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Brontology
Brontology Bron*tol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ? thunder + -logy.]
A treatise upon thunder.
Deontological
Deontological De*on`to*log"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to deontology.
Deontologist
Deontologist De`on*tol"o*gist, n.
One versed in deontology.
Deontology
Deontology De`on*tol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ? gen. ?, necessity,
obligation (p. neut. of ? it is necessary) + -logy.]
The science relat? to duty or moral obligation. --J. Bentham.
Gigantology
Gigantology Gi`gan*tol"og*y, n. [Gr. ?, ?, giant + -logy: cf.
F. gigantologie.]
An account or description of giants.
Mantologist
Mantologist Man*tol"o*gist, n.
One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. [R.]
Mantology
Mantology Man*tol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ? prophet + -logy.]
The act or art of divination. [R.]
Odontology
Odontology O`don*tol"o*gy, n. [Odonto- + -logy: cf.F.
odontologie.]
The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and
development.
Ontologic
Ontologic On`to*log"ic, a.
Ontological.
Ontological
Ontological On`to*log"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. ontologique.]
Of or pertaining to ontology.
Ontologically
Ontologically On`*to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
In an ontological manner.
Ontologist
Ontologist On*tol"o*gist, n. [Cf.F. ontologiste.]
One who is versed in or treats of ontology. --Edin. Rev.
Ontology
Ontology On*tol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ? the things which exist
(pl.neut. of ?, ?, being, p. pr. of ? to be) + -logy: cf.F.
ontologie.]
That department of the science of metaphysics which
investigates and explains the nature and essential properties
and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and
causes of being.
PaleontologicalPaleontological Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to paleontology. --
Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv. PaleontologicallyPaleontological Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to paleontology. --
Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv. paleontology 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. PaleontologyPaleontology Pa`le*on*tol"o*gy, n. [Paleo- + Gr. ? existing
things + -logy. Cf. Ontology.]
The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or
of fossils which are the remains of such life. Pantological
Pantological Pan`to*log"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to pantology.
Pantologist
Pantologist Pan*tol"o*gist, n.
One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology.
Pantology
Pantology Pan*tol"o*gy, n. [Panto- + -logy.]
A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work
of universal information.
Saintologist
Saintologist Saint*ol"o*gist, n. [Saint + -logy + -ist.]
(Theol.)
One who writes the lives of saints. [R.]
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