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acropetal botryose centripetal indefinite inflorescenceIndeterminate In`de*ter"mi*nate, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis
which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
problems.
Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients
arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
subsequently determined.
Indeterminate equation (Math.), an equation in which the
unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
equations.
Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
stem indefinitely; -- called also acropetal, botryose,
centripetal, & indefinite inflorescence. --Gray.
Indeterminate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of an
infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
required results.
Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no
fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
any proposed condition.
Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
coefficients. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv. --
In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n. Centrifugal inflorescenceInflorescence In`flo*res"cence, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of
inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere
to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
2. (Bot.)
(a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and
disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis,
and to each other.
(b) An axis on which all the flower buds.
Inflorescence affords an excellent
characteristic mark in distinguishing the
species of plants. --Milne.
Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence.
Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See
under Determinate, and Indeterminate. centrifugal inflorescenceDeterminate De*ter"mi*nate, a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of
determinare. See Determine.]
1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed;
established; definite.
Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
--Dryden.
2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
--Acts ii. 23.
3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
My determinate voyage. --Shak.
4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the
flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which
puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal
inflorescence.
Determinate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of a
limited number of solutions.
Determinate quantities, Determinate equations (Math.),
those that are finite in the number of values or
solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem
or equation determine the number. Centripetal inflorescenceInflorescence In`flo*res"cence, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of
inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere
to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
2. (Bot.)
(a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and
disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis,
and to each other.
(b) An axis on which all the flower buds.
Inflorescence affords an excellent
characteristic mark in distinguishing the
species of plants. --Milne.
Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence.
Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See
under Determinate, and Indeterminate. Determinate inflorescenceDeterminate De*ter"mi*nate, a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of
determinare. See Determine.]
1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed;
established; definite.
Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
--Dryden.
2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
--Acts ii. 23.
3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
My determinate voyage. --Shak.
4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the
flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which
puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal
inflorescence.
Determinate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of a
limited number of solutions.
Determinate quantities, Determinate equations (Math.),
those that are finite in the number of values or
solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem
or equation determine the number. Efflorescence
Efflorescence Ef`flo*res"cence, n. [F. efflorescence.]
1. (Bot.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of
flowers; blowth.
2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash,
measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
3. (Chem.)
(a) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the
surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
(b) The powder or crust thus formed.
Efflorescency
Efflorescency Ef`flo*res"cen*cy, n.
The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.
EfflorescentEfflorescent Ef`flo*res"cent, a. [F. efflorescent, L.
efflorescens, -entis, blooming, p. pr. of efflorescere. See
Effloresce, v. i.]
1. That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure;
as, an efflorescent salt.
2. Covered with an efflorescence. FlorenFloren Flor"en, n. [LL. florenus. See Florin.]
A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.] --Chaucer. FlorenceFlorence Flor"ence, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.
florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]
1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six
shillings sterling value. --Camden.
2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.
Florence flask. See under Flask.
Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence. Florence flaskFlask Flask, n. [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG.
flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF.
flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. ?, ?, ?. Cf. Flagon,
Flasket.]
1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a
flask of oil or wine.
2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various
purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of
wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat
water in, etc.
3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] --Bailey.
4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand,
etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of
two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the
cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When
there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three
part flask, four part flask, etc.
Erlenmeyer flask, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and
cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents
laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from
Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it.
Florence flask. [From Florence in Italy.]
(a) Same as Betty, n., 3.
(b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or
flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating
solutions.
Pocket flask, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered
with metal or leather to protect it from breaking. Florence flaskFlorence Flor"ence, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.
florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]
1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six
shillings sterling value. --Camden.
2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.
Florence flask. See under Flask.
Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence. Florence oilFlorence Flor"ence, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.
florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]
1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six
shillings sterling value. --Camden.
2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.
Florence flask. See under Flask.
Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence. FlorentineFlorentine Flor"en*tine (? or ?; 277), a. [L. Florentinus, fr.
Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin.]
Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.
Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones,
often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors
represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a
background, usually of black or white marble. Florentine
Florentine Flor"en*tine, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Florence, a city in Italy.
2. A kind of silk. --Knight.
3. A kind of pudding or tart; a kind of meat pie. [Obs.]
Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines. --Beau. &
Fl.
Florentine mosaicMosaic Mo*sa"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed
by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated;
tessellated; also, composed of various materials or
ingredients.
A very beautiful mosaic pavement. --Addison.
Florentine mosaic. See under Florentine.
Mosaic gold.
(a) See Ormolu.
(b) Stannic sulphide, SnS2, obtained as a yellow scaly
crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and
gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the
alchemists aurum musivum, or aurum mosaicum. Called
also bronze powder.
