rôzny |
vary
(mass) | vary
- zmeniť |
Aard-vark
(gcide) | aardvark \aard"vark`\ ([aum]rd"v[aum]rk`), n. [D., earth-pig.]
(Zool.)
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus ({Orycteropus
afer}), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of
Southern Africa. It is a nocturnal ungulate, burrows in the
ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants
and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile,
slimy tongue. It is the sole extant representative of the
order Tubulidentata. [Spelled also Aard-vark.]
Syn: Syn. --ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer, oryctere,
orycterope
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aardvark
(gcide) | aardvark \aard"vark`\ ([aum]rd"v[aum]rk`), n. [D., earth-pig.]
(Zool.)
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus ({Orycteropus
afer}), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of
Southern Africa. It is a nocturnal ungulate, burrows in the
ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants
and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile,
slimy tongue. It is the sole extant representative of the
order Tubulidentata. [Spelled also Aard-vark.]
Syn: Syn. --ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer, oryctere,
orycterope
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Analysis of variance
(gcide) | Analysis of variance \A*nal"y*sis of variance\, n. (Statistics)
a statistical technique by which the results of an
observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the
relative contributions of the different possible causative
factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated ANOVA.
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Annual variation
(gcide) | Variation \Va`ri*a"tion\, n. [OE. variatioun, F. variation, L.
variatio. See Vary.]
1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form,
position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification;
alteration; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a
variation of color in different lights; a variation in
size; variation of language.
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The essences of things are conceived not capable of
any such variation. --Locke.
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2. Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a
position or state; amount or rate of change.
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3. (Gram.) Change of termination of words, as in declension,
conjugation, derivation, etc.
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4. (Mus.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful
embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or
harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a
musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the
essential features of the original shall still preserve
their identity.
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5. (Alg.) One of the different arrangements which can be made
of any number of quantities taking a certain number of
them together.
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Annual variation (Astron.), the yearly change in the right
ascension or declination of a star, produced by the
combined effects of the precession of the equinoxes and
the proper motion of the star.
Calculus of variations. See under Calculus.
Variation compass. See under Compass.
Variation of the moon (Astron.), an inequality of the
moon's motion, depending on the angular distance of the
moon from the sun. It is greater at the octants, and zero
at the quadratures.
Variation of the needle (Geog. & Naut.), the angle included
between the true and magnetic meridians of a place; the
deviation of the direction of a magnetic needle from the
true north and south line; -- called also {declination of
the needle}.
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Syn: Change; vicissitude; variety; deviation.
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Anthrenus varius
(gcide) | Anthrenus \An*thre"nus\ ([a^]n*thr[=e]"n[u^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
'anqrh`nh a hornet.] (Zool.)
A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval
state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The
common "museum pest" is Anthrenus varius; the carpet beetle
is Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]. The larv[ae] are commonly
confounded with moths.
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Antivariolous
(gcide) | Antivariolous \An`ti*va*ri"o*lous\, a.
Preventing the contagion of smallpox.
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Artemisia variabilis
(gcide) | Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
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1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
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2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
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Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
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Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia
artemisiaefolia}); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zool.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus
timidus}); -- so named from its color.
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At variance
(gcide) | Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]
1. The quality or state of being variant; change of
condition; variation.
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2. Difference that produces dispute or controversy;
disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
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That which is the strength of their amity shall
prove the immediate author of their variance.
--Shak.
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3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of
the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought
to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or
between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier.
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4. (Statistics) The expected value of the square of the
deviation from the mean of a randomly distributed
variable; the second moment about the mean. This is also
the square of the standard deviation.
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At variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or
controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at
variance with himself?" --Milton.
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avaram
(gcide) | avaram \avaram\ n.
an evergreen Indian shrub (Senna auriculata or {Cassia
auriculata}) with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in
tanning; it is sometimes placed in the genus Cassia.
Syn: tanner's cassia
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Avarice
(gcide) | Avarice \Av"a*rice\ ([a^]v"[.a]*r[i^]s), n. [F. avaritia, fr.
avarus avaricious, prob. fr. av[=e]re to covet, fr. a root av
to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. 'a`menai, 'a^sai, to satiate,
Skr. av to satiate one's self, rejoice, protect.]
1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness for
wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
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To desire money for its own sake, and in order to
hoard it up, is avarice. --Beattie.
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2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good.
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All are taught an avarice of praise. --Goldsmith.
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Avaricious
(gcide) | Avaricious \Av`a*ri"cious\ ([a^]v`[.a]*r[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf.
