Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 85
Colligate (a.) Bound together.
Colligate (v.) Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate].
Colligate (v.) Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle [syn: subsume, colligate].
Colligation (n.) A binding together. -- Sir T. Browne.
Colligation (n.) (Logic) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. "The colligation of facts." -- Whewell.
Colligation is not always induction, but induction is always colligation. -- J. S. Mill.
Colligation (n.) The state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation].
Colligation (n.) The connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis.
Collimated (imp. & p. p.) of Collimate.
Collimating (p. p. & vb. n.) of Collimate.
Collimate (v. t.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.
Collimating eyepiece, An eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly.
Collimating lens (Optics), A lens used for producing parallel rays of light.
Collimate (v.) Make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" [syn: parallel, collimate].
Collimate (v.) Adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument).
Collimation (n.) The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument.
Error of collimation, The deviation of the line collimation of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought to have with respect to the axis of motion of the instrument.
Line of collimation, The axial line of the telescope of an astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes through the optical center of the object glass and the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.
Collimation (n.) The accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope.
Collimator (n.) (Astron.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. -- Nichol.
Collimator (n.) (Optics) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.
Collimator (n.) A small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one.
Collimator (n.) Optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam.
Collin (n.) A very pure form of gelatin.
Collin -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 491675
Housing Units (2000): 194892
Land area (2000): 847.557094 sq. miles (2195.162704 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 38.289415 sq. miles (99.169125 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 885.846509 sq. miles (2294.331829 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.129610 N, 96.646461 W
Headwords:
Collin
Collin, TX
Collin County
Collin County, TX
Colline (n.) A small hill or mount. [Obs.]
And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. -- Evelyn.
Collineation (n.) The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. [R.] -- Johnson.
Colling (n.) An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Collingly (adv.) With embraces. [Obs.] -- Gascoigne.
Collingual (a.) Having, or pertaining to, the same language.
Colliquable (a.) Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [Obs.] -- Harvey.
Colliquament (n.) The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. -- Dr. H. More.
Colliquated (imp. & p. p.) of Colliquate.
Colliquating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Colliquate.
Colliquate (v. t. & i.) To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt. [Obs.]
The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. -- Boyle.
[Ice] will colliquate in water or warm oil. -- Sir T. Browne.
Colliquation (n.) 組織溶解，液化變性 A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.
When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call "glass". -- Boyle.
Colliquation (n.) (Med.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [Obs.]
Colliquative (a.) 多液的 Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats.
Colliquefaction (n.) 【醫】 溶合；熔合 A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. -- Bacon.
Collish (n.) (Shoemaking) A tool to polish the edge of a sole. -- Knight.
Compare: Shoemaking
Shoemaking (n.) See S hoemaker.
Shoemaking (n.) 製鞋業 The shoemaker's trade [syn: shoe repairing, cobbling].
Compare: S hoemaker
S hoemaker (n.) 鞋匠，製鞋工人；補鞋工人 [C] A person who makes shoes and other footwear as a profession.
Collision (n.) 碰撞；相撞； （意見、利益等的） 衝突，抵觸 The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.
Collision (n.) A state of opposition; antagonism; interference.
Collisive (a.) Colliding; clashing.
Collitigant (a.) Disputing or wrangling.
Collitigant (n.) One who litigates or wrangles.
Collocate (a.) Set; placed.
Collocated (imp. & p. p.) of Collocate.
Collocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collocate.
Collocate (v. t.) To set or place; to set; to station.
Collocation (n.) The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.
Collocution (n.) A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse.
Collocutor (n.) One of the speakers in a dialogue.
Collodion (n.) A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.
Collodionize (v. t.) To prepare or treat with collodion.
Collodiotype (n.) A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.
Collodium (n.) See Collodion.
Collogue (v. i.) To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.
Colloid (a.) 膠狀的，膠質的 Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
Colloid (n.) 膠體，膠質，膠狀體 A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.
Colloid (n.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.
Colloidal (a.) 膠狀的，膠質的 Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids.
Colloquial (a.) [See {Colloqui}.] 白話的，口語的，語體的 Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. -- {Col*lo"qui*al*ly}, (adv.)
Colloquially (adv.) 用白話，用通俗語 With the use of colloquial expressions; “this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn” [syn: {colloquially}, {conversationally}, {informally}].
Colloidality (n.) 膠度；膠性 The state or quality of being colloidal.
Collop (n.) A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
Collop (n.) A part or piece of anything; a portion.
Colloped (a.) Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.
Collophore (n.) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.
Collophore (n.) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.
Colloquial (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.
Colloquialism (n.) 白話；俗語 A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.
Colloquialism (n.) [ C ] 口語體；口語詞彙 An informal word or expression that is more suitable for use in speech than in writing.
Colloquialize (v. t.) To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.
Colloquist (n.) 會談者，對談者 A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue.
Colloquies (n. pl. ) of Colloquy.
Colloquy (n.) 談話，會話，自由討論 Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.
Colloquy (n.) In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
Colloquy (n.) [ C ] (Formal) 正式談話，會談 A formal conversation.
Collow (n.) Soot; smut. See 1st Colly.
Colluctancy (n.) A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
Colluctation (n.) A struggling; a contention.
Colluded (imp. & p. p.) of Collude.
Colluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collude.
Collude (v. i.) To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
Colluder (n.) One who conspires in a fraud.
Colla (n. pl. ) of Collum.
Collum (n.) A neck or cervix.
