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Arithmetical progressionProgression Pro*gres"sion, n. [L. progressio: cf. F.
progression.]
1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course;
motion onward.
2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly
immerged in the delices and joys of religion.
--Evelyn.
3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or
decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical,
geometrical, or harmonic.
4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the
movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the
modulations in a piece from key to key.
Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the
difference 2.
Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2]
by a continual multiplication or division by 2.
Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are
the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression,
as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. Arithmetically
Arithmetically Ar`ith*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.
EmeticalEmetical E*met"ic*al, a.
Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. --
E*met"ic*al*ly, adv. EmeticallyEmetical E*met"ic*al, a.
Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. --
E*met"ic*al*ly, adv. Hermetically
Hermetically Her*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
1. In an hermetical manner; chemically. --Boyle.
2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
Note: A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is
closed completely against the passage of air or other
fluid by fusing the extremity; -- sometimes less
properly applied to any air-tight closure.
LogarithmeticalLogarithmetic Log`a*rith*met"ic, Logarithmetical
Log"a*rith*met"ic*al, a.
See Logarithmic. Logarithmetically
Logarithmetically Log`a*rith*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
Logarithmically.
MimeticalMimetic Mi*met"ic (?; 277), Mimetical Mi*met"ic*al, [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to imitate.]
1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.
2. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals
and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See
Mimicry. Psychotria emeticaIpecacuanha Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp.
ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant
that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.)
The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cepha["e]lis
Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant
itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other
plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or
Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac
(Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac
(Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac
(Richardsonia scabra). Trichilia emeticaElcaja El*ca"ja, n. [Ar.] (Bot.)
An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is
emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an
ointment for the cure of the itch.
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