F. avaricieux.]
Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of
accumulating property.
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Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close.
Usage: Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious,
Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly desire
wealth with a view to hoard it. The covetous grasp
after it at the expense of others, though not of
necessity with a design to save, since a man may be
covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious,
parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful
self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their
dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous
in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in
expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living,
niggardly in dispensing.
[1913 Webster] -- Av`a*ri"cious*ly, adv. --
Av`a*ri"cious*ness, n.
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Avariciously
(gcide) | Avaricious \Av`a*ri"cious\ ([a^]v`[.a]*r[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf.
F. avaricieux.]
Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of
accumulating property.
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Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close.
Usage: Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious,
Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly desire
wealth with a view to hoard it. The covetous grasp
after it at the expense of others, though not of
necessity with a design to save, since a man may be
covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious,
parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful
self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their
dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous
in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in
expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living,
niggardly in dispensing.
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Av`a*ri"cious*ness, n.
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Avariciousness
(gcide) | Avaricious \Av`a*ri"cious\ ([a^]v`[.a]*r[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf.
F. avaricieux.]
Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of
accumulating property.
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Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close.
Usage: Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious,
Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly desire
wealth with a view to hoard it. The covetous grasp
after it at the expense of others, though not of
necessity with a design to save, since a man may be
covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious,
parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful
self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their
dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous
in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in
expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living,
niggardly in dispensing.
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Av`a*ri"cious*ness, n.
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avaritia
(gcide) | avaritia \avaritia\ n.
A reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins); avarice; greed.
Syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity
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Avarous
(gcide) | Avarous \Av"a*rous\ ([a^]v"[.a]*r[u^]s), a. [L. avarus.]
Avaricious. [Obs.]
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Bauhinia variegata
(gcide) | Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
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2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
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The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
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Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.
Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful
bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European
species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.
Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.
Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.
Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.
Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.
Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.
Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.
Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.
Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.
Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
Fumitory.
Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.
Mountain green. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See Green earth, under Green, a.
Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.
Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and
calico bush. See Kalmia.
Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium
(Trifolium Alpinum).
Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.
Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.
Mountain magpie. (Zool.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.
Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.
Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.
Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.
Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.
Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.
Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.
Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.
Mountain rice. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).
Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
alpina}).
Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.
Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.
Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the
genus Geotrygon.
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Bavardage
(gcide) | Bavardage \Ba`var`dage"\, n. [F.]
Much talking; prattle; chatter. --Byron.
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Bavaria
(gcide) | Bavaria \Ba*va"ri*a\ prop. n.
A state in southern Germany.
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Bavarian
(gcide) | Bavarian \Ba*va"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Bavaria. -- n. A native or an inhabitant
of Bavaria.
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Bavarian cream. See under Cream.
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Bavarian charr
(gcide) | Saibling \Sai"bling\, n. [Dial. G.] (Zool.)
A European mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); -- called
also Bavarian charr.
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Bavarian cream
(gcide) | Cream \Cream\ (kr[=e]m), n. [F. cr[^e]me, perh. fr. LL. crema
cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin
to cremare to burn.]
1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when
the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the
surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is
obtained.
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2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the
surface. [R.]
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3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from
cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
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4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
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In vain she tries her paste and creams,
To smooth her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith.
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5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence;
as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a
collection of books or pictures.
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Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant.
--Shelton.
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Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and
eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold.
Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose
water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and
lips.
Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which
the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has
been added.
Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a
graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the
cream to rise.
Cream nut, the Brazil nut.
Cream of lime.
(a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution
of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.
(b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.
Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so
called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the
surface of the liquor in the process of purification by
recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance,
with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an
ingredient of baking powders; -- called also {potassium
bitartrate}, acid potassium tartrate, etc.
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Of or pertaining to Bavaria. -- n. A native or an inhabitant
of Bavaria.
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Bavarian cream. See under Cream.
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Bavaroy
(gcide) | Bavaroy \Bav"a*roy\, n. [F. Bavarois Bavarian.]
A kind of cloak or surtout. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Let the looped bavaroy the fop embrace. --Gay.
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Boshvark
(gcide) | Boshvark \Bosh"vark\, n. [D. bosch wood + varken pig.] (Zool.)
The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket.
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Boulevard
(gcide) | Boulevard \Bou"le*vard`\, n. [F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G.
bollwerk. See Bulwark.]
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1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or
fortified town.
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2. A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished
fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.