Collum (n.) Same as Collar.
Collusion (n.) 共謀；勾結 A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
The foxe, maister of collusion. -- Spenser.
That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion. -- Atterbury.
By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive. -- Swift.
Collusion (n.) (Law) An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. -- Bouvier. Abbott.
Syn: Collusion, Connivance.
Usage: A person who is guilty of connivance intentionally overlooks, and thus sanctions what he was bound to prevent. A person who is guilty of collusion unites with others (playing into their hands) for fraudulent purposes.
Collusion (n.) Secret agreement.
Collusion (n.) Agreement on a secret plot [syn: {connivance}, {collusion}].
Collusive (a.) 共謀的 Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion. "Collusive and sophistical arguings." -- J. Trapp. "Collusive divorces." -- Strype.
Collusive (a.) Acting in collusion. "Collusive parties." -- Burke. -- Col*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- Col*lu"sive*ness, n.
Collusive (a.) Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end [syn: collusive, conniving].
Collusory (a.) Collusive.
Collutory (n.) (Med.) 漱口劑 A medicated wash for the mouth.
Compare: Collie
Collie (n.) (Zool.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [Written also colly, colley.]
Colly (n.) The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] -- Burton.
Collied (imp. & p. p.) of Colly.
Collying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Colly.
Colly (v. t.) To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.]
Thou hast not collied thy face enough. -- B. Jonson.
Brief as the lighting in the collied night. -- Shak.
Colly (n.) A kind of dog. See Collie.
Colly (v.) Make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean, make clean].
Collybist
(n.) A
money changer. [Obs.]
In the face of these guilty collybists. -- Bp. Hall.
Collyriums (n. pl. ) of Collyrium.
Collyria (n. pl. ) of Collyrium.
Collyrium (n.) (Med.) An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.
Collyrium (n.) Lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes [syn: eye-lotion, eyewash, collyrium].
Colocolo (n.) (Zool.) A South American wild cat ({Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.
Colocynth (n.) (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber ({Citrullus colocynthis, or Cucumis colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.
Colocynthin (n.) (Chem.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
Cologne (n.) A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.
Cologne (n.) A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League [syn: Cologne, Koln].
Cologne (n.) A perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol [syn: cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne].
Cologne, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 1012
Housing Units (2000): 392
Land area (2000): 0.753236 sq. miles (1.950873 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.103759 sq. miles (0.268735 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.856995 sq. miles (2.219608 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12664
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.770829 N, 93.782931 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55322
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cologne, MN
Cologne
Cologne earth () (Min.) An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
Colombier (n.) [F.] A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.
Compare: Calumbin
Calumbin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also colombin, and columbin]
Colombin (n.) (Chem.) See Calumbin.
Compare: Calumba
Calumba (n.) [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and
calombo.]
American calumba, The Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba.
Colombo (n.) (Med.) See Calumba.
Colombo (prop. n.) (Geography) The (official) capital city of Sri Lanka. Population (2000) = 1,994,000.
Colombo (n.) The capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon [syn: Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka].
Compare: Condor
Condor (n.) (Zool.) A very large bird of the Vulture family ({Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
Condor (n.) (Zool.) The California vulture ({Gymnogyps californianus), also called California condor. [Local, U. S.]
Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild.
Condor (n.) A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold, and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also colon.
Condor (n.) A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is no longer coined.
Colon (n.) (Anat.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum.
Note: [See Illust of Digestion.]
Colon (n.) (Gram.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
Colon (n.) The part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.
Colon (n.) The basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos [syn: colon, El Salvadoran colon].
Colon (n.) The basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos [syn: colon, Costa Rican colon].
Colon (n.) A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal [syn: Colon, Aspinwall].
Colon (n.) A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter).
Colon, () ":" ASCII character 58. Common names: ITU-T: colon. Rare: dots; INTERCAL: two-spot.
(1995-09-25)
COLONY. () A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to the mother country. 3 W. C. C. R. 287. The country occupied by the colonists is also called a colony. A colony differs from a possession, or a dependency. (q.v.) For a history of the American colonies, the reader is referred to Story on the Constitution, book I.; 1 Kent, Com. 77 to 80; 1 Dane's Ab. Index, b. t.
Colon, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 138
Housing Units (2000): 54
Land area (2000): 0.132249 sq. miles (0.342524 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.132249 sq. miles (0.342524 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10005
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.297761 N, 96.606757 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68018
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Colon, NE
Colon
Colon, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 1227
Housing Units (2000): 639
Land area (2000): 1.391219 sq. miles (3.603240 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.317522 sq. miles (0.822379 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.708741 sq. miles (4.425619 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17360
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 41.955853 N, 85.322522 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49040
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Colon, MI
Colon
Colonel (n.) (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Colonel (n.) A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
COLONEL. () An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.
Colonel (n.) [ C ] (Also Colonel) (Written abbreviation Col.) （陸軍或空軍）上校 An officer of high rank in the army or air force.
// Colonel is the military rank between lieutenant-colonel and brigadier.
// Colonel Furlong.
// [ As form of address ] Yes, Colonel.
Colonelcy (n.) (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.
Colonelship (n.) Colonelcy. -- Swift.
Coloner (n.) A colonist. [Obs.] -- Holland
Colonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
Colonial (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony.
Colonial (a.) Of animals who live in colonies, such as ants.
Colonial (a.) Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" [syn: colonial, compound].
Colonial (n.) A resident of a colony.
Colonical (a.) Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]