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Definition of former
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Former
(a.) Near the
beginning;
preceeding;
as, the
former
part of a
discourse
or
argument..
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Sulphinate
::
Sulphide
(n.) A
binary
compound
of
sulphur,
or one so
regarded;
--
formerly
called
sulphuret..
Mantelet
::
Mantelet
(n.) A short cloak
formerly
worn by
knights.
Sparteine
::
Sparteine
(n.) A
narcotic
alkaloid
extracted
from the tops of the
common
broom
(Cytisus
scoparius,
formerly
Spartium
scoparium),
as a
colorless
oily
liquid
of
aniline-like
odor and very
bitter
taste..
Sesquisulphide
::
Sesquisulphide
(n.) A
sulphide,
analogous
to a
sesquioxide,
containing
three atoms of
sulphur
to two of the other
ingredient;
--
formerly
called
also
sesquisulphuret;
as,
orpiment,
As2S3 is
arsenic
sesquisulphide..
Periastron
::
Periastron
(n.) That
point,
in the real or
apparent
orbit of one star
revolving
around
another,
at which the
former
is
nearest
to the
latter..
Montem
::
Montem
(n.) A
custom,
formerly
practiced
by the
scholars
at Eton
school,
England,
of going every third year, on
Whittuesday,
to a
hillock
near the Bath road, and
exacting
money from all
passers-by,
to
support
at the
university
the
senior
scholar
of the
school..
Factorial
::
Factorial
(n.) A name given to the
factors
of a
continued
product
when the
former
are
derivable
from one and the same
function
F(x) by
successively
imparting
a
constant
increment
or
decrement
h to the
independent
variable.
Thus the
product
F(x).F(x
+
h).F(x
+ 2h) . . . F[x +
(n-1)h]
is
called
a
factorial
term, and its
several
factors
take the name of
factorials..
Function
::
Function
(n.) A
quantity
so
connected
with
another
quantity,
that if any
alteration
be made in the
latter
there will be a
consequent
alteration
in the
former.
Each
quantity
is said to be a
function
of the
other.
Thus, the
circumference
of a
circle
is a
function
of the
diameter.
If x be a
symbol
to which
different
numerical
values
can be
assigned,
such
expressions
as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all
functions
of x..
Concerto
::
Concerto
(n.) A
composition
(usually
in
symphonic
form with three
movements)
in which one
instrument
(or two or
three)
stands
out in bold
relief
against
the
orchestra,
or
accompaniment,
so as to
display
its
qualities
or the
performer's
skill..
Peroxide
::
Peroxide
(n.) An oxide
containing
more
oxygen
than some other oxide of the same
element.
Formerly
peroxides
were
regarded
as the
highest
oxides.
Cf. Per-, 2..
Hobby
::
Hobby (n.) A
small,
strong-winged
European
falcon
(Falco
subbuteo),
formerly
trained
for
hawking..
Postliminy
::
Postliminy
(n.) The right by
virtue
of which
persons
and
things
taken by an enemy in war are
restored
to their
former
state when
coming
again under the power of the
nation
to which they
belonged.
Fall
::
Fall (n.)
Formerly,
a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a
falling
band; a
faule..
Dulcimer
::
Dulcimer
(n.) An
instrument,
having
stretched
metallic
wires which are
beaten
with two light
hammers
held in the hands of the
performer..
Piano
::
Piano (a. & adv.) Soft; -- a
direction
to the
performer
to
execute
a
certain
passage
softly,
and with
diminished
volume
of tone.
(Abbrev.
p.).
Dover's Powder
::
Dover's
Powder
() A
powder
of
ipecac
and
opium,
compounded,
in the
United
States,
with sugar of milk, but in
England
(as
formerly
in the
United
States)
with
sulphate
of
potash,
and in
France
(as in Dr.
Dover's
original
prescription)
with
nitrate
and
sulphate
of
potash
and
licorice.
It is an
anodyne
diaphoretic..
Ricinoleic
::
Ricinoleic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
a fatty acid
analogous
to oleic acid,
obtained
from
castor
oil as an oily
substance,
C/H/O/
with a harsh
taste.
Formerly
written
ricinolic..
Glochidium
::
Glochidium
(n.) The larva or young of the
mussel,
formerly
thought
to be a
parasite
upon the
parent's
gills..
Hockday
::
Hockday
(n.) A
holiday
commemorating
the
expulsion
of the
Danes,
formerly
observed
on the
second
Tuesday
after
Easter;
--
called
also
hocktide..
Euphorbium
::
Euphorbium
(n.) An
inodorous
exudation,
usually
in the form of
yellow
tears,
produced
chiefly
by the
African
Euphorbia
resinifrea.
It was
formerly
employed
medicinally,
but was found so
violent
in its
effects
that its use is
nearly
abandoned..
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