Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 108
Conic (n.) (Math.) A conic section.
Conic (a.) 圓錐形的 Relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit" [syn: conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped].
Conic (n.) (Geometry) A curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone [syn: conic section, conic].
CONIC, () A distributed system language and operating system developed at Imperial College to support dynamic configuration.
Compare: Distributed
Distributed (a.)【電腦】（軟體）分散式的；【統】分布式的；distribute 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Spread from a central location to multiple points or recipients. Opposite of concentrated. [Narrower terms: apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out; diffuse, diffused; dispensed; dispersed, spread; divided, divided up, shared, shared out on the basis of a plan or purpose); encyclical; rationed; scattered, widespread; sparse, thin; unfocused, unfocussed] Also See: distributive.
Distributed (a.) Spread among a variety of securities; -- of investments.
Syn: diversified.
Distributing to the necessity of saints. -- Rom. xii. 13.
Distributed (a.) Spread out or scattered about or divided up [ant: concentrated].
Conicality (n.) Conicalness.
Conically (adv.) 成圓錐形地 In the form of a cone.
Conically (adv.) In a conical manner; "conically shaped."
Conicalness (n.) 錐形 State or quality of being conical.
Conico- (a.) A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate.
Conicoid (a.) Same as Conoidal.
Conics (n.) That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
Conics (n.) Conic sections.
Conida (n. pl. ) of Conidium.
Conidium (n.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores.
Conifer (n.) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.
Coniferin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.
Coniferous (a.) 結毬果的 Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Coniferous (a.) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.
Coniferous (a.) Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves [syn: coniferous, cone-bearing].
Coniform (a.) Cone-shaped; conical.
Coniine (n.) See Conine.
Conimene (n.) Same as Olibene.
Conine (n.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.
Coniroster (n.) One of the Conirostres.
Conirostral (a.) Belonging to the Conirostres.
Conirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.
Conisor (n.) See Cognizor.
Conistra (n.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.
Conite (n.) A magnesian variety of dolomite.
Conium (n.) (Bot.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.
Conium (n.) (Med.) The common hemlock ({Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.
Conium (n.) Small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock [syn: Conium, genus Conium].
Conject (v. t.) To conjecture; also, to plan. [Obs.]
Conject (v. t.) To throw together, or to throw. [Obs.] -- Bp. Montagu.
Conjector (n.) [L.] One who guesses or conjectures. [Obs.]
A great conjector at other men by their writings. -- Milton.
Conjecturable (a.) Capable of being conjectured or guessed.
Conjectural (a.) Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.
And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. -- Shak.
A slight expense of conjectural analogy. -- Hugh Miller.
Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. -- Carlyle.
Conjectural (a.) Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious].
Conjecturalist (n.) A conjecturer. [R.] -- Month. rev.
Conjecturally (n.) That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Conjecturally (adv.) In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. -- Boyle.
Conjecturally (adv.) In a manner involving or inclined to conjecture and supposition.
Conjecture (n.) An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. -- Whewell.
Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. -- Milton.
Conjectured (imp. & p. p.) of Conjecture.
Conjecturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conjecture.
Conjecture (v. t.) To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. -- South.
Conjecture (v. i.) To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
Conjecture (n.) A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture" [syn: speculation, conjecture].
Conjecture (n.) A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis].
Conjecture (n.) Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence.
Conjecture (v.) To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose].
Conjecturer (n.) One who conjectures. -- Hobbes.
Conjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Conjoin.
Conjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conjoin.
Conjoin (v. t.) To join together; to unite.
The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now conjoined in one. -- Shak.
If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined. -- Shak.
Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already. -- Locke.
Conjoin (v. i.) To unite; to join; to league. -- Shak.
Conjoin (v.) Make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" [syn: join, conjoin] [ant: disjoin, disjoint].
Conjoin (v.) Take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse].
Conjoined (a.) (Her.) Joined together or touching.
Conjoined (a.) Consisting of two or more associated entities; "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"; "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government" -- J.K.Fairbank [syn: conjoined, conjoint].
Conjoint (a.) United; connected; associated. "Influence conjoint." -- Glover.
Conjoint degrees (Mus.), Two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. -- Johnson.
Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), Two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.
Conjoint (a.) Consisting of two or more associated entities; "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"; "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government" -- J.K.Fairbank [syn: conjoined, conjoint].
Conjointly (adv.) In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. -- Sir T. Browne.
