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Accelerated motionAccelerate Ac*cel"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accelerated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Accelerating.] [L. acceleratus, p. p. of
accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See
Celerity.]
1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add
to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process
of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase
of wealth, etc.
3. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate
our departure.
Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually
increasing velocity.
Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated
motion. --Nichol.
Syn: To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward;
advance; further. AmotionAmotion A*mo"tion, n. [L. amotio. See Amove.]
1. Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate
officer from his office.
2. Deprivation of possession. Angular motionAngular An"gu*lar, a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle,
corner. See Angle.]
1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or
angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered;
pointed; as, an angular figure.
2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff
in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and
appearance; an angular female.
Angular aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture,
Distance.
Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or
fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the
angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to
the body.
Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle
meet; the vertex.
Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time
employed in describing. Center of motionCenter Cen"ter, n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum, fr. round which
a circle is described, fr. ? to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
2. The middle or central portion of anything.
3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar co["o]rdinates.
See Co["o]rdinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid. CommotionCommotion Com*mo"tion, n. [L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See
Motion.]
1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.
[What] commotion in the winds ! --Shak.
2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.
When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. --Luke
xxi. 9.
3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat;
excitement. ``He could not debate anything without some
commotion.' --Clarendon.
Syn: Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance;
tumult; disorder; violence. Compound motionCompound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen. Devotional
Devotional De*vo"tion*al, a. [L. devotionalis.]
Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a
devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame
of mind.
Devotionalist
Devotionalist De*vo"tion*al*ist, Devotionist De*vo"tion*ist,
n.
One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.
Devotionality
Devotionality De*vo`tion*al"i*ty, n.
The practice of a devotionalist. --A. H. Clough.
Devotionally
Devotionally De*vo"tion*al*ly, adv.
In a devotional manner; toward devotion.
Devotionist
Devotionalist De*vo"tion*al*ist, Devotionist De*vo"tion*ist,
n.
One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.
Dignotion
Dignotion Dig*no"tion, n. [L. dignoscere to distinguish; di- =
dis- + gnoscere, noscere, to learn to know.]
Distinguishing mark; diagnostic. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Electro-motion
Electro-motion E*lec`tro-mo"tion, n.
The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to
another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by
means of electricity.
Emotional
Emotional E*mo"tion*al, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable;
easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
Emotionalism
Emotionalism E*mo"tion*al*ism, n.
The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to
regard things in an emotional manner.
Emotionalize
Emotionalize E*mo"tion*al*ize, v. t.
To give an emotional character to.
Brought up in a pious family where religion was not
talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the
rule of thought and conduct. --Froude.
Emotioned
Emotioned E*mo"tioned, a.
Affected with emotion. [R.] ``The emotioned soul.' --Sir W.
Scott.
Excito-motionExcito-motion Ex*ci`to-mo"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory. Feed motionFeed Feed, n.
1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder;
pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed
for sheep.
2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain
never had I found. --Milton.
5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
6. (Mach.)
(a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to
be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing
machine; or of producing progressive operation upon
any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the
work.
(b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a
steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
stones.
(c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is
produced; a feed motion.
Feed bag, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.
Feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other
fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.
Feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.
Feed head.
(a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam
boiler.
(b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which
serves to render the casting more compact by its
pressure; -- also called a riser, deadhead, or
simply feed or head --Knight.
Feed heater.
(a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for
the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
(b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
Feed motion, or Feed gear (Mach.), the train of mechanism
that gives motion to the part that directly produces the
feed in a machine.
Feed pipe, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam
engine, etc., with water.
Feed pump, a force pump for supplying water to a steam
boiler, etc.
Feed regulator, a device for graduating the operation of a
feeder. --Knight.
Feed screw, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a
regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.
Feed water, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.
Feed wheel (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See Feeder, n., 8. Harmonic motionHarmonic Har*mon"ic, Harmonical Har*mon"ic*al, a. [L.
harmonicus, Gr. ?; cf. F. harmonique. See Harmony.]
1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. --Pope.
2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to
melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds
or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent
single tone of any string or sonorous body.
3. (Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some
resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of
certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines.
motions, and the like.
Harmonic interval (Mus.), the distance between two notes of
a chord, or two consonant notes.
Harmonical mean (Arith. & Alg.), certain relations of
numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical
consonances.
Harmonic motion, Ideo-motion
Ideo-motion I`de*o-mo"tion, n. (Physiol.)
An ideo-motor movement.
Link motion
Link motion Link" mo"tion (m[=o]"sh[u^]n). (Steam Engine)
A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods,
giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting
bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the
engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; --
used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
Note: The illustration shows a link motion for a vertical
engine, c representing the shaft carrying two
eccentrics, a and b, for making the engine run forward
and backward, respectively, their rods e and d being
jointed to opposite ends of the slotted link f, in the
opening of which is a pin g which is attached to the
valve rod h. The valve will receive the motion of the
forward eccentric when the link is in the position
shown, and the motion of the backward eccentric when
the link is shifted so far to the right as to bring e
in line with h, or a compound motion derived from both
eccentrics when the link is shifted to intermediate
positions, the compound motion causing the valve to cut
off the steam at a point determined by the position to
which the link may have been shifted.
LocomotionLocomotion Lo`co*mo"tion, n. [L. locus place + motio motion:
cf. F. locomotion. See Local, and Motion.]
1. The act of moving from place to place. `` Animal
locomotion.' --Milton.
2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of
the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant
life. Lost motionLost Lost, a. [Prop. p. p. of OE. losien. See Lose, v. t.]
1. Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be
found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.
2. Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb;
lost honor.
3. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed
ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost
opportunity or benefit.
5. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way;
bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a
stranger lost in London.
6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past
help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to
virtue; a lost soul.
7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated;
insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.
8. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an
island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.
9. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as
to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in
thought.
Lost motion (Mach.), the difference between the motion of a
driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of
parts or looseness of joints. LotionLotion Lo"tion, n. [L. lotio, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash: cf.
F. lotion. See Lave to wash.]
1. A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of
rendering it fair.
2. A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured
or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for
improving its appearance. Misdevotion
Misdevotion Mis`de*vo"tion, n.
Mistaken devotion.
MotionMotion Mo"tion, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Motioned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Motioning.]
1. To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the
hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
2. To make proposal; to offer plans. [Obs.] --Shak. Motion
Motion Mo"tion, v. t.
1. To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head;
as, to motion one to a seat.
2. To propose; to move. [Obs.]
I want friends to motion such a matter. --Burton.
Motion picture
Motion picture Mo"tion pic"ture
A moving picture.
MotionedMotion Mo"tion, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Motioned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Motioning.]
1. To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the
hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
2. To make proposal; to offer plans. [Obs.] --Shak.
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