Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 211
Syenite (n.) (Min.) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.
Syenitic (a.) [Written also sienitic.] 如黑花崗石般的 Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.
Syenitic (a.) Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
Syke (n. & v.) See Sike. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Syker (a. & adv.) See Sicker. [Obs.]
Syle (n.) A young herring ({Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.]
But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they're grown, why then we call them herring. -- J. Ingelow.
Syllabaria (n. pl. ) of Syllabarium.
Syllabarium (n.) A syllabary.
Syllabary (n.) A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. -- S. W. Williams.
Syllabary (n.) A writing system whose characters represent syllables [syn: syllabary, syllabic script].
Syllabe (n.) [F.] Syllable. [R.] -- B. Jonson. Syllabic
Syllabic (a.) Alt. of Syllabical.
Syllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.
Syllabical (a.) Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment. "The syllabic stage of writing." --Earle.
Syllabic (a.) Of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable".
Syllabic (a.) Consisting of or using a syllabary; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing".
Syllabic (a.) (Of verse) Having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities [ant: accentual, quantitative].
Syllabic (a.) Consisting of a syllable or syllables [ant: nonsyllabic, unsyllabic].
Syllabic (a.) (Of speech sounds) Forming the nucleus of a syllable; "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'" [ant: nonsyllabic].
Syllabically (adv.) In a syllabic manner.
Syllabically (adv.) In or with syllables; "syllabically pronounced."
Syllabicated (imp. & p. p.) of Syllabicate.
Syllabicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllabicate.
Syllabicate (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.
Syllabicate (v.) Divide into syllables; "syllabify the words" [syn: syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise].
The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., [sect]275.
Syllabication (n.) Forming or dividing words into syllables [syn: syllabication, syllabification].
Syllabification (n.) Same as Syllabication. -- Rush.
Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force. -- H. Sweet.
Syllabification (n.) Forming or dividing words into syllables [syn: syllabication, syllabification].
Syllabified (imp. & p. p.) of Syllabify.
Syllabifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllabify.
Syllabify (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables.
Syllabify (v.) Divide into syllables; "syllabify the words" [syn: syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise].
Syllabism (n.) The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. -- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Syllabist (n.) One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.
Syllabize (v. t.) To syllabify. -- Howell.
Syllabize (v.) Divide into syllables; "syllabify the words" [syn: syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise].
Syllabize (v.) Utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet syllabized the verses he read" [syn: syllabize, syllabise].
Syllable (n.) 音節 [C]；（常用於否定句）一言半語，少許表示 [S] An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect]275.
Syllable (n.) In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language.
Withouten vice [i. e. mistake] of syllable or letter. -- Chaucer.
Syllable (n.) A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
Before any syllable of the law of God was written. -- Hooker.
Who dare speak One syllable against him? -- Shak.
Syllable (v. t.) 將……劃分音節 (v. i.) 按音節發音；講話 To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate. -- Milton.
Syllable (n.) A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables."
Syllable (n.) [ C ] 音節 (B2) A single unit of speech, either a whole word or one of the parts into which a word can be separated, usually containing a vowel.
Compare: Sillabub
Sillabub (n.) 乳酒凍 A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth. [Written also syllabub.]
Syllabub (n.) Same as Syllabub.
Syllabub (n.) Spiced hot milk with rum or wine [syn: syllabub, sillabub].
Syllabub (n.) Sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor [syn: syllabub, sillabub].
Syllabuses (n. pl. ) of Syllabus.
Syllabi (n. pl. ) of Syllabus.
Syllabus (n.) 教學大綱，課程大綱；要目；【律】（判詞前對裁判要點的）簡要說明 A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
Syllabus (n.) (Law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely explanatory of the former.
Syllabus (n.) An integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" [syn: course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus].
Compare: Compendium
Compendium (n.) (pl. Compendiums, compendia) 概略；概要；手冊 A collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication.
‘An invaluable compendium of useful information about language.’
Compendium (n.) A collection or set of similar items.
‘A compendium of tools.’
Compendium (n.) A package of stationery for writing letters.
