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Candescent
Candescent Can*des"cent, a. [L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of
candescere, v. incho. fr. candere to shine.]
Glowing; luminous; incandescent.
Condescendence
Condescendence Con`de*scend"ence, Condescendency
Con`de*scend"en*cy, n. [Cf. F. condescendance.]
Condescension. [Obs.]
Condescendency
Condescendence Con`de*scend"ence, Condescendency
Con`de*scend"en*cy, n. [Cf. F. condescendance.]
Condescension. [Obs.]
Condescendingly
Condescendingly Con`de*scend"ing*ly, adv.
In a condescending manner. --Atterbury.
CondescentCondescent Con`de*scent", n. [Cf. Condescend, Descent.]
An act of condescension. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. Curve of quickest descentCurve Curve, n. [See Curve, a., Cirb.]
1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure;
as, a curve in a railway or canal.
2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having
no finite portion of it a straight line.
Axis of a curve. See under Axis.
Curve of quickest descent. See Brachystochrone.
Curve tracing (Math.), the process of determining the
shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities
of a curve from its equation.
Plane curve (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes
through three points of the curve, it passes through all
the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a
curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve. Descend
Descend De*scend", v. t.
To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower
part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a
ladder.
But never tears his cheek descended. --Byron.
DescendantDescendant De*scend"ant, a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of
descendre. Cf. Descendent.]
Descendent. Descendant
Descendant De*scend"ant, n.
One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; --
correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Our first parents and their descendants. --Hale.
The descendant of so many kings and emperors. --Burke.
DescendentDescendent De*scend"ent, a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of
descendre. Cf. Descendant.]
Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of
ethereal race. --Pope. Descender
Descender De*scend"er, n.
One who descends.
Descendibility
Descendibility De*scend`i*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality of being descendible; capability of being
transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an
estate.
Descendible
Descendible De*scend"i*ble, a.
1. Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
2. That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. ``A
descendant estate.' --Sir W. Jones.
Descendingly
Descendingly De*scend"ing*ly, adv.
In a descending manner.
DescensionDescension De*scen"sion, n. [OF. descension, L. descensio. See
Descent.]
The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking;
declension; degradation.
Oblique descension (Astron.), the degree or arc of the
equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the
horizon of an oblique sphere.
Right descension, the degree or arc of the equator which
descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same
time with the object. [Obs.] Descensional
Descensional De*scen"sion*al, a.
Pertaining to descension. --Johnson.
Descensive
Descensive De*scen"sive, a.
Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending. --Smart.
DescensoryDescensory De*scen"so*ry, n. [NL. descensorium: cf. OF.
descensoire. See Descend.]
A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils. DescentDescent De*scent", n. [F. descente, fr. descendre; like vente,
from vendre. See Descend.]
1. The act of descending, or passing downward; change of
place from higher to lower.
2. Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion
from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a
descent upon the enemy.
The United Provinces . . . ordered public prayer to
God, when they feared that the French and English
fleets would make a descent upon their coasts.
--Jortin.
3. Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station,
virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from
a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less
important, from the better to the worse, etc.
2. Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation;
lineage; birth; extraction. --Dryden.
5. (Law) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually,
but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to
inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. --Abbott.
6. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or
sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
7. That which is descended; descendants; issue.
If care of our descent perplex us most, Which must
be born to certain woe. --Milton.
8. A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a
degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
No man living is a thousand descents removed from
Adam himself. --Hooker.
9. Lowest place; extreme downward place. [R.]
And from the extremest upward of thy head, To the
descent and dust below thy foot. --Shak.
10. (Mus.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.
Syn: Declivity; slope; degradation; extraction; lineage;
assault; invasion; attack. Diemictylus viridescensNewt Newt, n. [OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an
ewt being understood as a newt. Cf. Eft.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The
common British species are the crested newt (Triton
cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In
America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most
abundant species. Diemyctylus viridescensTriton Tri"ton, n. [L., fr. Gr.?.] (Gr. Myth.)
A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and
the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and
painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a
man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a
trumpet made of a shell.
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old
Triton blow his wreathed horn. --Wordsworth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods
belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout
spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with
prominent varices. Some of the species are among the
largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell,
and sea trumpet.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic
salamanders. The common European species are
Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M.
alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.
The most common species of the United States is
Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander. Excandescence
Excandescence Ex`can*des"cence, n. [L. excandescentia.]
1. A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence.
[R.]
2. Violent anger; a growing angry. [Obs.] --Blount.
ExcandescentExcandescent Ex`can*des"cent, a. [L. excandescens, p. pr. of
excandescere to take fire, glow; ex out (intens.) +
candescere to begin to glisten or glow, fr. candere. See
Candid.]
White or glowing with heat. [R.] --Ure. FrondesceFrondesce Fron*desce", v. i. [L. frondescere, inchoative fr.
frondere. See Frondent.]
To unfold leaves, as plants. Frondescence
Frondescence Fron*des"cence, n. (Bot.)
(a) The time at which each species of plants unfolds its
leaves.
(b) The act of bursting into leaf. --Milne. Martyn.
Incandescence
Incandescence In`can*des"cence, n. [Cf. F. incandescence.]
A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body
caused by intense heat.
incandescence lamp, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an
electric current, as in the Edison lamp; -- called also
incandescence lamp, and glowlamp. IncandescentIncandescent In`can*des"cent, a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p.
pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in +
candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red
hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf.
F. incandescent. See Candle.]
White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as,
incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining;
brilliant.
Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might
say, incandescent throughout. --I. Taylor.
Incandescent lamp or light (Elec.), a kind of lamp in
which the light is produced by a thin filament of
conducting material, usually carbon Incandescent lampIncandescent In`can*des"cent, a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p.
pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in +
candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red
hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf.
F. incandescent. See Candle.]
White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as,
incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining;
brilliant.
Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might
say, incandescent throughout. --I. Taylor.
Incandescent lamp or light (Elec.), a kind of lamp in
which the light is produced by a thin filament of
conducting material, usually carbon
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