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Monoclinic :: Monoclinic (a.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization..

Zootomy :: Zootomy (n.) The dissection or the anatomy of animals; -- distinguished from androtomy.

Directrix :: Directrix (n.) A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus.

Stack :: Stack (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved..

Sectional :: Sectional (a.) Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler..

Prosector :: Prosector (n.) One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist..

Coupon :: Coupon (n.) A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like..

Plicidentine :: Plicidentine (n.) A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.

Subovated :: Subovate (a.) Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate..

Lath-shaped :: Lath-shaped (a.) Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections..

Microlite :: Microlite (n.) A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope..

Burkism :: Burkism (n.) The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

Mould :: Mould (n.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts..

Segment :: Segment (n.) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim..

Springer :: Springer (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting..

Cable :: Cable (n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding..

Resection :: Resection (n.) The act of cutting or paring off.

Parabola :: Parabola (n.) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus..

Inscription :: Inscription (n.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle..

Gastrohysterotomy :: Gastrohysterotomy (n.) Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.

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