Mosaic work. See Mosaic, n. Florentine mosaicFlorentine Flor"en*tine (? or ?; 277), a. [L. Florentinus, fr.
Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin.]
Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.
Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones,
often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors
represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a
background, usually of black or white marble. FlorescenceFlorescence Flo*res"cence, n. [See Florescent.] (Bot.)
A bursting into flower; a blossoming. --Martyn. FlorescentFlorescent Flo*res"cent, a. [L. florescens, p. pr. of
florescere begin to blossom, incho. fr. florere to blossom,
fr. flos, floris, flower. See Flower.]
Expanding into flowers; blossoming. FloretFloret Flo"ret, n. [OF. florete, F. fleurette, dim. of OF.
lor, F. fleur. See Flower, and cf. Floweret, 3d
Ferret.]
1. (Bot.) A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers
which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the
daisy, thistle, and dandelion. --Gray.
2. [F. fleuret.] A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.
[Obs.] --Cotgrave. I FlorentinaOrris Or"ris, n. [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See
Iris.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of
flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of
violets.
Orris pea (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root.
Orris root, the fragrant rootstock of the orris. I FlorentinaFlower-de-luce Flow"er-de-luce", n. [Corrupted fr.
fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and
large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but
probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French
emblem.
Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the
north temperate zone. Some of the best known are Iris
Germanica, I. Florentina, I. Persica, I.
sambucina, and the American I. versicolor, I.
prismatica, etc. Indefinite inflorescenceIndefinite In*def"i*nite, a. [L. indefinitus. See In- not,
and Definite.]
1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not
explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise;
uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite
time, plan, etc.
It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off
that indefinite way of vouching, ``the chymists say
this,' or ``the chymists affirm that.' --Boyle.
The time of this last is left indefinite. --Dryden.
2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and
unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite
space; the indefinite extension of a straight line.
Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite;
though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so
to human comprehension. --Spectator.
3. Boundless; infinite. [R.]
Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity.
--W. Thompson
(1745).
4. (Bot.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular
enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower,
and the like. Also, indeterminate.
Indefinite article (Gram.), the word a or an, used with
nouns to denote any one of a common or general class.
Indefinite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Indeterminate
inflorescence, under Indeterminate.
Indefinite proposition (Logic), a statement whose subject
is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or
nondistribution; as, Man is mortal.
Indefinite term (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-good.
Syn: Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate;
loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate. Indeterminate inflorescenceIndeterminate In`de*ter"mi*nate, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis
which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
problems.
Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients
arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
subsequently determined.
Indeterminate equation (Math.), an equation in which the
unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
equations.
Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
stem indefinitely; -- called also acropetal, botryose,
centripetal, & indefinite inflorescence. --Gray.
Indeterminate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of an
infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
required results.
Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no
fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
any proposed condition.
Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
coefficients. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv. --
In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n. InflorescenceInflorescence In`flo*res"cence, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of
inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere
to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
2. (Bot.)
(a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and
disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis,
and to each other.
(b) An axis on which all the flower buds.
Inflorescence affords an excellent
characteristic mark in distinguishing the
species of plants. --Milne.
Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence.
Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See
under Determinate, and Indeterminate. Ray floretRay Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray,
staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. Radius.]
1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common
point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of
six rays.
2. (Bot.) A radiating part of the flower or plant; the
marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a
sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other
circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting
the fins of fishes.
(b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of
the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
4. (Physics)
(a) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or
reflecting point; a single element of light or heat
propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized
ray.
(b) One of the component elements of the total radiation
from a body; any definite or limited portion of the
spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust.
under Light.
5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of
vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the
eye to the object seen.
All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn
coxcombs as they gaze. --Pope.
6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through
a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both
directions. See Half-ray.
Bundle of rays. (Geom.) See Pencil of rays, below.
Extraordinary ray (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray
divided by double refraction which does not follow the
ordinary law of refraction.
Ordinary ray (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray
divided by double refraction which follows the usual or
ordinary law of refraction.
Pencil of rays (Geom.), a definite system of rays.
Ray flower, or Ray floret (Bot.), one of the marginal
flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the
aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an
elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the
disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed.
Ray point (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays.
R["o]ntgen ray(Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very
highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge.
It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to
light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects
by which means pictures showing the internal structure of
opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs Reflorescence
Reflorescence Re`flo*res"cence (r?`fl?*r?s"sens), n. (Bot.)
A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased
blossoming for the season.
SemifloretSemifloret Sem"i*flo`ret, n. (Bot.)
See Semifloscule. semifloretSemifloscule Sem"i*flos`cule, n. (Bot.)
A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a
strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.
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