Syllepsis (n.) (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
Syllepsis (n.) (Gram.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati. Sylleptic
Syllepsis (n.) Use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one.
Sylleptic (a.) Alt. of Sylleptical.
Sylleptical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis. -- Syl*lep"tic*al*ly, adv.
Syllidian (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Syllidae.
Note: Many of the species are phosphorescent; others are remarkable for undergoing strobilation or fission and for their polymorphism. The egg, in such species, develops into an asexual individual. When mature, a number of its posterior segments gradually develop into one or more sexual individuals which finally break away and swim free in the sea. The males, females, and neuters usually differ greatly in form and structure.
Syllogism (n.) (Logic) The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration.
Note: as in the following example: Every virtue is laudable; Kindness is a virtue; Therefore kindness is laudable.
These propositions are denominated respectively the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion.
Note: If the premises are not true and the syllogism is regular, the reasoning is valid, and the conclusion, whether true or false, is correctly derived. Syllogistic
Syllogism (n.) Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises.
Syllogism, () Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the syllogism amounts to demonstration. To put it another way, the premises imply the conclusion.
For example, every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable.
Strangely, a syllogism can still be true if the premises are false.
Compare inference rule.
[Relationship between premises?] (2009-10-28)
Syllogism (n.) A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. (See LOGIC.)
Syllogistic (a.) Alt. of Syllogistical.
Syllogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.
Syllogistically (adv.) In a syllogistic manner.
Syllogization (n.) A reasoning by syllogisms. [Obs. or R.] -- Harris.
Syllogized (imp. & p. p.) of Syllogize.
Syllogizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllogize.
Syllogize (v. i.) To reason by means of syllogisms.
Men have endeavored . . . to teach boys to syllogize, or frame arguments and refute them, without any real inward knowledge of the question. -- I. Watts.
Syllogize (v.) Reason by syllogisms [syn: syllogize, syllogise].
Syllogizer (n.) One who syllogizes.
Syllogizer (n.) Logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning [syn: syllogist, syllogizer, syllogiser].
Sylph (n.) 空氣的精靈；苗條的少女；蜂鳥 An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
Sylph (n.) Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
Sylph (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph ({Cynanthus cyanurus).
Sylph (n.) A slender graceful young woman.
Sylph (n.) An elemental being believed to inhabit the air.
Sylph (n.) An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization. Sylphs were allied to gnomes, nymphs and salamanders, which dwelt, respectively, in earth, water and fire, all now insalubrious. Sylphs, like fowls of the air, were male and female, to no purpose, apparently, for if they had progeny they must have nested in accessible places, none of the chicks having ever been seen.
Sylphid (n.) A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. "The place of the sylphid queen." -- J. R. Drake.
Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear, Fays, fairies, genii, elves, and demons, hear. -- Pope.
Sylphine (a.) Like a sylph.
Sylphish (a.) Sylphlike. -- Carlyle.
Sylphlike (a.) 空氣精靈一般的，窈窕的 Like a sylph; airy; graceful.
Sometimes a dance . . . Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze. -- Byron.
Sylphlike (a.) Moving and bending with ease [syn: {lissome}, {lissom}, {lithe}, {lithesome}, {slender}, {supple}, {svelte}, {sylphlike}].
Sylvae (n. pl. ) of Sylva.
Sylva (n.) (Bot.) Same as Silva.
Silva (n.) (Bot.) 森林裡的樹木；林木誌 The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.
Silva (n.) (Bot.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
Silva (n.) The forest trees growing in a country or region [syn: silva, sylva].
Silvan (a.) Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. [Written also sylvan.]
Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green. -- Dryden.
Sylvan (a.) Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. -- De Quincey.
Sylvan (a.) Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
Sylvan (n.) A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. -- Pope.
Sylvan (n.) (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
Sylvan (a.) Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade" [syn: sylvan, silvan].
Sylvan (n.) A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: sylvan, silvan].
Sylvan, () [Distributed language?]
Sylvanite (n.) (Min.) A telluride of gold and silver, (Au, Ag)Te2, of a steel gray, silver white, or brass yellow. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. H., 1.5-2. Sp.gr., 7.9-8.3.
