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Gorgerin :: Gorgerin (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column..

Differentiation :: Differentiation (n.) The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination..

Graveyard :: Graveyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.

Laramie Group :: Laramie group () An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology..

Series :: Series (n.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series..

#NAME? :: -ous () A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc..

Watermark :: Watermark (n.) A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture..

Math :: Math (n.) A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report..

Separatrix :: Separatrix (n.) The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation..

Blende :: Blende (n.) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster..

Carrion :: Carrion (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.

Determinant :: Determinant (n.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws.

Set :: Set (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination..

Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.

Parabolism :: Parabolism (n.) The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term.

Niding :: Niding (n.) A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium.

Example :: Example (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples..

Neocomian :: Neocomian (n.) A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand..

Archangel :: Archangel (n.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.)..

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