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acropetal botryose centripetal indefinite inflorescenceIndeterminate In`de*ter"mi*nate, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis
which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
problems.
Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients
arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
subsequently determined.
Indeterminate equation (Math.), an equation in which the
unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
equations.
Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
stem indefinitely; -- called also acropetal, botryose,
centripetal, & indefinite inflorescence. --Gray.
Indeterminate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of an
infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
required results.
Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no
fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
any proposed condition.
Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
coefficients. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv. --
In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n. Anisopetalous
Anisopetalous An`i*so*pet"al*ous, a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having unequal petals.
Antipetalous
Antipetalous An`ti*pet"al*ous, a. [Pref. anti- + petal.]
(Bot.)
Standing before a petal, as a stamen.
ApetalousApetalous A*pet"al*ous ([.a]*p[e^]t"al*[u^]s), a. [Pref. a-
not + petal.] (Bot.)
Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under
Anther]. Apetalousness
Apetalousness A*pet"al*ous*ness, n.
The state of being apetalous.
Bipetalous
Bipetalous Bi*pet"al*ous, a. [Pref. bi- + petalous.] (Bot.)
Having two petals.
Catapetalous
Catapetalous Cat`a*pet"al*ous, a. [Pref. cata + petalous.]
(Bot.)
Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to
their bases, as in the mallow.
CentripetalCentripetal Cen*trip"e*tal, a. [L. centrum center + petere to
move toward.]
1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and
proceeding in order towards the summit.
(b) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the
fruit, as some embryos.
3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward
its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
--R. Owen.
Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is
towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round
the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal
force, under Centrifugal.
Centripetal impression (Physiol.), an impression (sensory)
transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the
body inwards, to the central organ. Centripetal forceForce Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis
strong. See Fort, n.]
1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor;
might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy;
capacity of exercising an influence or producing an
effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or
impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special
signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a
contract, or a term.
He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.
--Macaulay.
2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power;
violence; coercion.
Which now they hold by force, and not by right.
--Shak.
3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval
combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; --
an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the
plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other
ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.
Is Lucius general of the forces? --Shak.
4. (Law)
(a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary
to law, upon persons or things; violence.
(b) Validity; efficacy. --Burrill.
5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or
tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or
motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to
change, any physical relation between them, whether
mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of
any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force;
centrifugal force.
Animal force (Physiol.), muscular force or energy.
Catabiotic force [Gr. ? down (intens.) + ? life.] (Biol.),
the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining
cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with
the primary structures.
Centrifugal force, Centripetal force, Coercive force,
etc. See under Centrifugal, Centripetal, etc.
Composition of forces, Correlation of forces, etc. See
under Composition, Correlation, etc.
Force and arms [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an
expression in old indictments, signifying violence.
In force, or Of force, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of
full virtue; not suspended or reversed. ``A testament is
of force after men are dead.' --Heb. ix. 17.
Metabolic force (Physiol.), the influence which causes and
controls the metabolism of the body.
No force, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account;
hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
Of force, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. ``Good
reasons must, of force, give place to better.' --Shak.
Plastic force (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts
in the growth and repair of the tissues.
Vital force (Physiol.), that force or power which is
inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the
cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished
from the physical forces generally known.
Syn: Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence;
violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion.
Usage: Force, Strength. Strength looks rather to power as
an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the
strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength,
strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand,
looks more to the outward; as, the force of
gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit,
etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and
force of will; but even here the former may lean
toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the
latter toward the outward expression of it in action.
But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus
closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a
marked distinction in our use of force and strength.
``Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to
whatever produces, or can produce, motion.' --Nichol.
Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty
man. --Heywood.
More huge in strength than wise in works he was.
--Spenser.
Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their
orisons, and found Strength added from above,
new hope to spring Out of despair. --Milton. Centripetal forceCentripetal Cen*trip"e*tal, a. [L. centrum center + petere to
move toward.]
1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and
proceeding in order towards the summit.
(b) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the
fruit, as some embryos.
3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward
its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
--R. Owen.
Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is
towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round
the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal
force, under Centrifugal.
Centripetal impression (Physiol.), an impression (sensory)
transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the
body inwards, to the central organ. Centripetal impressionCentripetal Cen*trip"e*tal, a. [L. centrum center + petere to
move toward.]
1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and
proceeding in order towards the summit.
(b) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the
fruit, as some embryos.
3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward
its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
--R. Owen.
Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is
towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round
the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal
force, under Centrifugal.
Centripetal impression (Physiol.), an impression (sensory)
transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the
body inwards, to the central organ. Centripetal inflorescenceInflorescence In`flo*res"cence, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of
inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere
to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
2. (Bot.)
(a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and
disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis,
and to each other.
(b) An axis on which all the flower buds.
Inflorescence affords an excellent
characteristic mark in distinguishing the
species of plants. --Milne.
Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence.
Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See
under Determinate, and Indeterminate. Cerebripetal
Cerebripetal Cer`e*brip"e*tal, a. [Cerebrum + L. petere to
seek.] (Physiol.)
Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord
to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal
impressions) from the exterior inwards.
Dialypetalous
Dialypetalous Di`al*y*pet"al*ous, a. [Gr. dia` through,
asunder + ? to loose + ? leaf.] (Bot.)
Having separate petals; polypetalous.
Dipetalous
Dipetalous Di*pet"al*ous, a. [Pref. di- + petalous.] (Bot.)
Having two petals; two-petaled.
Eleuthero-petalous
Eleuthero-petalous E*leu`ther*o-pet"al*ous, a. [Gr. ? free +
E. petal.] (Bot.)
Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each
other; -- said of both plant and flower.
Epipetalous
Epipetalous Ep`i*pet"al*ous, a. [Pref. epi- + petal.] (Bot.)
Borne on the petals or corolla.
Interpetalary
Interpetalary In`ter*pet"al*a*ry, a. [Pref. inter- + petal.]
(Bot.)
Between the petals of a flower.
Macropetalous
Macropetalous Mac`ro*pet"al*ous, a. [Macro- + petal.] (Bot.)
Having long or large petals.
Octopetalous
Octopetalous Oc`to*pet"al*ous, a. [Octo- + petal.] (Bot.)
Having eight petals or flower leaves.
Oligopetalous
Oligopetalous Ol`i*go*pet"al*ous, a. [Oligo- + petal.] (Bot.)
Having few petals.
OppositipetalousOppositipetalous Op*pos`i*ti*pet"al*ous, a. [See Opposite,
and Petal.] (Bot.)
Placed in front of a petal. Parapetalous
Parapetalous Par`a*pet"al*ous, a. [Pref. para- + petal.]
(Bot.)
Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.
Pentapetalous
Pentapetalous Pen`ta*pet"al*ous, a. [Penta- + petal.] (Bot.)
Having five petals, or flower leaves.
Peripetalous
Peripetalous Per`i*pet"al*ous, a. (Bot.)
Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.
PetalaPetalum Pet"a*lum, n.; pl. Petala. [NL.]
A petal. PetaledPetaled Pet"aled, a. (Bot.)
Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to
apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled,
three-petaled, etc. Petaliferous
Petaliferous Pet`al*if"er*ous, a. [Petal + -ferous.]
Bearing petals.
Petaliform
Petaliform Pe*tal"i*form, a. (Bot.)
Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped.
Petalody
Petalody Pe*tal"o*dy, n. [Petal + Gr. ? form.] (Bot.)
The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens,
into petals.
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