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Afformative
Afformative Af*form"a*tive, n.
An affix.
Carboniferous formationCarboniferous Car`bon*if"er*ous
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or period. See the Diagram under
Geology. cell formationCell Cell, n. [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to
hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.]
1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a
monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
The heroic confessor in his cell. --Macaulay.
2. A small religious house attached to a monastery or
convent. ``Cells or dependent priories.' --Milman.
3. Any small cavity, or hollow place.
4. (Arch.)
(a) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
(b) Same as Cella.
5. (Elec.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound
vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
6. (Biol.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which
the greater part of the various tissues and organs of
animals and plants are composed.
Note: All cells have their origin in the primary cell from
which the organism was developed. In the lowest animal
and vegetable forms, one single cell constitutes the
complete individual, such being called unicelluter
orgamisms. A typical cell is composed of a semifluid
mass of protoplasm, more or less granular, generally
containing in its center a nucleus which in turn
frequently contains one or more nucleoli, the whole
being surrounded by a thin membrane, the cell wall. In
some cells, as in those of blood, in the am[oe]ba, and
in embryonic cells (both vegetable and animal), there
is no restricting cell wall, while in some of the
unicelluliar organisms the nucleus is wholly wanting.
See Illust. of Bipolar.
Air cell. See Air cell.
Cell development (called also cell genesis, cell
formation, and cytogenesis), the multiplication, of
cells by a process of reproduction under the following
common forms; segmentation or fission, gemmation or
budding, karyokinesis, and endogenous multiplication. See
Segmentation, Gemmation, etc.
Cell theory. (Biol.) See Cellular theory, under
Cellular. Chalk formationChalk Chalk, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See
Calz, and Cawk.]
1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or
yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,
and having the same composition as common limestone.
2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing
implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and
black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See
Crayon.
Black chalk, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty
texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety
of argillaceous slate.
By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]
--Lowell.
Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See
Crayon.
Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under
Cretaceous.
Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making
straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in
cutting or in arranging work.
Chalk mixture, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar
in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of
infants.
Chalk period. (Geol.) See Cretaceous period, under
Cretaceous.
Chalk pit, a pit in which chalk is dug.
Drawing chalk. See Crayon, n., 1.
French chalk, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian
mineral.
Red chalk, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and
used by painters and artificers; reddle. chalk formationCretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L.
cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.]
Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky;
as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid.
Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of
various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc.,
formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk
formation. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of
the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
deposited. Conformability
Conformability Con*form`a*bil"i*ty, n.
1. The state of being conformable.
2. (Geol.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in
contact.
Conformable
Conformable Con*form"a*ble, a.
1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar;
like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed
by to.
The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way
of writing perfectly conformable with that
character. --Addison.
Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy.
--Whewell.
To make matters somewhat conformable for the old
knight. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow
direstions; submissive; compliant.
I have been to you a true and humble wife, At all
times to your will conformable. --Shak.
3. (Geol.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in
contact.
Conformableness
Conformableness Con*form"a*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being conformable; conformability.
Conformably
Conformably Con*form"a*bly, adv.
With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
Conformably to the law and nature of God. --Bp.
Beveridge.
Conformance
Conformance Con*form"ance, n.
Conformity. [R.] --Marston.
ConformateConformate Con*form"ate, a. [L. conformatus, p. p. See
Conform.]
Having the same form. [R.] Conformation
Conformation Con`for*ma"tion, n. [L. conformatio: cf. F.
conformation.]
1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
The conformation of our hearts and lives to the
duties of true religion and morality. --I. Watts.
2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure,
as depending on the arrangement of parts; form;
arrangement.
In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain
conformation of the sentences. --Lowth.
A structure and conformation of the earth.
--Woodward.
Conformator
Conformator Con"for*ma`tor, n. [L., a framer.]
An apparatus for taking the conformation of anything, as of
the head for fitting a hat, or, in craniometry, finding the
largest horizontal area of the head.
Cretaceous formationCretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L.
cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.]
Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky;
as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid.
Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of
various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc.,
formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk
formation. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of
the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
deposited. Disconformable
Disconformable Dis`con*form"a*ble, a.
Not conformable.
Disconformable in religion from us. --Stow (1603).
Efformation
Efformation Ef`for*ma"tion, n.
The act of giving shape or form. [Obs.] --Ray.
formalMethylal Meth"yl*al, n. [Methylene + alcohol.] (Chem.)
A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complex
ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by
the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also
formal. FormalFormal For"mal (f[^o]r"mal), n. [L. formic + alcohol.] (Chem.)
See Methylal. FormalFormal Form"al (f[^o]rm"al), a. [L. formalis: cf. F. formel.]
1. Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance,
or organization of a thing.
2. Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished
from the matter composing it; having the power of making a
thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or
depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.
Of [the sounds represented by] letters, the material
part is breath and voice; the formal is constituted
by the motion and figure of the organs of speech.
--Holder.
3. Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular
method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as,
he gave his formal consent.
His obscure funeral . . . No noble rite nor formal
ostentation. --Shak.
4. Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules;
punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed
form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in
his dress, his gait, his conversation.
A cold-looking, formal garden, cut into angles and
rhomboids. --W. Irwing.
She took off the formal cap that confined her hair.
--Hawthorne.
5. Having the form or appearance without the substance or
essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal
courtesy, etc.
6. Dependent in form; conventional.
Still in constraint your suffering sex remains, Or
bound in formal or in real chains. --Pope.
7. Sound; normal. [Obs.]
To make of him a formal man again. --Shak.
Formal cause. See under Cause.
Syn: Precise; punctilious; stiff; starched; affected; ritual;
ceremonial; external; outward.
Usage: Formal, Ceremonious. When applied to things, these
words usually denote a mere accordance with the rules
of form or ceremony; as, to make a formal call; to
take a ceremonious leave. When applied to a person or
his manners, they are used in a bad sense; a person
being called formal who shapes himself too much by
some pattern or set form, and ceremonious when he lays
too much stress on the conventional laws of social
intercourse. Formal manners render a man stiff or
ridiculous; a ceremonious carriage puts a stop to the
ease and freedom of social intercourse. Formal causeFormal Form"al (f[^o]rm"al), a. [L. formalis: cf. F. formel.]
1. Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance,
or organization of a thing.
2. Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished
from the matter composing it; having the power of making a
thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or
depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.
Of [the sounds represented by] letters, the material
part is breath and voice; the formal is constituted
by the motion and figure of the organs of speech.
--Holder.
3. Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular
method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as,
he gave his formal consent.
His obscure funeral . . . No noble rite nor formal
ostentation. --Shak.
4. Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules;
punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed
form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in
his dress, his gait, his conversation.
A cold-looking, formal garden, cut into angles and
rhomboids. --W. Irwing.
She took off the formal cap that confined her hair.
--Hawthorne.
5. Having the form or appearance without the substance or
essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal
courtesy, etc.
6. Dependent in form; conventional.
Still in constraint your suffering sex remains, Or
bound in formal or in real chains. --Pope.
7. Sound; normal. [Obs.]
To make of him a formal man again. --Shak.
Formal cause. See under Cause.
Syn: Precise; punctilious; stiff; starched; affected; ritual;
ceremonial; external; outward.
Usage: Formal, Ceremonious. When applied to things, these
words usually denote a mere accordance with the rules
of form or ceremony; as, to make a formal call; to
take a ceremonious leave. When applied to a person or
his manners, they are used in a bad sense; a person
being called formal who shapes himself too much by
some pattern or set form, and ceremonious when he lays
too much stress on the conventional laws of social
intercourse. Formal manners render a man stiff or
ridiculous; a ceremonious carriage puts a stop to the
ease and freedom of social intercourse. Formal causeCause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf.
Cause, v., Kickshaw.]
1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which
anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to
make one thing begin to be. --Locke.
2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground;
reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]
I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii.
12.
4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by
which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he
regards as his right; case; ground of action.
5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question;
affair in general.
What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak.
6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and
upheld by a person or party; a principle which is
advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak.
The part they take against me is from zeal to the
cause. --Burke.
Efficient cause, the agent or force that produces a change
or result.
Final cause, the end, design, or object, for which anything
is done.
Formal cause, the elements of a conception which make the
conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the
idea viewed as a formative principle and co["o]perating
with the matter.
Material cause, that of which anything is made.
Proximate cause. See under Proximate.
To make common cause with, to join with in purposes and
aims. --Macaulay.
Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement;
inducement; purpose; object; suit; action. FormaldehydeFormaldehyde For*mal"de*hyde, n. [Formic + aldehyde.] (Chem.)
A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or
ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl
alcohol and formic acid. Formalin
Formalin For"ma*lin, n. [Formic + aldehyde + -in.] (Chem.)
An aqueous solution of formaldehyde, used as a preservative
in museums and as a disinfectant.
Formalism
Formalism Form"al*ism, n.
The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or
dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.
Official formalism. --Sir H.
Rawlinson.
Formalist
Formalist Form"al*ist, n. [Cf. F. formaliste.]
One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them;
esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes
strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the
life and spirit of religion.
As far a formalist from wisdom sits, In judging eyes,
as libertines from wits. --Young.
FormalizeFormalize Form"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formalized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Formalizing.]
1. To give form, or a certain form, to; to model. [R.]
2. To render formal. Formalize
Formalize Form"al*ize, v. i.
To affect formality. [Obs.] --ales.
FormalizedFormalize Form"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formalized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Formalizing.]
1. To give form, or a certain form, to; to model. [R.]
2. To render formal. FormalizingFormalize Form"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formalized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Formalizing.]
1. To give form, or a certain form, to; to model. [R.]
2. To render formal. Formally
Formally Form"al*ly, adv.
In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically;
expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.
That which formally makes this [charity] a Christian
grace, is the spring from which it flows. --Smalridge.
You and your followers do stand formally divided
against the authorized guides of the church and rest of
the people. --Hooker.
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