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n. (Biol.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union. -- Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. Huxley. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -gram. ] A record made by an anemograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -graph. ] An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + -graphy. ] 1. A description of the winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + thermograph. ] An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Bromine + gelatin. ] (Photog.) Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; color + -gen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Biol.) Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Any colored compound, supposed to contain one or more chromophores. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + -graph. ] An apparatus by which a number of copies of { ritten katter, kaps, plons, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + -graph. ] An integrating anemometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. ] (Biol.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Belonging to cosmogony. B. Powell. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cosmogonies [ Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie. ] The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. cosmographique. ] Of or pertaining to cosmography. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cosmographies [ Gr. kosmografi`a; ko`smos the world + gra`fein to write: cf. F. cosmographie. ] A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cyma + -graph. ] (a) An instrument for making tracings of the outline or contour of profiles, moldings, etc. (b) Var. of Kymograph. -- Cy`mo*graph"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

v. t. To trace or copy with a cymograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ First mentioned by Lutatius, or Lactantius Placidus, the scholiast on Statius, perh. fr. Gr. dai`mwn god, deity + gorgo`s fierce, terrible ] A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name
Of Demogorgon. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to demography; as, demographic surveys. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. dh^mos the people + -graphy. ] The study of vital statistics, such as births, deaths, marriages, mortality, health, etc., in populations and subgroups of populations. -- Dem`o*graph"ic, a. [1913 Webster +PJC]

a. [ Gr. desmo`s bond + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea.
Syn. -- genus Drymoglossum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; power + -graph. See Dynamic. ] (Physiol.) A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; marriage + E. genesis. ] (Biol.) The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to gamogenesis. -- Gam`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Germ + -gen. ] (Biol.) (a) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed. Balfour. (b) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. dro`mos course + -graph. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

n. [ Haemochrome + -gen. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Haemadromograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hemoglobin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemoglobin + -meter. ] Same as Hemochromometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemo- + globe. ] (Physiol.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Haemochromometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; married together; &unr_; the same + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The condition of being homogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + gangliate. ] (Zool.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. homogène. ] Homogeneous. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Homogeneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Homogeneousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. homogénéité. ] Same as Homogeneousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the same + &unr_; race, kind: cf. F. homogène. See Same, and Kin. ] 1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial. [ 1913 Webster ]