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adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to agronomy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The science of the distribution and management of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; usage, law, rule. ] The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. Astronomical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. astronomicus, Gr. 'astronomiko`s: cf. F. astronomique. ] Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Astronomical clock. See under Clock. --
Astronomical day. See under Day. --
Astronomical fractions,
Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal. [1913 Webster]

a. Having the power of self-government; autonomous. Hickok. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the economic policies of president Bill Clinton. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ F. économique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. &unr_; economical. See Economy. ] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. “In this economical misfortune [ of ill-assorted matrimony. ]” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

And doth employ her economic art
And busy care, her household to preserve. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just rich enough, with economic care,
To save a pittance. Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or resources required for effectiveness; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time; an economic use of home heating oil. [ wns=3 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

5. of or pertaining to the national or regional economy; relating to political economy; relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to the production or consumption of goods and services of a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn. [ 1913 Webster ]

These matters economical and political. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. H. C. Baird. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. of or pertaining to economics. economic theory [ WordNet 1.5 ]

8. profitable. Opposite of uneconomic. [ wns=4 ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

9. avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. Opposite of wasteful.
Syn. -- frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting, thrifty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ta` o'ikonomika`, equiv. to "h o'ikonomi`a. See Economic.] 1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic management. [1913 Webster]

2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources; the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of a nation or region, and its effect on the wealth of a country. See Political economy, under Political. “In politics and economics.” V. Knox. [1913 Webster +PJC]

n. biological science applied to study the relation between workers and their environments.
Syn. -- biotechnology, bioengineering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, a. [ Cf. F. gastronomique. ] Pertaining to gastromony. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. gnomique. See Gnome maxim. ] Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gnomon. ] Gnomonical. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; e'ikw`n image + &unr_; fight. ] Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'i`sos equal + no`mos law. ] The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin; analogous; similar. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a law, custom. ] Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. H Sweet. -- n. Nomic spelling. A. J. Ellis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Economical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Economics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Of or relating to parelectronomy; as, the parelectronomic part of a muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a carrying, motion + &unr_; a law. ] The science of motion; kinematics. [ R. ] Weisbach. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. fysiognwmoniko`s: cf. F. physiognomonique. ] Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the principles of physiognomy. -- Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; law. ] The science of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Quadrinomial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory. [ 1913 Webster ]