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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Phōs'phor-ēs'cent, a. p. 981Shining with a faint light; luminous without sensible heat.Phos-phōr'ic, a. p. 981[Fr. phospho-Phos-phōr'ic-al p. 981Pertaining to, resembling, or obtained from, phosphorus; as, phosphoric acid.Phōs'phor-īte, n. p. 981(Min.) A variety of apatite. Dana.Phōs'phor-īt'ic, a. p. 981Pertaining to, or of the nature of, phosphorus.Phōs'phor-lard, a. p. 981Containing, or impregnated with, phosphorus. Dungl.Phōs'phor-ōus, a. p. 981(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, phosphorus;—said of a certain acid formed by a combination of phosphorus with oxygen, in the proportion of two equivalents of phosphorus to three of oxygen.Phōs'phor-ōs, n. p. 981The morning star; Phosphor. 2. (Chem.) An elementary substance, of a yellowish color, and semi-transparent, resembling fine wax. It burns in common air with great rapidity, and in oxygen gas with the…Phŏs'phu-ret, n. p. 982(Chem.) A combination of phosphorus with another substance; as phosphuret of iron or copper.Phŏs'phu-rĕt-ed, a. p. 982Combined with phosphorus. [Written also phosphuretted.]Phos·phŷt'trite, n. p. 982(Min.) A mineral, consisting chiefly of phosphate of yttria.Phō'tel, n. p. 982(Bot.) A tree having a strong resemblance to the banana-tree. Crabb.Phō'ti-zite, n. p. 982(Min.) A mineral, consisting of a mixture of rhodonite and carbonate of manganese. Dana.Phō'to-chēm'ie-al, a. p. 982Pertaining to the chemical action of light. Dana.Phō'to-grăl'va-nŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 982The art or process of obtaining from a photographic negative on glass, by means of a gutta-percha impression, an electrolyte plate, from which may be taken, as in copper-plate printing, any number of…Phō'to-gēne, n. p. 982A picture produced by the agency of light; a photograph. [R.] Crabb.Phō'to-gĕn'ie, a. p. 982Of, or pertaining to, photogeny; producing light.Pho-tŏg'e-ny, n. p. 982The art of taking pictures by the action of light on a chemically prepared ground.Phō'to-glyph'ic, a. p. 982Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. Photoglyphic engraving, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the action of light and certain chemicals, a fac-simile…Phō'to-grăph, n. p. 982A picture obtained by photography; especially, a picture produced or printed on chemically prepared paper, by the action of sunlight, from a negative, or reverse image, taken, by the camera, on glass.Phō'to-grăph'ie or Phō'to-grăph'ie-al, a. p. 982Pertaining to, or obtained by, photography; as, a photographic picture.Pho-tŏg'ra-phist, n. p. 982One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.Pho-tōg'ra-phōm'e-ter, n. p. 982(Photog.) An instrument for determining the sensibility of each tablet employed in the photographic process, in respect to the amount of luminous and chemical radiation. Ogilvie.Pho-tŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 982The science of the action of light on bodies; the principles of physics and chemistry which relate to the production of pictures by the action of light. 2. The art of producing pictures of objects by…Phō'to-lī-thŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 982A mode of lithographing in which the prepared stone is first rendered sensitive to light, and the picture is then taken upon it by means of photography.Phō'to-lŏg'ic or Phō'to-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 982Pertaining to photology, or the doctrine of light.Pho-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 982The doctrine or science of light, explaining its nature and phenomena. Mitchell.Phō'to-māg'net-ism, n. p. 982The relation of magnetism to light. Faraday.Pho·tŏm'e·ter, n. p. 982An instrument for measuring the relative intensities of light.Phō'to-mĕt'rĭc or Phō'to-mĕt'rĭc-al, a. p. 982Pertaining to photometry, or a photometer.Pho·tŏm'e·try, n. p. 982The science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light.Phō'to-phō'bi·ă, n. p. 982(Med.) A dread or intolerance of light.Pho·tŏp’si-ă, n. p. 982(Med.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, ignited lines, coruscations, and the like.Phō'to-sphēre, n. p. 982A sphere of light; especially, the luminous envelope of the sun.Phō'to-tŷpe, n. p. 982A type or plate resembling an engraved plate, and capable of being printed from in the same manner, produced from a photographic picture by a peculiar process; also, the process by which such a plate…Phō'to-zin-cōg'ra-phy, n. p. 982A process of preparing zinc or lithographic plates for printing, similar in principle to that of photolithography.Phrag-mī'tēs, n. p. 982(Bot.) A genus of reeds growing in wet places, including the common reed (P. communis). Baird.Phräg'ma-cōne, n. p. 982(Palæon.) The chambered cone of the belemnite. Dana.Phrāse, n. p. 982A brief expression, or part of a sentence; two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence. 2. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often…Phrāse, v. t. p. 982To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style. These suns, For so they phrase them, by their heralds challenged The noble spirits to arms. Shak.Phrāse'-bōok, n. p. 982A book in which difficult phrases are explained.Phrāse'less, a. p. 982Incapable of being described in any phrases or language. “Advance . . . that phraseless hand.” Shak.Phrā'se-o-grām, n. p. 982(Phonography.) A combination of short-hand letters representing a phrase or sentence. Pitman.Phrā′se-o-lŏg′ic or Phrā′se-o-lŏg′ic-al, a. p. 982Capable of being phrased; pertaining to phraseology.Phrā'se-ōl'o-ǧist, n. p. 982A collector of phrases.Phrā'se-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 982Manner of expression; peculiar words used in a sentence; diction. He remains most completely national in his mode of thinking and his phraseology. I. Taylor. 2. A collection of phrases in a language.…Phrā's'ing, n. p. 982Method of expression by phrases; phrase. 2. (Mus.) The method or act of grouping the notes so as to form distinct phrases in singing or playing.Phrā'try, n. p. 982(Gr. Antiq.) A division of the Athenian people, being a subdivision of a phyle or tribe.Phre-nêt'ic, a. p. 982Having the mind or brain disordered; raving; frantic; frenetic; mad. See FRANTIC and FRENETIC.Phre-nĕt'ic, n. p. 982One whose mind is disordered; a frantic or frenzied person. [Rare.] Phrenetics imagine they see that without which their imagination is affected with within. Harvey.Phre-nĕt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 982In a phrenetic manner.Phrēn'ic, a. p. 982(Anat.) Belonging to the diaphragm; as, a phrenic vein.Phrēn'ics, n. sing. p. 982That branch of science which relates to the mind; metaphysics. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] [Rare.] R. Park.Phre-nī'tis, n. p. 982(Med.) An inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium. 2. The same as PHRENSY, or FRENZY.Phre-nŏl'o·ger, n. p. 982One versed in phrenology; a phrenologist.Phre'n/o-lŏg'ic or Phre'n/o-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 982Pertaining to phrenology.Phrēn'o-lōg'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 982By the principles of phrenology.Phre-nŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 982One versed in phrenology.Phre-nŏl'o-gy, n. p. 982The science of the special functions of the parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and their special organs in the brain. 2. In popular usage, the…Phrē'no-măg'net-ism, n. p. 982The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic influence.