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Boulevardier
(gcide) | Boulevardier \Boule`var`dier"\, n. [F.]
A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. --F.
Harrison.
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Calculus of variations
(gcide) | Variation \Va`ri*a"tion\, n. [OE. variatioun, F. variation, L.
variatio. See Vary.]
1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form,
position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification;
alteration; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a
variation of color in different lights; a variation in
size; variation of language.
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The essences of things are conceived not capable of
any such variation. --Locke.
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2. Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a
position or state; amount or rate of change.
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3. (Gram.) Change of termination of words, as in declension,
conjugation, derivation, etc.
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4. (Mus.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful
embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or
harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a
musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the
essential features of the original shall still preserve
their identity.
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5. (Alg.) One of the different arrangements which can be made
of any number of quantities taking a certain number of
them together.
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Annual variation (Astron.), the yearly change in the right
ascension or declination of a star, produced by the
combined effects of the precession of the equinoxes and
the proper motion of the star.
Calculus of variations. See under Calculus.
Variation compass. See under Compass.
Variation of the moon (Astron.), an inequality of the
moon's motion, depending on the angular distance of the
moon from the sun. It is greater at the octants, and zero
at the quadratures.
Variation of the needle (Geog. & Naut.), the angle included
between the true and magnetic meridians of a place; the
deviation of the direction of a magnetic needle from the
true north and south line; -- called also {declination of
the needle}.
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Syn: Change; vicissitude; variety; deviation.
[1913 Webster]Calculus \Cal"cu*lus\, n.; pl. Calculi. [L, calculus. See
Calculate, and Calcule.]
1. (Med.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the
body, but most frequent in the organs that act as
reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as,
biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.
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2. (Math.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning
by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may
involve calculation.
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Barycentric calculus, a method of treating geometry by
defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other
points to which co["e]fficients or weights are ascribed.
Calculus of functions, that branch of mathematics which
treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given
conditions.
Calculus of operations, that branch of mathematical logic
that treats of all operations that satisfy given
conditions.
Calculus of probabilities, the science that treats of the
computation of the probabilities of events, or the
application of numbers to chance.
Calculus of variations, a branch of mathematics in which
the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities
together are themselves subject to change.
Differential calculus, a method of investigating
mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain
indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The
problems are primarily of this form: to find how the
change in some variable quantity alters at each instant
the value of a quantity dependent upon it.
Exponential calculus, that part of algebra which treats of
exponents.
Imaginary calculus, a method of investigating the relations
of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the
imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra.
Integral calculus, a method which in the reverse of the
differential, the primary object of which is to learn from
the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two
or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes
themselves, or, in other words, from having the
differential of an algebraic expression to find the
expression itself.
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Calvaria
(gcide) | Calvaria \Cal*va"ri*a\ (k[a^]l*v[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. See
Calvary.] (Anat.)
The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the
domelike upper portion.
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Calvary
(gcide) | Calvary \Cal"va*ry\ (k[a^]l"v[.a]*r[y^]), n. [L. calvaria a bare
skull, fr. calva the scalp without hair. fr. calvus bald; cf.
F. calvaire.]
1. The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill
outside of Jerusalem. --Luke xxiii. 33.
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Note: The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek
krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation
of the Hebrew Golgotha. --Dr. W. Smith.
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2. A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three
crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often
as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of
other personages who were present at the crucifixion.
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3. (Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly
called cross calvary.
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Charivari
(gcide) | Charivari \Cha*ri`va*ri"\, n. [F.]
A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin
horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also
shivaree.
Syn: shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump.
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Note: It was at first performed before the house of any
person of advanced age who married a second time.
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Chauna chavaria
(gcide) | Chaja \Cha"ja\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea chavaria syn.
Chauna chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; --
called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often
domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See
Kamichi.
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Chenopodium Vulvaria
(gcide) | Notchweed \Notch"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot ({Chenopodium
Vulvaria}).
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Chironectes variegatus
(gcide) | Opossum \O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zool.)
Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and
Chironectes; called also possum. The common species of
the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.
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Note: Several related species are found in South America. The
water opossum of Brazil (Chironectes variegatus),
which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a
marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called
also yapock.
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Opossum mouse. (Zool.) See Flying mouse, under Flying.
Opossum shrimp (Zool.), any schizopod crustacean of the
genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.
[1913 Webster]Yapock \Ya"pock\ (?; 277), n. [Probably from the river Oyapok,
between French Guiana and Brazil.] (Zool.)
A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus)
found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its
fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called
also water opossum. [Written also yapack.]
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chivaree
(gcide) | chivaree \chivaree\ n.
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a
newly married couple.
Syn: shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump.
[WordNet 1.5] Chivarras |
Chivarras
(gcide) | Chivarras \Chi*var"ras\, Chivarros \Chi*var"ros\, n. pl. [Mex.
Sp.]
Leggings. [Mex. & Southwestern U. S.]
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Chivarros
(gcide) | Chivarras \Chi*var"ras\, Chivarros \Chi*var"ros\, n. pl. [Mex.
Sp.]
Leggings. [Mex. & Southwestern U. S.]
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covariance
(gcide) | covariance \covariance\ n.
a statistical measure of the relationship of two variables,
formed by multiplying the difference of each variable from
its mean, both variables being measured at the same time, and
averaging all such products.
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Covariant
(gcide) | Covariant \Co*va"ri*ant\ (k?-v?"r?-ant), n. (Higher Alg.)
A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a
quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally
transformed the same function of the new variables and
coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by
a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the
coefficients of the quantic.
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cross calvary
(gcide) | Calvary \Cal"va*ry\ (k[a^]l"v[.a]*r[y^]), n. [L. calvaria a bare
skull, fr. calva the scalp without hair. fr. calvus bald; cf.
F. calvaire.]
1. The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill
outside of Jerusalem. --Luke xxiii. 33.
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Note: The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek
krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation
of the Hebrew Golgotha. --Dr. W. Smith.
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2. A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three
crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often
as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of
other personages who were present at the crucifixion.
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3. (Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly
called cross calvary.
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Cross of Calvary
(gcide) | Cross \Cross\ (kr[o^]s; 115), n. [OE. crois, croys, cros; the
former fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, fr. L. crux; the
second is perh. directly fr. Prov. cros, crotz. fr. the same
L. crux; cf. Icel. kross. Cf. Crucial, Crusade, Cruise,
Crux.]
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1. A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed
transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T,
or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the
upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the
execution of criminals.
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Nailed to the cross
By his own nation. --Milton.
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2. The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in
ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the
symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of
Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.
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The custom of making the sign of the cross with the
hand or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or
preserving from evil, is very old. --Schaff-Herzog
Encyc.
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Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. --Sir
W. Scott.
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Tis where the cross is preached. --Cowper.
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3. Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial;
disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
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Heaven prepares a good man with crosses. --B.
Jonson.
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4. A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also,
that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped;
hence, money in general.
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I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I
think you have no money in your purse. --Shak.
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5. An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a
cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape
of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying
considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the
British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a
central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.
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6. (Arch.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted
by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross;
a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.
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Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone,
Rose on a turret octagon. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. (Her.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many
varieties. See the Illustration, above.
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8. The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature
by those unable to write.
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Five Kentish abbesses . . . .subscribed their names
and crosses. --Fuller.
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9. Church lands. [Ireland] [Obs.] --Sir J. Davies.
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10. A line drawn across or through another line.
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11. Hence: A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle
breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid
of any kind.
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Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a
cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler. --Lord
Dufferin.
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12. (Surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets
perpendicular to the main course.
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13. (Mech.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of
which usually form's right angle.
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Cross and pile, a game with money, at which it is put to
chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which
bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or
reverse; the game called heads or tails.
Cross bottony or
Cross botton['e]. See under Bottony.
Cross estoil['e] (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is
pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having
four long points only.
Cross of Calvary. See Calvary, 3.
Southern cross. (Astron.) See under Southern.
To do a thing on the cross, to act dishonestly; -- opposed
to acting on the square. [Slang]
To take up the cross, to bear troubles and afflictions with
patience from love to Christ.
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cultivar
(gcide) | cultivar \cultivar\ n.
a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and
maintained under cultivation.
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Cynocephalus variegatus
(gcide) | Flying lemur \Fly"ing le"mur\ (Zool.)
either of two nocturnal lemurlike mammals inhabiting the East
Indies (Cynocephalus variegatus) or the Phillipines
(Cynocephalus volans) having broad folds of skin between
the fore and hind limbs on both sides of the body allowing
them to make long gliding leaps; they have been classed in
the separate order Dermoptera. They are arboreal and have
become rare.
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Decennovary
(gcide) | Decennoval \De*cen"no*val\, Decennovary \De*cen"no*va*ry\, a.
