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Active capitalActive Ac"tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.]
1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change;
communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to
passive, that receives; as, certain active principles;
the powers of the mind.
2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body;
nimble; as, an active child or animal.
Active and nervous was his gait. --Wordsworth.
3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; --
opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as,
active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic;
diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish,
indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business;
active mind; active zeal.
5. Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to
sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or
service; active scenes.
6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical;
operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical;
as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
7. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
8. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease;
an active remedy.
9. (Gram.)
(a) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to
passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
(b) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts
upon or affects something else; transitive.
(c) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct
from mere existence or state.
Active capital, Active wealth, money, or property that
may readily be converted into money.
Syn: Agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick;
sprightly; prompt; energetic. Axis of the Ionic capitalAxis Ax"is, n.; pl. Axes. [L. axis axis, axle. See Axle.]
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,
on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line
passing through a body or system around which the parts are
symmetrically arranged.
2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the
different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged;
as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone,
that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the
center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight
line passing through the center.
3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal
support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the
central line of any body. --Gray.
4. (Anat.)
(a) The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra
dentata.
(b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is
prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first
vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process
or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head
to turn upon.
5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in
describing the position of the planes by which a crystal
is bounded.
6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any
design.
Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the
strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.
Synclinal axis, a line from which the strata slope upward
in opposite directions, so as to form a valley.
Axis cylinder (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central
substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also axis band,
axial fiber, and cylinder axis.
Axis in peritrochio, the wheel and axle, one of the
mechanical powers.
Axis of a curve (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a
system of parallel chords of a curve; called a principal
axis, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it
divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the
parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has
two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two
axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the minor
axis, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the
transverse axis and the conjugate axis.
Axis of a lens, the straight line passing through its
center and perpendicular to its surfaces.
Axis of a telescope or microscope, the straight line with
which coincide the axes of the several lenses which
compose it.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in a plane, two straight lines
intersecting each other, to which points are referred for
the purpose of determining their relative position: they
are either rectangular or oblique.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in space, the three straight lines
in which the co["o]rdinate planes intersect each other.
Axis of a balance, that line about which it turns.
Axis of oscillation, of a pendulum, a right line passing
through the center about which it vibrates, and
perpendicular to the plane of vibration.
Axis of polarization, the central line around which the
prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster.
Axis of revolution (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line
about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the
several points of the line or plane shall describe circles
with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes
perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of
revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution.
Axis of symmetry (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which
divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when
folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other
part.
Axis of the equator, ecliptic, horizon (or other circle
considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies),
the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the
plane of the circle. --Hutton.
Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing
perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the
volute.
Neutral axis (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the
horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression,
exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder.
Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of
transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All
crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial
or biaxial.
Optic axis, Visual axis (Opt.), the straight line passing
through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the
surface of the eye.
Radical axis of two circles (Geom.), the straight line
perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such
that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles
shall be equal to each other.
Spiral axis (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn
spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without.
Axis of abscissas and Axis of ordinates. See Abscissa. Blitum capitatumBlite Blite (bl[imac]t), n. [L. blitum, Gr. bli`ton.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbs (Blitum>) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum
capitatum is the strawberry blite. CapitaCaput Ca"put (k[=a]"p[u^]t), n.; pl. Capita
(k[a^]p"[i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.]
1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or
capitulum.
2. The top or superior part of a thing.
3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of
Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb.
Caput mortuum. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum
after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless
residue. CapitalCapital Cap"i*tal, a. [F. capital, L. capitalis capital (in
senses 1 & 2), fr. caput head. See Chief, and cf.
Capital, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to the head. [Obs.]
Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect
with mortal pain. --Milton.
2. Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the
head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as,
capital trials; capital punishment.
Many crimes that are capital among us. --Swift.
To put to death a capital offender. --Milton.
3. First in importance; chief; principal.
A capital article in religion --Atterbury.
Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity.
--I. Taylor.
4. Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the
general government of a state or nation; as, Washington
and Paris are capital cities.
5. Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or
song. [Colloq.] Capital letter Capital letter [F, lettre capitale] (Print.), a leading or
heading letter, used at the beginning of a sentence and as
the first letter of certain words, distinguished, for the
most part, both by different form and larger size, from
the small (lower-case) letters, which form the greater
part of common print or writing.
Small capital letters have the form of capital letters and
height of the body of the lower-case letters.
Capital stock, money, property, or stock invested in any
business, or the enterprise of any corporation or
institution. --Abbott.
Syn: Chief; leading; controlling; prominent. Capital stock Capital letter [F, lettre capitale] (Print.), a leading or
heading letter, used at the beginning of a sentence and as
the first letter of certain words, distinguished, for the
most part, both by different form and larger size, from
the small (lower-case) letters, which form the greater
part of common print or writing.
