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AbactinalAbactinal Ab*ac"ti*nal ([a^]b*[a^]k"t[i^]*nal), a. [L. ab + E.
actinal.] (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a
radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. ``The aboral or
abactinal area.' --L. Agassiz. AbstractingAbstract Ab*stract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abstracted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Abstracting.] [See Abstract, a.]
1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away.
He was incapable of forming any opinion or
resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. --Sir
W. Scott.
2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his
was wholly abstracted by other objects.
The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
--Blackw. Mag.
3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to
consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a
quality or attribute. --Whately.
4. To epitomize; to abridge. --Franklin.
5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to
abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.
Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins
from the harness. --W. Black.
6. (Chem.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts
of a substance, by distillation or other chemical
processes. In this sense extract is now more generally
used. Actinal
Actinal Ac"ti*nal, a. [Gr. ?, ?, ray.] (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the
mouth. --L. Agassiz.
Actinaria
Actinaria Ac`ti*na"ri*a, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?, ?, ray.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have
simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in
a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the
Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.
ActingAct Act, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acting.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but
influenced by E. act, n.]
1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]
Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.
--Pope.
2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]
That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no
greater than our necessity. --Jer. Taylor.
Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and
facility of acting things expedient for us to do.
--Barrow.
Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act
extortion and the worst of crimes. --Cowper.
3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the
stage.
4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to
personate; as, to act the hero.
5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.
To act a part, to sustain the part of one of the characters
in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.
To act the part of, to take the character of; to fulfill
the duties of. Acting
Acting Act"ing, a.
1. Operating in any way.
2. Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting
superintendent.
Actinic
Actinic Ac*tin"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.
actinic balanceBolometer Bo*lom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? a stroke, ray + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant
heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; --
called also actinic balance, thermic balance. --S. P.
Langley. Actiniform
Actiniform Ac*tin"i*form, a. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -form.]
Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.
Actinism
Actinism Ac"tin*ism, n. [Gr. ?, ? ray.]
The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or
electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in
photography.
Actinium
Actinium Ac*tin"i*um, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray.] (Chem.)
A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in
commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its
compounds are darkened by exposure to light.
Actino-chemistry
Actino-chemistry Ac`ti*no-chem"is*try, n.
Chemistry in its relations to actinism. --Draper.
Actinogram
Actinogram Ac*tin"o*gram, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -gram.]
A record made by the actinograph.
Actinograph
Actinograph Ac*tin"o*graph, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -graph.]
An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in
the actinic or chemical force of rays of light. --Nichol.
Actinoid
Actinoid Ac"tin*oid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -oid.]
Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.
Actinolite
Actinolite Ac*tin"o*lite, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -lite.] (Min.)
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in
fibrous or columnar masses.
Actinolitic
Actinolitic Ac`tin*o*lit"ic, a. (Min.)
Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.
Actinology
Actinology Ac`ti*nol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -logy.]
The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the
actinic or chemical rays.
Actinomere
Actinomere Ac*tin"o*mere, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + ? part.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the
C[oe]lenterata.
Actinometric
Actinometric Ac`ti*no*met"ric, a.
Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar
rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.
Actinometry
Actinometry Ac`ti*nom"e*try, n.
1. The measurement of the force of solar radiation. --Maury.
2. The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of
light. --Abney.
Actinomyces bovisActinomycosis Ac`ti*no*my*co"sis, n. [NL.] (Med.)
A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to the
presence of Actinomyces bovis. It causes local suppurating
tumors, esp. about the jaw. Called also lumpy jaw or big
jaw. -- Ac`ti*no*my*cot"ic, a. ActinomycosisActinomycosis Ac`ti*no*my*co"sis, n. [NL.] (Med.)
A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to the
presence of Actinomyces bovis. It causes local suppurating
tumors, esp. about the jaw. Called also lumpy jaw or big
jaw. -- Ac`ti*no*my*cot"ic, a. ActinomycoticActinomycosis Ac`ti*no*my*co"sis, n. [NL.] (Med.)
A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to the
presence of Actinomyces bovis. It causes local suppurating
tumors, esp. about the jaw. Called also lumpy jaw or big
jaw. -- Ac`ti*no*my*cot"ic, a. Actinophone
Actinophone Ac*tin"o*phone, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + ? voice.]
(Physics)
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the
actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
Actinophonic
Actinophonic Ac*tin`o*phon"ic, a. (Physics)
Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means
of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic
phenomena.
Actinophorous
Actinophorous Ac`ti*noph"o*rous, a. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + ? to
bear.]
Having straight projecting spines.
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