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Parallel standards
Parallel standards Parallel standards (Numismatics)
Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the
government to regulate their values.
Standage
Standage Stand"age, n. (Mining)
A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a
mine.
standardSheth Sheth, n.
The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam,
for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called
standard, or post. StandardStandard Stand"ard, a.
1. Being, affording, or according with, a standard for
comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard
weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical
terms; standard gold or silver.
2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as,
standard works in history; standard authors.
3. (Hort.)
(a) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard
fruit trees.
(b) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
Standard candle, Standard gauge. See under Candle, and
Gauge.
Standard solution. (Chem.) See Standardized solution,
under Solution. Standard candleStandard Stand"ard, a.
1. Being, affording, or according with, a standard for
comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard
weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical
terms; standard gold or silver.
2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as,
standard works in history; standard authors.
3. (Hort.)
(a) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard
fruit trees.
(b) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
Standard candle, Standard gauge. See under Candle, and
Gauge.
Standard solution. (Chem.) See Standardized solution,
under Solution. Standard candleCandle Can"dle, n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L.
candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand["e]re
to be white. See Candid, and cf. Chandler, Cannel,
Kindle.]
1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick
composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and
used to furnish light.
How far that little candle throws his beams! So
shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak.
Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the
wicks in the melted tallow, etc. (``dipped candles'),
or by casting or running in a mold.
2. That which gives light; a luminary.
By these blessed candles of the night. --Shak.
Candle nut, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites
triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; --
socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright
flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has
many uses.
Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp,
or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard
candle.
Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp,
in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to
end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable
for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also,
from the name of the inventor, Jablockoff candle.
Excommunication by inch of candle, a form of
excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to
repent only while a candle burns.
Not worth the candle, not worth the cost or trouble.
Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes,
peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease.
Sale by inch of candle, an auction in which persons are
allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns
out.
Standard candle (Photom.), a special form of candle
employed as a standard in photometric measurements;
usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn
at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour.
To curse by bell, book and candle. See under Bell. Standard gaugeStandard Stand"ard, a.
1. Being, affording, or according with, a standard for
comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard
weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical
terms; standard gold or silver.
2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as,
standard works in history; standard authors.
3. (Hort.)
(a) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard
fruit trees.
(b) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
Standard candle, Standard gauge. See under Candle, and
Gauge.
Standard solution. (Chem.) See Standardized solution,
under Solution. Standard solutionStandard Stand"ard, a.
1. Being, affording, or according with, a standard for
comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard
weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical
terms; standard gold or silver.
2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as,
standard works in history; standard authors.
3. (Hort.)
(a) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard
fruit trees.
(b) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
Standard candle, Standard gauge. See under Candle, and
Gauge.
Standard solution. (Chem.) See Standardized solution,
under Solution. Standard-bred
Standard-bred Stand"ard-bred`, a.
Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a
registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard
adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse
Breeders. [U. S.]
Standardize
Standardize Stand"ard*ize, v. t. (Chem.)
To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the
strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.
Standard-wingStandard-wing Stand"ard-wing`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two
long special feathers standing erect on each wing. Understandable
Understandable Un`der*stand"a*ble, a.
Capable of being understood; intelligible. --Chillingworth.
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