[L. decem ten + novem nine.]
Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. [R.]
--Holder.
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Dependent variable
(gcide) | Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
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2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
independent. [Narrower terms: {interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking}; subordinate; underage;
myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.
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England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
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3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
unconditional.
Syn: qualified.
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4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
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Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable.
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Divaricate
(gcide) | Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of
divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to
straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched
outwards.]
1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
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2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward.
[1913 Webster]Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. t.
To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
[1913 Webster]Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, a. [L. divaricatus, p. p.]
1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
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2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the
branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color
markings on animals, etc.
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Divaricated
(gcide) | Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of
divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to
straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched
outwards.]
1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
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2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward.
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Divaricately
(gcide) | Divaricately \Di*var"i*cate*ly\, adv.
With divarication.
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Divaricating
(gcide) | Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of
divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to
straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched
outwards.]
1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
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2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward.
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Divarication
(gcide) | Divarication \Di*var`i*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. divarication.]
1. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a
divergence.
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2. An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in
opinion. --Sir T. Browne.
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3. (Biol.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of
fibers at different angles.
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Divaricator
(gcide) | Divaricator \Di*var`i*ca"tor\, n. (Zool.)
One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a
cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.
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Dolly Varden
(gcide) | Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
-- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted
trout}. See Malma.
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Dolly Varden trout
(gcide) | malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.)
A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern
America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly
Varden trout}, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and
golet.
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[1913 Webster]Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
-- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted
trout}. See Malma.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as
Salmo trutta and Salmo Cambricus, which ascend
rivers; -- called also sea trout.
(b) Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called
also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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Drepanodes varus
(gcide) | Juniper \Ju"ni*per\, n. [L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing,
and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots
of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. Gin the liquor.] (Bot.)
Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and
order Conifer[ae].
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Note: The common juniper (Juniperus communis) is a shrub of
a low, spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves
in whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue
berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as
diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the
bark, which has erroneously been considered identical
with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of
juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in
medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several
species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is
used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar,
Bermuda cedar, etc.
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Juniper worm (Zool.), the larva of a geometrid moth
(Drepanodes varus). It feeds upon the leaves of the
juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and
color, in a remarkable manner.
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Gallus varius
(gcide) | Jungle \Jun"gle\ (j[u^][ng]"g'l), n. [Hind. jangal desert,
forest, jungle; Skr. ja[.n]gala desert.]
1. A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.;
an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy
vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.
The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and
other palms, very difficult to penetrate. --Balfour
(Cyc. of
India).
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2. Hence: (Fig.) A place of danger or ruthless competition
for survival. /'bdIt's a jungle out there./'b8
[PJC]
3. Anything which causes confusion or difficulty due to
intricacy; as, a jungle of environmental regulations.
--MW10.
[PJC]
Jungle bear (Zool.), the aswail or sloth bear.
Jungle cat (Zool.), the chaus.
Jungle cock (Zool.), the male of a jungle fowl.
Jungle fowl. (Zool.)
(a) Any wild species of the genus Gallus, of which
several species inhabit India and the adjacent
islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl ({Gallus
varius}) of Java, Gallus Stanleyi of Ceylon, and
Gallus Bankiva of India.
Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is
supposed to be one of the original species from which
the domestic fowl was derived.
(b) An Australian grallatorial bird (Megapodius tumulus)
which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the
latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter,
where they are hatched by the heat produced by
decomposition.
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Gentiana Bavarica
(gcide) | Gentian \Gen"tian\ (j[e^]n"shan or j[e^]n"sh[i^]*an), n. [OE.
genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian
king, said to have discovered its properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
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Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Gentiana Bavarica, and Gentiana excisa), and the
American fringed gentians (Gentiana crinita and
Gentiana detonsa). Several are used as tonics,
especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the
officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias.
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Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian ({Gentiana
lutea}). See Bitterwort.
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Geographical variation
(gcide) | Geographic \Ge`o*graph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`o*graph"ic*al\, a.
[L. geographicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. g['e]ographique.]
Of or pertaining to geography.
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Geographical distribution. See under Distribution.
Geographic latitude (of a place), the angle included
between a line perpendicular or normal to the level
surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of
the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric
latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's
figure and a true sphere.
Geographical mile. See under Mile.
Geographical variation, any variation of a species which is
dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.
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Geographical variety
(gcide) | Variety \Va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. Varieties. [L. varietas: cf. F.
vari['e]t['e]. See Various.]