Small capital letters have the form of capital letters and
height of the body of the lower-case letters.
Capital stock, money, property, or stock invested in any
business, or the enterprise of any corporation or
institution. --Abbott.
Syn: Chief; leading; controlling; prominent. Capitalist
Capitalist Cap"i*tal*ist, n. [Cf. F. capitaliste.]
One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or
money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is
employed in business.
The expenditure of the capitalist. --Burke.
Capitalization
Capitalization Cap"i*tal*i*za`tion, n.
The act or process of capitalizing.
CapitalizeCapitalize Cap"i*tal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capitalized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Capitalizing.]
1. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
2. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a
patent right, an annuity, etc.)
3. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital. CapitalizedCapitalize Cap"i*tal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capitalized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Capitalizing.]
1. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
2. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a
patent right, an annuity, etc.)
3. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital. CapitalizingCapitalize Cap"i*tal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capitalized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Capitalizing.]
1. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
2. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a
patent right, an annuity, etc.)
3. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital. Capitally
Capitally Cap*i*tal*ly, adv.
1. In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as,
to punish capitally.
2. In a capital manner; excellently. [Colloq.]
Capitalness
Capitalness Cap"i*tal*ness, n.
The quality of being capital; preeminence. [R.]
Capitan PashaCapitan Pasha Ca`pi*tan` Pa*sha` or Pacha Pa*cha` [See
capitan.]
The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet. Capitate
Capitate Cap"i*tate, a. [L. capitatus fr. caput head.]
1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and
rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
2. (Bot.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.
Capitatim
Capitatim Cap`i*ta"tim, a. [NL.]
Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.
Capitation
Capitation Cap`i*ta"tion, n. [L. capitatio a poll tax, fr.
caput head; cf. F. capitation.]
1. A numbering of heads or individuals. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
2. A tax upon each head or person, without reference to
property; a poll tax.
CapiteCapite Cap"i*te, n. [L., abl. of caput head.]
See under Tenant. Capitellate
Capitellate Cap`i*tel"late, a. [L. capitellum, dim. of caput
head.] (Bot.)
Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into
minute capitula.
CapitibranchiataTubicolae Tu*bic"o*l[ae], n. pl. [L. tubus a tube + colere to
inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of annelids including those which construct, and
habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments
usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and
Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella. CapitibranchiataCapitibranchiata Cap`i*ti*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL., from L.
caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near
the head. See Tubicola. CapitolCapitol Cap"i*tol, [L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F.
capitole. See Chief.]
1. The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus,
where the Senate met.
Comes C[ae]sar to the Capitol to-morrow? --Shak.
2. The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the
United States; also, the building in which the legislature
of State holds its sessions; a statehouse. CapitolianCapitolian Cap`i*to"li*an, Capitoline Cap"i*to*line, a. [L.
capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]
Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. ``Capitolian Jove.'
--Macaulay.
Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome
by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of
the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when
reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they
were held every fifth year. CapitolineCapitolian Cap`i*to"li*an, Capitoline Cap"i*to*line, a. [L.
capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]
Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. ``Capitolian Jove.'
--Macaulay.
Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome
by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of
the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when
reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they
were held every fifth year. Capitoline gamesCapitolian Cap`i*to"li*an, Capitoline Cap"i*to*line, a. [L.
capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]
Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. ``Capitolian Jove.'
--Macaulay.
Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome
by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of
the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when
reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they
were held every fifth year. CapitulaCapitula Ca*pit"u*la, n. pl.
See Capitulum. Capitular
Capitular Ca*pit"u*lar, n. [LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr.
L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head,
chapter.]
1. An act passed in a chapter.
2. A member of a chapter.
The chapter itself, and all its members or
capitulars. --Ayliffe.
3. The head or prominent part.
Capitular
Capitular Ca*pit"u*lar, a.
1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
From the pope to the member of the capitular body.
--Milman.
2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.
3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular
process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with
the capitulum of a rib.
Capitularly
Capitularly Ca*pit"u*lar*ly, adv.
In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. --Sterne.
Meaning of Capit from wikipedia
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Christina of
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favoured the
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aquila non
capit muscās (the
eagle does not
catch flies). The
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bellum gerunt.
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initium capit a
flumine Rhodano,
continetur Garumna flumine, Oceano,
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brandy (eau de vie) in France, and
akvavit in Scandinavia.
aquila non
capit muscas an
eagle does not
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noble or
important person does...
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decapitare can be
discerned from its
morphemes de- (down, from) +
capit- (head). The past
participle of
decapitare is
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ratione redactum Scriptula, quot
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- 'Karlomanni
Capitulare Vernense', MGH Capitularia, https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_
capit_2/index.htm#page/371/mode/1up
English translation: https://salutemmundo...
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