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Ceratochloa unioloidesRescue Res"cue (r?s"k?), n. [From Rescue, v.; cf.
Rescous.]
1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence,
or danger; liberation.
Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. --Shak.
2. (Law)
(a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of
things lawfully distrained.
(b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or
imprisonment.
(c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by
the enemy. --Bouvier.
The rescue of a prisoner from the court is
punished with perpetual imprisonment and
forfeiture of goods. --Blackstone.
Rescue grass. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass
(Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess,
cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States. HyperboloidHyperboloid Hy*per"bo*loid, n. [Hyperbola + -oid: cf. F.
hyperbolo["i]de.] (Geom.)
A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes
in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a
surface.
Hyperboloid of revolution, an hyperboloid described by an
hyperbola revolving about one of its axes. The surface has
two separate sheets when the axis of revolution is the
transverse axis, but only one when the axis of revolution
is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola. Hyperboloid
Hyperboloid Hy*per"bo*loid, a. (Geom.)
Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or
hyperbola.
Hyperboloid of revolutionHyperboloid Hy*per"bo*loid, n. [Hyperbola + -oid: cf. F.
hyperbolo["i]de.] (Geom.)
A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes
in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a
surface.
Hyperboloid of revolution, an hyperboloid described by an
hyperbola revolving about one of its axes. The surface has
two separate sheets when the axis of revolution is the
transverse axis, but only one when the axis of revolution
is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola. Mongoloid
Mongoloid Mon"go*loid, a. [Mongol + -oid.]
Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race
characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like
those of the Mongols. --Huxley.
NegroloidNegroloid Ne"gro*loid, a.
See Negroid. Paraboloid
Paraboloid Pa*rab"o*loid (-loid), n. [Parabola + -oid: cf. F.
parabolo["i]de.] (Geom.)
The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its
axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by
planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.
Note: The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to
the parabolas of the higher orders. --Hutton.
paraboloidConoid Co"noid, n. [Gr. ? conical; ? cone + ? from: cf. F.
cono["i]de.]
1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
2. (Geom.)
(a) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section
about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic
conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid,
ellipsoid, etc.
(b) A surface which may be generated by a straight line
moving in such a manner as always to meet a given
straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel
to a given plane. --Math. Dict. Paraboloidal
Paraboloidal Par`a*bo*loid"al, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.
Varioloid
Varioloid Va"ri*o*loid (?; 277), a. [Variola + -oid: cf. F.
variolo["i]de.] (Med.)
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called
varioloid.
VarioloidVarioloid Va"ri*o*loid, n. [Cf. F. variolo["i]de. See
Varioloid, a.] (Med.)
The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or
vaccination.
Note: It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and
this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits
the salutary effects of previous vaccination or
inoculation. --Dunglison.
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