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Amyloplastic
Amyloplastic Am`y*lo*plas"tic, a. [Amylum + -plastic.]
Starch-forming; amylogenic.
AnaclasticAnaclastic An`a*clas"tic, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form. Anaclastic glassAnaclastic An`a*clas"tic, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form. AnaclasticsAnaclastics An`a*clas"tics, n. (Opt.)
That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light;
-- commonly called dioptrics. --Encyc. Brit. Anaplastic
Anaplastic An`a*plas"tic, a.
Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
Anticlastic
Anticlastic An`ti*clas"tic, a. [Pref. anti- = Gr. ? to break.]
Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally
in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction,
as the surface of a saddle.
Antigalastic
Antigalastic An`ti*ga*las"tic, a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. ?, ?,
milk.]
Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of
milk.
Antiplastic
Antiplastic An`ti*plas"tic, a.
1. Diminishing plasticity.
2. (Med.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or
granulation.
Aplastic
Aplastic A*plas"tic, a. [Pref. a- not + plastic.]
Not plastic or easily molded.
AutoclasticAutoclastic Au`to*clas"tic, a. [See Auto-; Clastic.]
(Geol.)
Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or
brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of
brecciated materials brought from a distance. Autoplastic
Autoplastic Au`to*plas"tic, a.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
Bioplastic
Bioplastic Bi`o*plas"tic, a. (Biol.)
Bioplasmic.
Bioplastic
Bioplastic Bi`o*plas"tic (b[imac]`[-o]*pl[a^]s"t[i^]k), a.
(Biol.)
Bioplasmic.
Castilloa elasticaUle U"le, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and
C. Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky
juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree. Ceroplastic
Ceroplastic Ce`ro*plas"tic, a. [Gr. ? for modeling in wax;
khro`s wax + ? to form, mold.] (Fine arts)
(a) Relating to the art of modeling in wax.
(b) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure.
Clastic
Clastic Clas"tic, a. [Gr. ? br?, fr. ? to break.]
1. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy
(of models).
2. (Min.) Fragmental; made up of brok? fragments; as,
sandstone is a clastic rock.
CoreplasticCoreplasty Cor"e*plas`ty (k[o^]r"[-e]*pl[a^]s`t[y^]), n. [Gr.
ko`rh pupil + -plasty.] (Med.)
A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an
artificial pupil. -- Cor`e*plas"tic (-pl[a^]s"t[i^]k), a. Cosmoplastic
Cosmoplastic Cos`mo*plas"tic (k?z`m?-pl?s"t?k), a. [Gr.
ko`smos the world + pla`ssein to form.]
Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation
of the world independently of God; world-forming.
``Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms.' --Gudworth.
Deutoplastic
Deutoplastic Deu`to*plas"tic, a. [Pref. deuto- + Gr. ?
plastic.] (Biol.)
Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.
Diploblastic
Diploblastic Dip`lo*blas"tic, a. [Gr. ? doublet + -blast +
-ic.] (Biol.)
Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal
layers.
Discoblastic
Discoblastic Dis`co*blas"tic, a. [Gr. ? disk + ? to grow.]
(Biol.)
Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes,
which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the
rest of the egg.
Ectoplastic
Ectoplastic Ec`to*plas"tic, a. [Ecto- + Gr. ? to mold.]
Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.
Elastic
Elastic E*las"tic, n.
An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders,
etc., made in part of India rubber. [Colloq.]
elastic bitumenElaterite El"a*ter*ite, n. (Min.)
A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in
soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc,
and elastic bitumen. Elastical
Elastical E*las"tic*al, a.
Elastic. [R.] --Bentley.
Elastically
Elastically E*las"tic*al*ly, adv.
In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.
Elasticness
Elasticness E*las"tic*ness, n.
The quality of being elastic; elasticity.
Embryoplastic
Embryoplastic Em`bry*o*plas"tic, n. [Embryo + plastic.]
(Biol.)
Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as,
embryoplastic cells.
EmplasticEmplastic Em*plas"tic, a. [Cf. F. emplastique, fr. Gr. ?
clogging. See Emplaster.]
Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as,
emplastic applications. Emplastic
Emplastic Em*plas"tic, n.
A medicine causing constipation.
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