Word Meanings - SUBDUPLICATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios. Subduplicate ratio, the ratio of the square roots, or the square root of a ratio; thus, the subduplicate ratio of a to b is *a to *b, or *a/b.
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- RATIOCINATE
To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument. - RATIONALIZATION
The act or process of rationalizing. - RATIONALISTIC; RATIONALISTICAL
Belonging to, or in accordance with, the principles of rationalism. -- Ra`tion*al*is"tic*al*ly, adv. - RATIOCINATION
The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning. - SQUARE-TOED
Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox. - RATION
1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence. Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants. 2. Hence, - SQUARELY
In a square form or manner. - SQUARE-RIGGED
Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels. - RATIONALLY
In a rational manner. - RATIONAL
Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulæ. See under Formula. Rational horizon. See Horizon, 2 . -- Rational quantity , one that can be expressed without the use of a radical sign, or - EXPRESSURE
The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. An operation more divine Than breath or pen can give expressure to. Shak. - EXPRESS TRAIN
Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops. - EXPRESSIVE
1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. Tickell. 2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning - RATIONALITY
The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed - ROOTSTOCK
A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s - EXPRESSNESS
The state or quality of being express; definiteness. Hammond. - EXPRESSIONAL
Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin. - SQUARE
An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc. 5. Hence, a pattern or rule. (more - EXPRESSIONLESS
Destitute of expression. - RATIOCINATORY
Ratiocinative. - MIGRATION
The act of migrating. - THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - COMMISERATION
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy. - DEDECORATION
Disgrace; dishonor. Bailey. - INCARCERATION
1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation. - EXULCERATION
1. Ulceration. Quincy. 2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker. - T SQUARE
See T - IMPREPARATION
Want of preparation. Hooker. - IRRATIONAL
Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd. Syn. -- Absurd; foolish; preposterous; unreasonable; senseless. See Absurd. (more info) 1. Not rational; void of - REVERBERATION
The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame - ELABORATION
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, - REMONSTRATION
The act of remonstrating; remonstrance. Todd. - FISSURATION
The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured. - EVAPORATION
See VAPORIZATION (more info) 1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor. 2. - OBDURATION
A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. - SUPERTUBERATION
The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.