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Bilection
Bilection Bi*lec"tion, n. (Arch.)
That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the
general surface of a panel; a bolection.
BolectionBolection Bo*lec"tion, n. (Arch.)
A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection.
--Gwilt. By-election
By-election By"-e*lec"tion, n.
An election held by itself, not at the time of a general
election.
CircumflectionCircumflection Cir`cum*flec"tion, n.
See Circumflexion. Collection
Collection Col*lec"tion, n. [L. collectio: cf. F. collection.]
1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the
collection of specimens.
2. That which is collected; as:
(a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
``A collection of letters.' --Macaulay.
(b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes,
as by passing a contribution box for freewill
offerings. ``The collection for the saints.' --1 Cor.
xvi. 1
(c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of
demands.
(d) An accumulation of any substance. ``Collections of
moisture.' --Whewell. ``A purulent collection.'
--Dunglison.
3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or
observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.]
We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have
been hitherto made out of those words by modern
divines. --Milton.
4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.]
Syn: Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd;
congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
Collectional
Collectional Col*lec"tion*al (-al), a.
Of or pertaining to collecting.
The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for
collectional purposes. --H. A.
Merewether.
Deflectionization
Deflectionization De*flec`tion*i*za"tion, n.
The act of freeing from inflections. --Earle.
Deflectionize
Deflectionize De*flec"tion*ize, v. t.
To free from inflections.
Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic.
--Earle.
DilectionDilection Di*lec"tion, n. [L. dilectio: dilection. See
Diligent.]
Love; choice. [Obs.] --T. Martin. ElectioneerElectioneer E*lec`tion*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Electionered; p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.]
To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts
for securing the election of a candidate.
A master of the whole art of electioneering.
--Macaulay. Electioneerer
Electioneerer E*lec`tion*eer"er, n.
One who electioneers.
ElectioneeringElectioneer E*lec`tion*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Electionered; p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.]
To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts
for securing the election of a candidate.
A master of the whole art of electioneering.
--Macaulay. ElectioneredElectioneer E*lec`tion*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Electionered; p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.]
To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts
for securing the election of a candidate.
A master of the whole art of electioneering.
--Macaulay. EmplectionEmplection Em*plec"tion, n.
See Emplecton. FlectionFlection Flec"tion, n. [See Flexion.]
1. The act of bending, or state of being bent.
2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or
conjugation; inflection. Flectional
Flectional Flec"tion*al, a.
Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. --Earle.
InflectionInflection In*flec"tion, n. [L. inflexio : cf. F. inflexion.
See Inflect.] [Written also inflecxion.]
1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the
rising and the falling inflection.
4. (Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to
mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person,
mood, voice, etc.
5. (Mus.)
(a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the
voice.
(b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in
chanting.
6. (Opt.) Same as Diffraction.
Point of inflection (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of
which a curve bends in contrary ways. Inflectional
Inflectional In*flec"tion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by,
inflection. --Max M["u]ller.
Intellection
Intellection In`tel*lec"tion, n. [L. intellectio synecdoche:
cf. F. intellection.]
A mental act or process; especially:
(a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas;
intuition. Bentley.
(b) A creation of the mind itself. --Hickok.
Irreflection
Irreflection Ir`re*flec"tion, n.
Want of reflection.
LectionLection Lec"tion, n. [L. lectio, fr. legere, lectum, to read.
See lesson, Legend.]
1. (Eccl.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in
divine service.
2. A reading; a variation in the text.
We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the
new lections into the text. --De Quincey. LectionaryLectionary Lec"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. -ries. [LL. lectionarium,
lectionarius : cf. F. lectionnaire.] (Eccl.)
A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine
service. Misrecollection
Misrecollection Mis*rec`ol*lec"tion, n.
Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
Natural selection 10. (Mus.)
(a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human
throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
(b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat
nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.
(c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which
moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but
little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of
Music).
Natural day, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer.
Natural fats, Natural gas, etc. See under Fat, Gas.
etc.
Natural Harmony (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common
chord.
Natural history, in its broadest sense, a history or
description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of
botany, zo["o]logy, geology, mineralogy,
paleontology, chemistry, and physics. In recent
usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of
botany and zo["o]logy collectively, and sometimes to the
science of zoology alone.
Natural law, that instinctive sense of justice and of right
and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished
from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated
human law.
Natural modulation (Mus.), transition from one key to its
relative keys.
Natural order. (Nat. Hist.) See under order.
Natural person. (Law) See under person, n.
Natural philosophy, originally, the study of nature in
general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science,
commonly called physics, which treats of the phenomena
and laws of matter and considers those effects only which
are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; --
contrasted with mental and moral philosophy.
Natural scale (Mus.), a scale which is written without
flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less
likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales
represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally
natural with the so-called natural scale
Natural science, natural history, in its broadest sense; --
used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral
science.
Natural selection (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural
laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed
selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in
the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural
selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly
by gradual changes of environment which have led to
corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms
which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the
changed environment have tended to survive and leave
similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly
adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for
the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the
fittest. See Darwinism.
Natural system (Bot. & Zo["o]l.), a classification based
upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all
parts of the organisms, and by their embryology.
It should be borne in mind that the natural system
of botany is natural only in the constitution of its
genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand
divisions. --Gray.
Natural theology, or Natural religion, that part of
theological science which treats of those evidences of the
existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are
exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed
religion. See Quotation under Natural, a., 3.
Natural vowel, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir,
her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest
open position of the mouth organs. See Neutral vowel,
under Neutral and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
Syn: See Native. Neglection
Neglection Neg*lec"tion, n. [L. neglectio.]
The state of being negligent; negligence. [Obs.] --Shak.
Nonelection
Nonelection Non`e*lec"tion, n.
Failure of election.
Noninflectional
Noninflectional Non`in*flec"tion*al, a.
Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.
Point of inflectionInflection In*flec"tion, n. [L. inflexio : cf. F. inflexion.
See Inflect.] [Written also inflecxion.]
1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the
rising and the falling inflection.
4. (Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to
mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person,
mood, voice, etc.
5. (Mus.)
(a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the
voice.
(b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in
chanting.
6. (Opt.) Same as Diffraction.
Point of inflection (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of
which a curve bends in contrary ways. Precollection
Precollection Pre`col*lec"tion, n.
A collection previously made. [R.]
Preelection
Preelection Pre`["e]*lec"tion, n.
Election beforehand.
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