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1. The quality or state of being various; intermixture or
succession of different things; diversity;
multifariousness.
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Variety is nothing else but a continued novelty.
--South.
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The variety of colors depends upon the composition
of light. --Sir I.
Newton.
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For earth hath this variety from heaven. --Milton.
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There is a variety in the tempers of good men.
--Atterbury.
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2. That which is various. Specifically:
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(a) A number or collection of different things; a varied
assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
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He . . . wants more time to do that variety of
good which his soul thirsts after. --Law.
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(b) Something varying or differing from others of the same
general kind; one of a number of things that are akin;
a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.
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(c) (Biol.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a
species differing from the rest in some one or more of
the characteristics typical of the species, and
capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or
of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a
subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.
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Note: Varieties usually differ from species in that any two,
however unlike, will generally propagate indefinitely
(unless they are in their nature unfertile, as some
varieties of rose and other cultivated plants); in
being a result of climate, food, or other extrinsic
conditions or influences, but generally by a sudden,
rather than a gradual, development; and in tending in
many cases to lose their distinctive peculiarities when
the individuals are left to a state of nature, and
especially if restored to the conditions that are
natural to typical individuals of the species. Many
varieties of domesticated animals and of cultivated
plants have been directly produced by man.
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(d) In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a
species may occur, which differ in minor
characteristics of structure, color, purity of
composition, etc.
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Note: These may be viewed as variations from the typical
species in its most perfect and purest form, or, as is
more commonly the case, all the forms, including the
latter, may rank as Varieties. Thus, the sapphire is a
blue variety, and the ruby a red variety, of corundum;
again, calcite has many Varieties differing in form and
structure, as Iceland spar, dogtooth spar, satin spar,
and also others characterized by the presence of small
quantities of magnesia, iron, manganese, etc. Still
again, there are varieties of granite differing in
structure, as graphic granite, porphyritic granite, and
other varieties differing in composition, as albitic
granite, hornblendic, or syenitic, granite, etc.
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3. (Theaters) Such entertainment as in given in variety
shows; the production of, or performance in, variety
shows. [Cant]
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Geographical variety (Biol.), a variety of any species
which is coincident with a geographical region, and is
usually dependent upon, or caused by, peculiarities of
climate.
Variety hybrid (Biol.), a cross between two individuals of
different varieties of the same species; a mongrel.
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Syn: Diversity; difference; kind.
Usage: Variety, Diversity. A man has a variety of
employments when he does many things which are not a
mere repetition of the same act; he has a diversity of
employments when the several acts performed are unlike
each other, that is, diverse. In most cases, where
there is variety there will be more or less of
diversity, but not always. One who sells railroad
tickets performs a great variety of acts in a day,
while there is but little diversity in his employment.
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All sorts are here that all the earth yields!
Variety without end. --Milton.
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But see in all corporeal nature's scene,
What changes, what diversities, have been!
--Blackmore.
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Independent variable
(gcide) | Independent \In`de*pend"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not + dependent: cf.
F. ind['e]pendant.]
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1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not
relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly
independent.
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A dry, but independent crust. --Cowper.
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2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent
property.
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3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious;
self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
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4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence;
free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or
manner.
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5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
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That obligation in general, under which we conceive
ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those
resources which the law provides for its own
enforcement. --R. P. Ward.
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6. (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the
doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
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7. (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to
value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or
functions.
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8. (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free
choice in voting with either or any party.
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Independent company (Mil.), one not incorporated in any
regiment.
Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second
hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc.,
for timing to a fraction of a second.
Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable,
under Dependent.
Syn: Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant;
bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.
[1913 Webster]Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, n.
1. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject
to change.
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2. (Math.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a
quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in
the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the
equation x^2 - y^2 = R^2, x and y are variables.
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3. (Naut.)
(a) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
(b) pl. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not
expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind
belts.
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Independent variable (Math.), that one of two or more
variables, connected with each other in any way whatever,
to which changes are supposed to be given at will. Thus,
in the equation x^2 - y^2 = R^2, if arbitrary
changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the
independent variable, and y is called a function of x.
There may be two or more independent variables in an
equation or problem. Cf. Dependent variable, under
Dependent.
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Intervary
(gcide) | Intervary \In`ter*va"ry\, v. i.
To alter or vary between; to change. [Obs.] --Rush.
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Invariability
(gcide) | Invariability \In*va`ri*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
invariabilit['e].]
The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy;
uniformity.
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