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a. [ L. bimestris; bis twice + mensis month. ] Continuing two months. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Finance) an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of the common stocks of 30 specific companies classified as "industrial". The Dow Jones Industrial Average is often taken as an indicator of the movement of American stock prices generally, though other indices are maintained, averaging the prices of other stocks, and these often change in opposite directions from those of the DJIA.
Syn. -- DJI, DJIA, Dow, Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Average. [ PJC ]

a. (Anat.) Epigastric. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere; as, there is no clear evidence for extraterrestrial life. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a hypothetical form of life existing outside the Earth or its atmosphere, especially intelligent life on other planets or in other solar systems; as, what would you say to an extraterrestrial?.
Syn. -- extraterrestrial being, alien. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. industriel, LL. industrialis. See Industry. ] Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries. --
Industrial school, a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Industrialism must not confounded with industriousness. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To make industrial; to develop so that most of the working population is engaged in non-agricultural labor; to develop economically; -- of nations or geographical areas; as, to industrialize underdeveloped nations. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. made industrial; converted to industrialism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. With reference to industry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An area designated in zoning regulations to be used by industry, often located in a suburban area, and having some park-like sections. [ PJC ]

n. The changes in the methods of production as well as the resulting changes in economic and social organization accompanying the replacement of hand labor by power-driven machinery. It started in England in about 1760, and spread to other countries with very varying time lags. The introduction of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in large companies, and made some goods more plentiful and cheaper by mechanical production and economies of scale. [ PJC ]

n. (Law) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result; a trial which comes to no conclusion, such as a criminal trial which does not produce a unanimous verdict of the jurors. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. 1. not industrial; -- used of societies. Opposite of industrial and industrialized. [ Narrower terms: developing, underdeveloped; unindustrialized ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. patria fatherland, country, fr. pater father. ] (Lat. Gram.) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun. -- n. A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. Andrews. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pedester, -esteris, fr. pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pédestere. See Pedal. ] Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a pedestrial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Septentrional. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subterranean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. terrestris, from terra the earth. See Terrace. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. “Bodies terrestrial.” 1 Cor. xv. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. “The dark terrestrial ball.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vain labors of terrestrial wit. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A genius bright and base,
Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents. [ 1913 Webster ]

The terrestrial parts of the globe. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ter*res"tri*al*ly, adv. -- Ter*res"tri*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Try. ] 1. The act of trying or testing in any manner. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ I ] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The act of testing by experience; proof; test. [ 1913 Webster ]

Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings. Heb. xi. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every station is exposed to some trials. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Test; attempt; endeavor; effort; experiment; proof; essay. See Test, and Attempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

The method of discovering something desirable by trying many different things until one works; as, the traditional method of finding new drugs is by trial and error. [ PJC ]

And millions miss for one that hits. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bookkeeping) The testing of a ledger to discover whether the debits and credits balance, by finding whether the sum of the personal credits increased by the difference between the debit and credit sums in the merchandise and other impersonal accounts equals the sum of personal debits. The equality would not show that the items were all correctly posted. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. tres, tria, three. ] Three united; state of being three. [ R. ] H. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. trialogus; tri- (see Tri-) + -logus as, in L. dialogus, E. dialogue. ] A discourse or colloquy by three persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly. [ 1913 Webster ]