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{ } a. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. aérostatique. See Statical, Statics. ] 1. Of or pertaining to aërostatics; pneumatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Aëronautic; as, an aërostatic voyage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aëronautics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. aérostation the art of using aërostats. ] 1. That part of aëronautics that deals with passive balloons; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air. [ 1913 Webster +Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The science of weighing air; aërostatics. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] See Agister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ana` up + ista`nai to make to stand. ] (Physiol.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'ana` up + ista`nai to make to stand: cf. statiko`s causing to stand. ] Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of plants consisting of a single species, rose of Jericho (also called resurrection plant).
Syn. -- genus Anastatica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow. ] Narrowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fort.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to antiperistasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apostata, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;. See Apostasy. ] 1. One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spake the apostate angel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wretched and apostate state. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. apostatare. ] To apostatize. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We are not of them which apostate from Christ. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. apostaticus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Apostatical. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apostate. [ 1913 Webster ]

An heretical and apostatical church. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Apostatized p. pr. & vb. n. Apostatizing. ] [ LL. apostatizare. ] To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered. [ 1913 Webster ]

He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in &unr_;emblances. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aristatus, fr. arista. See Arista. ] 1. (Bot.) Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arrestation, LL. arrestatio. ] Arrest. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Estate; state. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + static. ] (Magnetism) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Astatic pair (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an astatic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being astatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Astatized p. pr. & vb. n. Astatizing. ] (Magnetism) To render astatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Russ. ostatki remnants, pl. of ostatok. ] A thick liquid residuum obtained in the distillation of Russian petroleum, much used as fuel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. attestatio: cf. F. attestation. ] The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of attestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. causing bacteriostasis; -- said of chemical substances, such as certain antibacterial agents. [ PJC ]

☞ Substances, such as antibiotics, which inhibit bacterial growth are usually classified as bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal depending on the rate at which bacteria exposed to the agents{ 4 } die. The rates of death of bacteria exposed to antibacterial agents{ 4 } are, however, dependent on the concentration of the agent{ 4 }, and form a continuum with some antibacterial agents{ 4 } of intermediate type. The penicillins are considered as typical bactericidal agents, and chloramphenicol or the sulfa drugs as typical bacteriostatic agents. In general, inhibitors of cell-wall synthesis will be bactericidal and many inhibitors of protein synthesis are classed as bacteriostatic, but some of the aminoglycosides also kill bacteria rapidly. [ PJC ]

. Wisconsin; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Oregon; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + costate. ] (Bot.) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Tennessee; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + &unr_;. See Statics. ] (Biol.) The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + E. statistics. ] (Biol.) Vital statistics. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. The State of Delaware; -- a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to have taken its origin from the insistence of a Delaware Revolutionary captain, named Caldwell, that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence
Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. [ From physicists S. N. Bose, and Albert Einstein. ] (Physics) A law of statistical mechanics which is obeyed by a system of particles when interchange of two particles does not change the wave function. Contrasted to Fermi-Dirac statistics. See also boson. [ PJC ]

. Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. circumgestare to carry around; circum + gestare to carry. ] The act or process of carrying about. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to incline + &unr_; to make to stand. ] (Bot.) An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. an optical instrument used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; it has a movable and a fixed mirror. [ WordNet 1.5 ]