Conjointly (adv.) In conjunction with; combined; "our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage"; "we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together" [syn: jointly, collectively, conjointly, together with].
Conjointness (n.) The quality of being conjoint.
Conjubilant (a.) Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [R.] -- Neale.
Conjugal (a.) Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial. "Conjugal affection." --Milton.
Conjugal (a.) Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband; "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits" [syn: conjugal, connubial].
Conjugal. () Matrimonial; belonging, to marriage as, conjugal rights, or the rights which belong to the husband or wife as such.
Conjugality (n.) The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. [R.] -- Milton.
Conjugally (adv.) In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.
Conjugally (adv.) In a conjugal manner [syn: conjugally, connubial].
Conjugate (a.) 結合的；【語】同字根的 United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
Conjugate (a.) (Bot.) In single pairs; coupled.
Conjugate (a.) (Chem.) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
Conjugate (a.) (Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.
Conjugate (a.) (Math.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
{Conjugate axis of a hyperbola} (Math.), The line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci.
{Conjugate diameters} (Conic Sections), Two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other.
{Conjugate focus} (Opt.) See under {Focus}.
{Conjugate mirrors} (Optics), Two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus.
{Conjugate point} (Geom.), An acnode. See {Acnode}, and {Double point}.
{Self-conjugate triangle} (Conic Sections), A triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.
Conjugate (n.) 【語】同源字 A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification.
We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed. -- Abp.
Conjugate (n.) (Chem.) A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical.
Conjugated (imp. & p. p.) of Conjugate.
Conjugating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conjugate.
Conjugate (v. t.) 【文】列舉（動詞）的詞形變化；使結合；使成對 To unite in marriage; to join. [Obs.]
Conjugate (v. t.) (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.
Conjugate (v. i.) (Biol.) 結合；結親；性交；交配 To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.
Conjugate (a.) Joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: {conjugate}, {conjugated}, {coupled}].
Conjugate (a.) (Of a pinnate leaflet) Having only one pair of leaflets.
Conjugate (a.) Formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein" [syn: {conjugate}, {conjugated}].
Conjugate (a.) Of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond [syn: {conjugate}, {conjugated}].
Conjugate (n.) A mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A [syn: {conjugate solution}, {conjugate}].
Conjugate (v.) Unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds.
Conjugate (v.) Add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb".
Conjugate (v.) Undergo conjugation.
Conjugation (n.) 【文】詞形變化；結合；配合 The act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.
Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. -- Bentley.
Conjugation (n.) Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.]
The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. -- Sir T. Browne.
Conjugation (n.) (Gram.) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
Conjugation (n.) (Gram.) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb.
Conjugation (n.) (Gram.) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.
Conjugation (n.) (Biol.) A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.
Conjugation (n.) The state of being joined together [syn: {junction}, {conjunction}, {conjugation}, {colligation}].
Conjugation (n.) The inflection of verbs.
Conjugation (n.) The complete set of inflected forms of a verb.
Conjugation (n.) A class of verbs having the same inflectional forms.
Conjugation (n.) The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: {coupling}, {mating}, {pairing}, {conjugation}, {union}, {sexual union}].
Conjugation (n.) The act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: {union}, {unification}, {uniting}, {conjugation}, {jointure}] [ant: {disunion}].
Conjugational (a.) Relating to conjugation. -- Ellis.
Conjugial (a.) Conjugal. [R.] -- Swedenborg.
Conjugium (n.) [L.] (Rom. Law) The marriage tie.
Conjunct (a.) 結合的；共同的 United; conjoined; concurrent. [Archaic]
Conjunct (a.) (Her.) Same as {Conjoined}.
Conjunction (n.) 【文】連接詞 [C]；結合；關聯；連接 [C] [U] The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.
He will unite the white rose and the red: Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction. -- Shak.
Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. -- South.
Conjunction (n.) (Astron.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6.
Note: Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The inferior conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth.
Conjunction (n.) (Gram.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.
Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive. -- Harris.
Conjunction (n.) The temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: {concurrence}, {coincidence}, {conjunction}, {co-occurrence}].
Conjunction (n.) The state of being joined together [syn: {junction}, {conjunction}, {conjugation}, {colligation}].
Conjunction (n.) An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: {conjunction}, {conjunctive}, {connective}, {continuative}].
Conjunction (n.) The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction.
Conjunction (n.) (Astronomy) Apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac [syn: {conjunction}, {alignment}].
Conjunction (n.) Something that joins or connects [syn: {junction}, {conjunction}].
