‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; an Indian spice plant. ] (Bot.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to anemometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anemometer + -graph. ] An anemograph. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Arithmancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; number + -meter: cf. F. arithmomètre. ] A calculating machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; smoke, vapor + -meter: cf. F. atmomètre. ] An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cardamomun, Gr. karda`mwmon ] 1. The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine. [ Also spelled cardamum. ]
Syn. -- cardamon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A rhizomatous herb which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr. chamai`mhlon, lit. earth apple, being so called from the smell of its flower. See Humble, and Melon. ] (Bot.) A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, Anthemis nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Camomile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cinnamomum cinnamon. ] (Chem.) See Cinnamic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`smos the world + -metry. ] The art of measuring the world or the universe. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wave -meter. ] An instrument for exhibiting and measuring wave motion; specif. (Elec.), an instrument for determining the frequency of electic wave oscillations, esp. in connection with wireless telegraphy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; bond + &unr_; muscle. ] (Zool.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpæ. See Salpa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; warm + -meter. See Diathermal. ] (Physics) An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat-conducting power of liquids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dynamomètre. See Dynameter. ] An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an index, or automatic recorder, to show the work performed.

{ } a. Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of measuring forces doing work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endosmose + -meter. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.

a. [ Equi- + momental. ] (Mech.) Having equal moments of inertia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Two bodies or systems of bodies are said to be equimomental when their moments of inertia about all straight lines are equal each to each. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equimomental cone of a given rigid body, a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; marriage + morfh` form, shape. ] (Biol.) That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + E. thermometer. ] (Physics) A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Hemadrometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ pr>(-dr&ouptack_;*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*tr&ybreve_;), } n. Same as Hemadrometry. [1913 Webster]

pr>(hē`m&adot_;*dī`n&adot_;*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r or h&ebreve_;m`&adot_;*d&ibreve_;n`&adot_;-), Same as Hemadynamometer. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Hemadynamometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemochrome + -meter. ] (Physiol. Chem.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n.Same as Hemadrometer.

n. [ Haemo- + manometer. ] Same as Hemadynamometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemo- + -meter. ] (Physiol.) Same as Hemadynamometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Hema- + Gr. &unr_; course + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.

{ } n. (Physiol.) The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; haemotachometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hema- + dynamometr. ] (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; a lock of wool. ] (Bot.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

n. [ See Homomorphous. ] 1. (Biol.) Same as Homomorphy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.

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{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; the same + &unr_; shape. ] Characterized by homomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Homo- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Biol.) Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + dynamometer. ] An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Immomentous. ] Trifling. [ R. ] “Immoment toys.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + momentous. ] Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant. [ R. ] A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A physical quantity associated with the magnetic field of a dundamental particle; as, An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field.
Syn. -- moment of a magnet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Microseism + -meter. ] A seismometer for measuring amplitudes or periods, or both, of microseisms. -- Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*try n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Cf. Mumm, Momus. ] A dull, silent person; a blockhead. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See Move, and cf. Momentum, Movement. ] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. 1 Cor. xv. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Impulsive power; force; momentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moments or quantities of motion in bodies. Berkley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Touch, with lightest moment of impulse,
His free will. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Matters of great moment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less moment and consequence of us than the others. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Math.) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mech.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moment of a couple (Mech.), the product of either of its forces into the perpendicular distance between them. --
Moment of a force. (Mech.) (a) With respect to a point, the product of the intensity of the force into the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of direction of the force. (b) With respect to a line, the product of that component of the force which is perpendicular to the plane passing through the line and the point of application of the force, into the shortest distance between the line and this point. (c) With respect to a plane that is parallel to the force, the product of the force into the perpendicular distance of its point of application from the plane. --
Moment of inertia, of a rotating body, the sum of the mass of each particle of matter of the body into the square of its distance from the axis of rotation; -- called also moment of rotation and moment of the mass. --
Statical moment, the product of a force into its leverage; the same as moment of a force with respect to a point, line, etc. --
Virtual moment. See under Virtual. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Instant; twinkling; consequence; weight; force; value; consideration; signification; avail. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. momental. ] [ Obs. ] 1. Lasting but a moment; brief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not one momental minute doth she swerve. Breton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Important; momentous. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) Of or pertaining to moment or momentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. For a moment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]