Sylvanite (n.) A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America [syn: sylvanite, graphic tellurium].
Sylvanium (n.) An old name for tellurium.
Sylvate (n.) A salt of sylvic acid.
Sylvatic (a.) Sylvan.
Sylvestrian (a.) Sylvan.
Sylvic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).
Sylvicoline (a.) Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler.
Sylviculture (n.) The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
Sylviculturist (n.) One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.
Sylvine (n.) Alt. of Sylvite.
Sylvite (n.) Native potassium chloride.
Sym- () See Syn-.
Symar (n.) Alt. of Symarr.
Symarr (n.) See Simar.
Symbal (n.) See Cimbal.
Symbiosis (n.) (Biol.) 【生】共生；合作（互利、互依）關係 The living together in more or less imitative association or even close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a broad sense the term includes parasitism, or
Antagonistic symbiosis or
Antipathetic symbiosis, In which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms, but ordinarily it is used of cases where the association is advantageous, or often necessary, to one or both, and not harmful to either. When there is bodily union (in extreme cases so close that the two form practically a single body, as in the union of algae and fungi to form lichens, and in the inclusion of algae in radiolarians) it is called
Conjunctive symbiosis; If there is no actual union of the organisms (as in the association of ants with myrmecophytes),
Disjunctive symbiosis.
Symbiosis (n.) The relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other [syn: symbiosis, mutualism].
Symbol (n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
Symbol (n.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
Symbol (n.) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
Symbol (n.) Share; allotment.
Symbol (n.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.
Symbol (v. t.) To symbolize.
Symbol (n.) [ C ] (B2) 標誌，象徵 A sign, shape, or object that is used to represent something else.
// A heart shape is the symbol of love.
// The wheel in the Indian flag is a symbol of peace.
Compare: Emblem
Symbol (n.) [ C ] （某種特性或思想的）代表，象徵 Something that is used to represent a quality or idea.
// Water, a symbol of life, recurs as an image throughout her poems.
Symbol (n.) [ C ] 符號，代號，記號 A number, letter, or sign used in mathematics, music, science, etc..
// The symbol for oxygen is O2.
Symbol (n.) [ C ] 象徵 An object can be described as a symbol of something else if it seems to represent it because it is connected with it in a lot of people's minds.
// The private jet is a symbol of wealth.
Compare: Emblem
Emblem (n.) [ C ] 象徵；標誌；符號；徽章 A picture of an object that is used to represent a particular person, group, or idea.
// A rose is the national emblem of England.
Symbolic (a.) See Symbolics.
Symbolic (a.) Alt. of Symbolical.
Symbolic (a.) ( Also symbolical) (C2) 代表的，象徵的 Representing something else.
// The skull at the bottom of the picture is symbolic of death.
Symbolic (a.) ( Also Symbolical) （行為舉動）象徵性的，沒有甚麼實際影響的 Used to refer to an action that expresses or seems to express an intention or feeling, but has little practical influence on a situation.
// Five hundred troops were sent in, more as a symbolic gesture than as a real threat.
Symbolical (a.) Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.
Symbolics (n.) The study of ancient symbols.
Symbolics (n.) that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.
Symbolism (n.) The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.
Symbolism (n.) A system of symbols or representations.
Symbolism (n.) The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
Symbolism (n.) A combining together of parts or ingredients.
Symbolism (n.) The science of creeds; symbolics.
Symbolism (n.) [ U ] 象徵手法 The use of symbols in art, literature, films, etc. to represent ideas.
// Religious symbolism is very characteristic of the paintings of this period.
Symbolism (n.) [ U ] (Specialized) ( Art, literature) （文學和藝術中的）象徵主義 A type of art and literature developed in the late 19th century that tries to express ideas or states of mind rather than represent the real world, using the power of words and images.
Compare: Naturalism, Realism, Expressionism, Idealism
Naturalism (n.) [ U ] ( Specialized) （藝術和文學中的）自然主義 Showing people and experiences as they really are, instead of suggesting that they are better than they really are or representing them in a fixed style.
