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Acetification
Acetification A*cet`i*fi*ca"tion, n.
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting,
or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
Acidification
Acidification A*cid`i*fi*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. acidification.]
The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.
Adsignification
Adsignification Ad*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.
Additional signification. [R.] --Tooke.
Albification
Albification Al`bi*fi*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. albification: L.
albus white + ficare (only in comp.), facere, to make.]
The act or process of making white. [Obs.]
Amplification
Amplification Am`pli*fi*ca"tion, n. [L. amplificatio.]
1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions;
enlargement; extension.
2. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by
particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc.,
for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description,
or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
Exaggeration is a species of amplification. --Brande
& C.
I shall summarily, without any amplification at all,
show in what manner defects have been supplied.
--Sir J.
Davies.
3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the
subject was presented without amplifications.
Artificial classificationArtificial Ar`ti*fi"cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium:
cf. F. artificiel. See Artifice.]
1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human
skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial
heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier
than life. --Shak.
2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
``Artificial tears.' --Shak.
3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as,
artificial grasses. --Gibbon.
Artificial arguments (Rhet.), arguments invented by the
speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the
like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs.
--Johnson.
Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement based
on superficial characters, and not expressing the true
natural relations species; as, ``the artificial system'
in botany, which is the same as the Linn[ae]an system.
Artificial horizon. See under Horizon.
Artificial light, any light other than that which proceeds
from the heavenly bodies.
Artificial lines, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived
as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which,
by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable
exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc.
Artificial numbers, logarithms.
Artificial person (Law). See under Person.
Artificial sines, tangents, etc., the same as logarithms
of the natural sines, tangents, etc. --Hutton. Artificial classificationClassification Clas`si*fi*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. classification.]
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution
into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to
some common relations or affinities.
Artificial classification. (Science) See under
Artifitial. Calcification
Calcification Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion
(k[a^]l`s[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. (Physiol.)
The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by
the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation
of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous
degeneration of tissue.
Calorification
Calorification Ca*lor`i*fi*ca"tion
(k[.a]*l[o^]r`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
calorification.]
Production of heat, esp. animal heat.
Caprification
Caprification Cap`ri*fi*ca"tion, n. [L. caprificatio, fr.
caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, fr. caprificus
the wild fig; caper goat + ficus fig.]
The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree,
branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous
insects.
Note: It is supposed that the little insects insure
fertilization by carrying the pollen from the male
flowers near the opening of the fig down to the female
flowers, and also accelerate ripening the fruit by
puncturing it. The practice has existed since ancient
times, but its benefit has been disputed.
Carnification
Carnification Car`ni*fi*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. carnification.]
The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance
resembling flesh.
Cartilaginification
Cartilaginification Car`ti*la*gin`i*fi*ca"tion, n. [L.
cartilago, -laginis, cartilage + facere to make.]
The act or process of forming cartilage. --Wright.
Certification
Certification Cer`ti*fi*ca"tion, n.[L. certificatio: cf. F.
certification.]
The act of certifying.
Chondrification
Chondrification Chon`dri*fi*ca"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.
ChylificationChylification Chyl`i*fi*ca"tion, n. (Physiol.)
The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction. Chymification
Chymification Chym`i*fi*ca"tion, n. [Chyme + L. facere to
make: cf. F. Chymification.] (Physiol.)
The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of
gastric juice.
ClassificationClassification Clas`si*fi*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. classification.]
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution
into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to
some common relations or affinities.
Artificial classification. (Science) See under
Artifitial. Codification
Codification Co`di*fi*ca"tion (? or ?), n. [Cf. F.
codification.]
The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Consignification
Consignification Con*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.
Joint signification. [R.]
Cornification
Cornification Cor`ni*fi*ca"tion (k?r`n?-f?-k?"sh?n), n.
Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn.
Damnification
Damnification Dam`ni*fi*ca"tion, n. [LL. damnificatio.]
That which causes damage or loss.
Decalcification
Decalcification De*cal`ci*fi*ca"tion, n.
The removal of calcareous matter.
Deltafication
Deltafication Del`ta*fi*ca"tion, n. [Delta + L. facere to
make.]
The formation of a delta or of deltas. [R.]
Denitrification
Denitrification De*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion, n.
The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the
condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
Despecfication
Despecfication De*spec`fi*ca"tion, n.
Discrimination.
Devitrification
Devitrification De*vit`ri*fi*ca"tion, n.
The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being
devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy
matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being
the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the
glassy base, which are then called devitrification products.
Dezincification
Dezincification De*zinc`i*fi*ca"tion, n.
The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition
resulting from the removal of zinc.
Diagonal stratificationDiagonal Di*ag"o*nal, a. [L. diagonalis, fr. Gr. ? from to
angle; dia` through + ? an angle; perh. akin to E. knee: cf.
F. diagonal.] (Geom.)
Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or
multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner;
crossing at an angle with one of the sides.
Diagonal bond (Masonry), herringbone work. See
Herringbone, a.
Diagonal built (Shipbuilding), built by forming the outer
skin of two layers of planking, making angles of about
45[deg] with the keel, in opposite directions.
Diagonal cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Diagonal molding (Arch.), a chevron or zigzag molding.
Diagonal rib. (Arch.) See Cross-springer.
Diagonal scale, a scale which consists of a set of parallel
lines, with other lines crossing them obliquely, so that
their intersections furnish smaller subdivisions of the
unit of measure than could be conveniently marked on a
plain scale.
Diagonal stratification. (Geol.) Same as Cross bedding,
under Cross, a. DignificationDignification Dig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n. [See Dignify.]
The act of dignifying; exaltation. Disqualification
Disqualification Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion, n.
1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified;
want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the
disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes
unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a
person for office; sickness is a disqualification for
labor.
I must still retain the consciousness of those
disqualifications which you have been pleased to
overlook. --Sir J.
Shore.
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