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Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion.

Acetylene :: Acetylene (n.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant..

Commeasurable :: Commeasurable (a.) Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin..

Perbromide :: Perbromide (n.) A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.

Craniology :: Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls..

Genus :: Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus..

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

Scarce :: Scarce (superl.) Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.

Underproportioned :: Underproportioned (a.) Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.

Tabby :: Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock..

Metameric :: Metameric (a.) Having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric..

Polymerize :: Polymerize (v. t.) To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde..

Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets..

Apportion :: Apportion (v. t.) To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments..

As :: As (adv. & conj.) Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden..

Brachycephalous :: Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.

Commensurate :: Commensurate (v. t.) To proportionate; to adjust.

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) A mediaeval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims.

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