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A fortiori
A fortiori A for`ti*o"ri [L.] (Logic & Math.)
With stronger reason.
AbortionAbortion A*bor"tion ([.a]*b[^o]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L. abortio, fr.
aboriri. See Abort.]
1. The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the
expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is
capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
Note: It is sometimes used for the offense of procuring a
premature delivery, but strictly the early delivery is
the abortion, ``causing or procuring abortion' is the
full name of the offense. --Abbott. Abortional
Abortional A*bor"tion*al, a.
Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. --Carlyle.
Abortionist
Abortionist A*bor"tion*ist, n.
One who procures abortion or miscarriage.
ApportionApportion Ap*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apportioned; p.
pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL.
apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.]
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and
distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to
apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various
employments. Apportionateness
Apportionateness Ap*por"tion*ate*ness, n.
The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. &
R.]
ApportionedApportion Ap*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apportioned; p.
pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL.
apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.]
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and
distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to
apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various
employments. Apportioner
Apportioner Ap*por"tion*er, n.
One who apportions.
ApportioningApportion Ap*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apportioned; p.
pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL.
apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.]
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and
distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to
apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various
employments. Apportionment
Apportionment Ap*por"tion*ment, n. [Cf. F. apportionnement,
LL. apportionamentum.]
The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or
shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to
each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or
property. --A. Hamilton.
Composition of proportionComposition Com`po*si"tion, n. [F. composition, fr. L.
compositio. See Composite.]
1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or
integral, by placing together and uniting different
things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses:
(a) The invention or combination of the parts of any
literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as,
the composition of a poem or a piece of music. ``The
constant habit of elaborate composition.' --Macaulay.
(b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the
different parts of a work of art as to produce a
harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as
such. See 4, below.
(c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as
English, Latin, German, etc.
(d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for
printing.
2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction;
combination; adjustment.
View them in composition with other things. --I.
Watts.
The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell.
3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances;
as, a chemical composition.
A composition that looks . . . like marble.
--Addison.
4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially
one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used
of an elementary essay or translation done as an
educational exercise.
5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.]
There is no composition in these news That gives
them credit. --Shak.
6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement
of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or
conditions of settlement; agreement.
Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be
written. --Shak.
7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an
obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between
the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation
agreed upon in the adjustment.
Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood.
--Hallam.
Cleared by composition with their creditors.
--Blackstone.
8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
The investigation of difficult things by the method
of analysis ought ever to precede the method of
composition. --Sir I.
Newton.
Composition cloth, a kind of cloth covered with a
preparation making it waterproof.
Composition deed, an agreement for composition between a
debtor and several creditors.
Composition plane (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two
individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved
positions.
Composition of forces (Mech.), the finding of a single
force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in
effect to two or more given forces (called the components)
when acting in given directions. --Herbert.
Composition metal, an alloy resembling brass, which is
sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; --
also called Muntz metal and yellow metal.
Composition of proportion (Math.), an arrangement of four
proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is
to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the
fourth. Consortion
Consortion Con*sor"tion (k[o^]n*s[^o]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
consortio.]
Fellowship; association; companionship. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Continual proportionalsContinual Con*tin"u*al, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See
Continue.]
1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous;
unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
--Prov. xv.
15.
2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent;
often repeated.
The eye is deligh by a continental succession of
small landscapes. --W. Irwing.
Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued
proportion. --Brande & C.
Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing;
uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See
Constant, and Continuous. Continued proportionProportion Pro*por"tion, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before
+ portio part or share. See Portion.]
1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or
to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree;
comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the
parts of a building, or of the body.
The image of Christ, made after his own proportion.
--Ridley.
Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W.
Scott.
Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely
in proportion to the support which they afford to
his theory. --Macaulay.
2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different
things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or
adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. ``Let
us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.' --Rom.
xii. 6.
3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a
rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
Let the women . . . do the same things in their
proportions and capacities. --Jer. Taylor.
4. A part considered comparatively; a share.
5. (Math.)
(a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of
geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities
such that the quotient of the first divided by the
second is equal to that of the third divided by the
fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in
distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in
which the difference of the first and second is equal
to the difference of the third and fourth.
Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from
ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the
same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8
to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two
such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5
bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence,
such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion
is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d,
or a/b = c/d.
(b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three
given terms, together with the one sought, are
proportional.
Continued proportion, Inverse proportion, etc. See under
Continued, Inverse, etc.
Harmonical, or Musical, proportion, a relation of three
or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as
the difference between the first two is to the difference
between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical
proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9,
are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3.
In proportion, according as; to the degree that. ``In
proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are
morally and politically false.' --Burke. Continued proportionContinued Con*tin"ued, p. p. & a.
Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of
energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also,
resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of
issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. ``Continued
woe.' --Jenyns. ``Continued succession.' --Locke.
Continued bass (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire
piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are
indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as
thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.]
Continued fever (Med.), a fever which presents no
interruption in its course.
Continued fraction (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is
1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction
whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole
number, plus a fraction, and so on.
Continued proportion (Math.), a proportion composed of two
or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each
preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the
following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32. ContortionContortion Con*tor"tion, n. [L. contortio: cf. F. contorsion.
See Contort, and cf. Torsion.]
A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the
contortion of the muscles of the face. --Swift.
All the contortions of the sibyl, without the
inspiration. --Burke. Coportion
Coportion Co*por"tion, n.
Equal share. [Obs.]
Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack.
--Spenser.
Detortion
Detortion De*tor"tion, n.
The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a
twisting or warping.
Discrete proportionDiscrete Dis*crete", a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere.
See Discreet.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive
clause; as, ``I resign my life, but not my honor,' is a
discrete proposition.
3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually
coalescent.
Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice,
under Concrete, a.
Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the
means is different from that of either couplet; as,
3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to
16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to
continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24.
Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units,
as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as
duration, or extension. Disproportion
Disproportion Dis`pro*por"tion, n. [Pref. dis- + proportion:
cf. F. disproportion.]
1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry;
as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the
disproportion of the length of a building to its height.
2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an
end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the
disproportion of strength or means to an object.
DisproportionDisproportion Dis`pro*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disproportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.]
To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end;
to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion
me in every part. --Shak.
A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the
extent of its territory. --Prescott. Disproportional
Disproportional Dis`pro*por"tion*al, a.
Not having due proportion to something else; not having
proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity
or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb
constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth
should not be disproportional to their understanding.
Disproportionality
Disproportionality Dis`pro*por`tion*al"i*ty, n.
The state of being disproportional. --Dr. H. More.
Disproportionally
Disproportionally Dis`pro*por"tion*al*ly, adv.
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or
value; unequally.
DisproportionateDisproportionate Dis`pro*por"tion*ate, a.
Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else
in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion;
inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are
disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work
disproportionate means. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly, adv. --
Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness, n. DisproportionatelyDisproportionate Dis`pro*por"tion*ate, a.
Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else
in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion;
inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are
disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work
disproportionate means. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly, adv. --
Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness, n.
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