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a concatenationCascade system Cascade system (Elec.)
A system or method of connecting and operating two induction
motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the
secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the
latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a
system of electric traction in which motors so connected are
employed. The cascade system is also called
tandem, or concatenated, system; the connection a
cascade, tandem, or concatenated, connection, or
a concatenation; and the control of the motors so obtained
a
tandem, or concatenation, control.
Note: In the cascade system of traction the cascade
connection is used for starting and for low speeds up
to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor
is cut loose from the other motor and is either left
idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line. Abacination
Abacination A*bac`i*na"tion ([.a]*b[a^]s`[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n),
n.
The act of abacinating. [R.]
Abannation
Abannation Ab`an*na"tion ([a^]b`[a^]n*n[=a]"sh[u^]n),
Abannition Ab`an*nition ([a^]b`[a^]n*n[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [LL.
abannatio; ad + LL. bannire to banish.] (Old Law)
Banishment. [Obs.] --Bailey.
AbominationAbomination A*bom`i*na"tion, n. [OE. abominacioun, -cion, F.
abominatio. See Abominate.]
1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence;
detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in
abomination.
2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or
shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust
and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
Antony, most large in his abominations. --Shak.
3. A cause of pollution or wickedness.
Syn: Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion;
loathsomeness; odiousness. --Sir W. Scott. Accombination
Accombination Ac*com*bi*na"tion, n. [L. ad + E. combination.]
A combining together. [R.]
AccriminationAccriminate Ac*crim"i*nate, v. t. [L. ac- (for ad to) +
criminari.]
To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- Ac*crim`i*na"tion, n.
[Obs.] Acumination
Acumination A*cu`mi*na"tion, n.
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
--Bp. Pearson.
Adnation
Adnation Ad*na"tion, n. (Bot.)
The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or
sets of organs.
Adornation
Adornation Ad`or*na"tion, n.
Adornment. [Obs.]
Adunation
Adunation Ad`u*na"tion, n. [L. adunatio; ad + unus one.]
A uniting; union. --Jer. Taylor.
AgglutinationAgglutination Ag*glu`ti*na"tion, n. [Cf. F. agglutination.]
1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance;
the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with
little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See
Agglutinative, 2. Agnation
Agnation Ag*na"tion, n. [L. agnatio: cf. F. agnation.]
1. (Civil Law) Consanguinity by a line of males only, as
distinguished from cognation. --Bouvier.
AgnominationAgnomination Ag*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. agnominatio. See
Agnomen.]
1. A surname. [R.] --Minsheu.
2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. alternationPermutation Per`mu*ta"tion, n. [L. permutatio: cf. F.
permutation. See Permute.]
1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another;
mutual transference; interchange.
The violent convulsions and permutations that have
been made in property. --Burke.
2. (Math.)
(a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things,
as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible
orders, one after the other; -- called also
alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4.
(b) Any one of such possible arrangements.
3. (Law) Barter; exchange.
Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be
transposed or shifted, so as to require different
arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of
unlocking. AlternationAlternation Al`ter*na"tion, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F.
alternation.]
1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the
act of following and being followed by turns; alternate
succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the
alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and
winter, hope and fear.
2. (Math.) Permutation.
3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with
the minister. --Mason.
Alternation of generation. See under Generation. Alternation of generationAlternation Al`ter*na"tion, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F.
alternation.]
1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the
act of following and being followed by turns; alternate
succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the
alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and
winter, hope and fear.
2. (Math.) Permutation.
3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with
the minister. --Mason.
Alternation of generation. See under Generation. Angle of ordinationOrdination Or`di*na"tion, n. [L. ordinatio: cf. F.
ordination.]
1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the
state of being ordained, appointed, etc.
The holy and wise ordination of God. --Jer. Taylor.
Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the
happiness and misery of life respectively. --Norris.
2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the
Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.]
Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of
co["o]rdinates. AnnominationAnnomination An*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. annominatio. See
Agnomination.]
1. Paronomasia; punning.
2. Alliteration. [Obs.] --Tyrwhitt. Antivaccination
Antivaccination An`ti*vac`ci*na"tion, n.
Opposition to vaccination. --London Times.
Antivaccinationist
Antivaccinationist An`ti*vac`ci*na"tion*ist, n.
An antivaccinist.
Arenation
Arenation Ar`e*na"tion ([a^]r`[-e]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
arenatio, fr. arena sand.] (Med.)
A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body.
--Dunglison.
Assassination
Assassination As*sas`si*na"tion, n.
The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
AssignationAssignation As`sig*na"tion, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare:
cf. F. assignation.]
1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
This order being taken in the senate, as touching
the appointment and assignation of those provinces.
--Holland.
2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview;
-- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a
bad sense.
While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.
--Pope.
3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
House of assignation, a house in which appointments for
sexual intercourse are fulfilled. Bombination
Bombination Bom`bi*na"tion, n.
A humming or buzzing.
Cachinnation
Cachinnation Cach`in*na"tion (k[a^]k`[i^]n*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf. Gr.
kacha`zein.]
Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical
or maniacal affections.
Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual
cachinnation. --Sir W.
Scott.
Calcination
Calcination Cal`ci*na"tion (k[a^]l`s[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[F. calcination.]
1. (Chem.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance,
or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the
expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and
acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning
of limestone in order to make lime.
2. The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or
metallic calx; oxidation.
CarnationCarnation Car*na"tion, n. [F. carnation the flesh tints in a
painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr.
caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.
Her complexion of the delicate carnation. --Ld.
Lytton.
2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human
body or any part of it is represented in full color; the
flesh tints.
The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations.
--Fairholt.
3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or
pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors,
esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. Carnationed
Carnationed Car*na"tioned, a.
Having a flesh color.
CatenationCatenation Cat`e*na"tion, n. [L. catenatio.]
Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a
regular or connected series. See Concatenation. --Sir T.
Browne. Cenation
Cenation Ce*na"tion, n. [L. cenatio.]
Meal-taking; dining or supping. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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