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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. 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.
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. Efformation
Efformation Ef`for*ma"tion, n.
The act of giving shape or form. [Obs.] --Ray.
Formation
Formation For*ma"tion, n. [L. formatio: cf. F. formation.]
1. The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a
shaping. --Beattie.
2. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure;
construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar
formation of the heart.
3. A substance formed or deposited.
4. (Geol.)
(a) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with
reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation
about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
(b) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the
Eocene formation.
5. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a
square, column, etc. --Farrow.
Formative
Formative Form"a*tive, n. (Gram.)
(a) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part
of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a
word.
(b) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage,
as from a root.
Formative
Formative Form"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. formatif.]
1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as,
the formative arts.
The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by
any formative residing in the soil. --Bentley.
2. (Gram.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a
termination merely formative.
3. (Biol.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as,
living or formative matter.
InformationInformation In`for*ma"tion, n. [F., fr. L. informatio
representation, cinception. See Inform, v. t.]
1. The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or
intelligence.
The active informations of the intellect. --South.
2. News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or
obtained by personal study and investigation;
intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation,
or instruction.
Larger opportunities of information. --Rogers.
He should get some information in the subject he
intends to handle. --Swift.
3. (Law) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some
offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted,
really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on
behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in
criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding
of a grand juri. See Indictment. Informative
Informative In*form"a*tive, a.
Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. --Dr. H. More.
Linear transformation Linear measure, the measurement of length.
Linear numbers (Math.), such numbers as have relation to
length only: such is a number which represents one side of
a plane figure. If the plane figure is a square, the
linear figure is called a root.
Linear problem (Geom.), a problem which may be solved
geometrically by the use of right lines alone.
Linear transformation (Alg.), a change of variables where
each variable is replaced by a function of the first
degree in the new variable. Malconformation
Malconformation Mal*con`for*ma"tion, n. [Mal- + conformation.]
Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form;
disproportion of parts.
Maleconformation
Maleconformation Male*con`for*ma"tion, n.
Malconformation.
MaleformationMaleformation Male`for*ma"tion, n.
See Malformation. Malformation
Malformation Mal`for*ma"tion, n. [Mal- + forniation.]
Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or
wrong conformation or structure.
Misformation
Misformation Mis`for*ma"tion, n.
Malformation.
Misinformation
Misinformation Mis*in`for*ma"tion, n.
Untrue or incorrect information. --Bacon.
PreformationPreformation Pre`for*ma"tion, n. (Biol.)
An old theory of the pre["e]xistence of germs. Cf.
Embo[^i]tement. Preformative
Preformative Pre*form"a*tive, n.
A formative letter at the beginning of a word. --M. Stuart.
Re-formation
Re-formation Re`-for*ma"tion (r?`f?r*m?"sh?n), n.
The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the
reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.
Reformative
Reformative Re*form"a*tive (r?*f?rm"?*t?v), a.
Forming again; having the quality of renewing form;
reformatory. --Good.
RetransformationRetransform Re`trans*form", v. t.
To transform anew or back. -- Re`trans*for*ma"tion, n. Spore formationSpore Spore, n. [Gr. ? a sowing, seed, from ? to sow. Cf.
Sperm.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which
are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the
species.
Note: Spores are produced differently in the different
classes of cryptogamous plants, and as regards their
nature are often so unlike that they have only their
minuteness in common. The peculiar spores of diatoms
(called auxospores) increase in size, and at length
acquire a siliceous coating, thus becoming new diatoms
of full size. Compare Macrospore, Microspore,
O["o]spore, Restingspore, Sph[ae]rospore,
Swarmspore, Tetraspore, Zo["o]spore, and
Zygospore.
(b) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of
flowering plants.
2. (Biol.)
(a) A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body,
formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving
rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of
bacteria, etc.
(b) One of the parts formed by fission in certain
Protozoa. See Spore formation, belw.
Spore formation.
(a) (Biol) A mode of reproduction resembling multitude
fission, common among Protozoa, in which the organism
breaks up into a number of pieces, or spores, each of
which eventually develops into an organism like the
parent form. --Balfour.
(b) The formation of reproductive cells or spores, as in
the growth of bacilli. To lodge an informationLodge Lodge, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See
Lodge, n. ]
1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a
sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to
receive; to hold.
Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden.
The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that
all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne.
2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her
covert. --Addison.
3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged
their arms in the arsenal.
4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison.
5. To lay down; to prostrate.
Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.
--Shak.
To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint. TransformationTransformation Trans`for*ma"tion, n. [L. transformatio: cf.
transformation.]
The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed;
change of form or condition. Specifically:
(a) (Biol.) Any change in an organism which alters its
general character and mode of life, as in the development
of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the
larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the
change which the histological units of a tissue are prone
to undergo. See Metamorphosis. Transformative
Transformative Trans*form"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. transformatif.]
Having power, or a tendency, to transform.
Unreformation
Unreformation Un*ref`or*ma"tion, n.
Want of reformation; state of being unreformed. [Obs.] --Bp.
Hall.
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