Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... prefix to numerous words connected with science and art , of which a brief enumeration may be here given . - Air - balloon is a balloon inflated with gas , in distinc- tion from a fire - balloon , which as- cends through the rarefaction ...
... prefix to numerous words connected with science and art , of which a brief enumeration may be here given . - Air - balloon is a balloon inflated with gas , in distinc- tion from a fire - balloon , which as- cends through the rarefaction ...
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... prefix of frequent oc- currence , denoting whiteness , of which the following is a brief enumera- tion : Albicaulis , white - stemmed , or white - tailed ; albicollis , having a white neck ; albicornis , having white horns , or white or ...
... prefix of frequent oc- currence , denoting whiteness , of which the following is a brief enumera- tion : Albicaulis , white - stemmed , or white - tailed ; albicollis , having a white neck ; albicornis , having white horns , or white or ...
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... prefix , of frequent use in scientific words , signifying around , about , or both . Amphiarthro'sis ( Gr . amphi , and ar- thron a joint ) , in anatomy , the form of a joint which has the properties of two others , named diarthrosis ...
... prefix , of frequent use in scientific words , signifying around , about , or both . Amphiarthro'sis ( Gr . amphi , and ar- thron a joint ) , in anatomy , the form of a joint which has the properties of two others , named diarthrosis ...
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... prefix , signifying un- equal , of frequent use in botany and natural history : as anisocheles , un- equally serrated ; anisodon , unequally toothed ; anisomerus , consisting of unequal parts ; anisomericus , having the parts unequally ...
... prefix , signifying un- equal , of frequent use in botany and natural history : as anisocheles , un- equally serrated ; anisodon , unequally toothed ; anisomerus , consisting of unequal parts ; anisomericus , having the parts unequally ...
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... prefix , signifying before . Ante'cians ( Gr . dwelling opposite ) , in geography , those inhabitants of the earth under the same meridian and at the same distance from the equa- tor , but on opposite sides , one party north , the other ...
... prefix , signifying before . Ante'cians ( Gr . dwelling opposite ) , in geography , those inhabitants of the earth under the same meridian and at the same distance from the equa- tor , but on opposite sides , one party north , the other ...
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