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Agential
Agential A*gen"tial, a.
Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. --Fitzed. Hall.
Bigential
Bigential Bi*gen"tial, a. [Pref. bi- + L. gens, gentis,
tribe.] (Zo["o]l.)
Including two tribes or races of men.
GentianGentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed
gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana
lutea). See Bitterwort. Gentiana luteaBitterwort Bit"ter*wort`, n. (Bot.)
The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very
bitter taste. Gentiana luteaGentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed
gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana
lutea). See Bitterwort. Gentiana luteaGentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed
gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana
lutea). See Bitterwort. Gentiana vernaGentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed
gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana
lutea). See Bitterwort. GentianaceousGentianaceous Gen`tian*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
(Gentianace[ae]) of which the gentian is the type. GentianellaGentianella Gen`tian*el"la, n. [See Gentian.]
A kind of blue color. --Johnson. Gentianic
Gentianic Gen`ti*an"ic, a.
Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic
acid.
gentianinGentisin Gen"ti*sin, n. (Chem.)
A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the
gentian; -- called also gentianin. Gentianine
Gentianine Gen"tian*ine, n. (Chem.)
A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.
Gentianose
Gentianose Gen"tian*ose`, n. (Chem.)
A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly
sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.
Horse gentianGentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed
gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana
lutea). See Bitterwort. Indulgential
Indulgential In`dul*gen"tial, a.
Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church.
--Brevint.
Intelligential
Intelligential In*tel`li*gen"tial, a. [Cf. F. intelligentiel.]
[R.]
1. Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or
implying understanding; intellectual. ``With act
intelligential.' --Milton.
2. Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal.
Food alike those pure Intelligential substances
require. --Milton.
Intelligentiary
Intelligentiary In*tel`li*gen"tia*ry, n.
One who gives information; an intelligencer. [Obs.]
--Holinshed.
TangentialTangential Tan*gen"tial, a. (Geom.)
Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Tangential force (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving
body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the
body, its effect being to increase or diminish the
velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts
at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction
of the motion without changing the velocity.
Tangential stress. (Engin.) See Shear, n., 3. Tangential forceTangential Tan*gen"tial, a. (Geom.)
Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Tangential force (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving
body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the
body, its effect being to increase or diminish the
velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts
at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction
of the motion without changing the velocity.
Tangential stress. (Engin.) See Shear, n., 3. tangential stressShear Shear, n. [AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]
1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but
formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
On his head came razor none, nor shear. --Chaucer.
Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
--Dryden.
2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; .
. . at the expiration of another year, he is a
three-shear ram; the name always taking its date
from the time of shearing. --Youatt.
3. (Engin.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which
tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide
relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their
plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and
tangential stress.
4. (Mech.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body,
consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal
compression in a perpendicular direction, with an
unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing
machine.
Shear hulk. See under Hulk.
Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and
other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of
blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting,
to increase its malleability and fineness of texture. Tangential stressTangential Tan*gen"tial, a. (Geom.)
Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Tangential force (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving
body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the
body, its effect being to increase or diminish the
velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts
at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction
of the motion without changing the velocity.
Tangential stress. (Engin.) See Shear, n., 3. Tangentially
Tangentially Tan*gen"tial*ly, adv.
In the direction of a tangent.
Yellow gentianGentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed
gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana
lutea). See Bitterwort.
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