// Ibsen and Chekhov are a few of the dramatists who were influenced by naturalism.
Realism (n.) [ U ] (Thought) 現實（性）；務實作風；注重實際 A way of thinking and acting based on facts and what is possible, rather than on hopes for things that are unlikely to happen.
// His decision not to expand the business shows his down-to-earth realism.
Compare: Idealism
Realism (n.) [ U ] (Thought) (Specialized) ( Science, social science) （科學或哲學的）實在主義，實在論，唯實論 In science and philosophy, the belief that objects continue to exist in the world even when no one is there to see them.
Realism (n.) [ U ] (Art) (Specialized) ( Art, literature, theatre & film) （繪畫、電影、書籍等的）現實主義，現實主義風格 Paintings, films, books, etc. that try to represent life as it really is.
// The director used handheld camera techniques to add to the gritty realism of the film.
Expressionism (n.) [ U ] (Specialized) （藝術、音樂或文學中的）表現主義 A style of art, music, or writing, found especially in the 1900s, that expresses extreme feelings.
Idealism (n.) [ U ] 理想主義 The belief that your ideals can be achieved, often when this does not seem likely to others.
/ She never lost her youthful idealism and campaigned for just causes all her life.
Compare: Realism
Realism (n.) [Mass noun] [U] 現實性；現實態度，注重實際的傾向；（文藝創作的）現實主義，寫實主義；（文藝作品的）真實性；【哲】實在論，唯實論 The attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.
‘The summit was marked by a new mood of realism.’
Realism (n.) [Mass noun] The view that the subject matter of politics is political power, not matters of principle.
‘Political realism is the oldest approach to global politics.’
Realism (n.) [Mass noun] The doctrine that the law is better understood by analysis of judges rather than the judgements given.
‘Modern jurists have tended to underestimate the scope of American legal realism.’
Realism (n.) [Mass noun] The quality or fact of representing a person or thing in a way that is accurate and true to life.
While realism in art is often used in the same contexts as naturalism, implying a concern with accurate and objective representation, it also suggests a deliberate rejection of conventionally attractive or appropriate subjects in favour of sincerity and a focus on the unidealized treatment of contemporary life. Specifically, the term is applied to a late 19th-century movement in French painting and literature represented by Gustave Courbet in the former and Balzac, Stendhal, and Flaubert in the latter.
‘British soaps will stay because of their gritty realism.’
Realism (n.) [Mass noun] An artistic or literary movement or style characterized by the representation of people or things as they actually are.
Often contrasted with idealism (sense 1)
Realism (n.) [Mass noun] (Philosophy) The doctrine that universals or abstract concepts have an objective or absolute existence. The theory that universals have their own reality is sometimes called Platonic realism because it was first outlined by Plato's doctrine of ‘forms’ or ideas.
Realism (n.) [Mass noun] The doctrine that matter as the object of perception has real existence and is neither reducible to universal mind or spirit nor dependent on a perceiving agent.
Often contrasted with idealism (Sense 2)
Compare: Accordingly
Accordingly (adv.) 照著；相應地；因此；於是 In a way that is appropriate to the particular circumstances.
‘We have to discover what his plans are and act accordingly.’
Accordingly (adv.) [Sentence adverb ] As a result; therefore.
‘There was no breach of the rules; accordingly, there will be no disciplinary inquiry.’
Idealism (n.) [ U ] (Specialized) ( Social sciences) 唯心主義，唯心論，理念論 The belief in philosophy that objects in the world are ideas that only exist in the mind of God or people who see them.
Symbolist (n.) One who employs symbols.
Symbolist (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) 象徵主義者，象徵派 A writer or an artist connected with symbolism.
Symbolistic (a.) 象徵主義的 Alt. of Symbolistical.
Symbolistical (a.) Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
Symbolization (n.) 象徵；記號表現 The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.
Symbolized (imp. & p. p.) of Symbolize.
Symbolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Symbolize.
Symbolize (v. t.) 象徵，標誌；用符號表示 [（+by）] (v. i.) 採用象徵，使用符號 To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
Symbolize (v. i.) To hold the same faith; to agree.