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Protosilicate :: Protosilicate (n.) A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid, or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule..

Triangulation :: Triangulation (n.) The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of the several points connected by them..

Portioner :: Portioner (n.) One who portions.

Pepsin :: Pepsin (n.) An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals..

Branch :: Branch (n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola..

Modulate :: Modulate (v. t.) To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion..

Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.

Extent :: Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.

Combination :: Combination (n.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds..

Portion :: Portion (n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole..

Quid :: Quid (n.) A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco..

Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.

Period :: Period (n.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence..

Parceling :: Parceling (n.) The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.

Element :: Element (n.) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential..

Incorrespondency :: Incorrespondency (n.) Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion.

Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel..

Apportioning :: Apportioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apportio.

Conciator :: Conciator (a.) The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian..

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