Conjunctional (a.) 連結的；連接詞的 Relating to a conjunction.
Conjunctiva (n.) (Anat.) 【解】結膜 The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane.
Conjunctiva (n.) A transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid.
Conjunctival (a.) Joining; connecting.
Conjunctival (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva.
Conjunctival (a.) Of or relating to the conjunctiva.
Conjunctive (a.) 連結的；結合的；【語】連接詞的；起連接作用的 Serving to unite; connecting together.
Conjunctive (a.) Closely united. [Obs.] -- Shak.
{Conjunctive mood} (Gram.), The mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood.
{Conjunctive tissue} (Anat.), The tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also {cellular tissue} and {connective tissue}. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.
Conjunctive (a.) Serving or tending to connect [ant: {disjunctive}].
Conjunctive (a.) Involving the joint activity of two or more; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities" [syn: {concerted}, {conjunct}, {conjunctive}, {cooperative}].
Conjunctive (n.) 連接詞 An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: {conjunction}, {conjunctive}, {connective}, {continuative}].
Compare: Uninflected
Uninflected (a.) (Of a word or a language) 無屈折變化的；不詞尾變化的 Not undergoing changes to express grammatical functions or attributes；not varying in intonation or pitch.
Conjunctive (n.), Contracts, wills, instruments. A term in grammar used to designate particles which connect one word to another, or one proposition to another proposition.
Conjunctive (n.) There are many cases in law, where the conjunctive and is used for the disjunctive or, and vice versa.
Conjunctive (n.) An obligation is conjunctive when it contains several things united by a conjunction to indicate that they are all equally the object of the matter or contract for example, if I promise for a lawful consideration, to deliver to you my copy of the Life of Washington, my Encyclopaedia, and my copy of the History of the United States, I am then bound to deliver all of them and cannot be discharged by delivering one only. There are, according to Toullier, tom. vi. n. 686, as many separate obligations Is there are things to be delivered, and the obligor may discharge himself pro tanto by delivering either of them, or in case of refusal the tender will be valid. It is presumed, however, that only one action could be maintained for the whole. But if the articles in the agreement had not been enumerated; I could not, according to Toullier, deliver one in discharge of my contract, without the consent of the creditor; as if, instead of enumerating the, books above mentioned, I had bound myself to deliver all my books, the very books in question. Vide Disjunctive, Item, and the case, there cited; and also, Bac. Ab. Conditions, P; 1 Bos. & Pull. 242; 4 Bing. N. C. 463 S. C. 33 E. C. L. R. 413; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 687-8.
Conjunctively (adv.) In conjunction or union; together. -- Sir T. Browne.
Conjunctiveness (n.) The state or quality of being conjunctive. -- Johnson.
Conjunctivitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
Conjunctivitis (n.) Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye [syn: conjunctivitis, pinkeye].
Conjunctly (adv.) In union; conjointly; unitedly; together. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Conjuncture (n.) The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination.
The conjuncture of philosophy and divinity. -- Hobbes.
A fit conjuncture or circumstances. -- Addison.
Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.
He [Chesterfield] had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. -- Macaulay.
Conjuncture (n.) A critical combination of events or circumstances.
Conjuration (n.) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.
We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; . . . Under this conjuration speak, my lord. -- Shak.
Conjuration (n.) The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment.
Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event. -- Hallam.
Conjuration (n.) A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy. [Obs.] "The conjuration of Catiline." -- Sir T. Elyot.
Conjuration (n.) A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect [syn: incantation, conjuration].
Conjuration (n.) Calling up a spirit or devil [syn: conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation].
Conjuration (n.) An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception].
Conjuration. () A swearing together. It signifies a plot, bargain, or compact made by a number of persons under oath, to do some public harm. In times of ignorance, this word was used to signify the personal conference which some persons were supposed to have had with the devil, or some evil spirit, to know any secret, or effect any purpose.
Conjurator (n.) [LL.] (O. Eng. Law) One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator. -- Burrill.
Conjured (imp. & p. p.) of Conjure.
Conjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conjure.
Conjure (v. t.) To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. -- Addison.
Conjure (v. i.) To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism]
Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. -- Milton.
Conjure (v. t.) To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.
The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. -- Shak.
To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.
Conjure (v. i.) To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.
She conjures; away with her. -- Shak.
Conjure (v.) Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth].
Conjure (v.) Ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure].
Conjure (v.) Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate].