GLOSSARY. 



heart). Agreement ; in music, 

 the union of two or more sounds 

 so as to produce an agreeable im- 

 pression on the ear. 



Con'crete (Lat. con, together ; cresco, 

 I grow). Grown together, or united ; 

 in logic, applied to a term which 

 includes both the subject and its 

 quality ; in architecture, a mass of 

 lime, sand, and gravel, or broken 

 stones, commonly used for the 

 foundation of buildings. 



Concre'tion(Lat.co?i, together; cresco, 

 I grow). The act of growing to- 

 gether, or becoming consistent or 

 hard ; a mass formed by the union 



of particles. 



Concre'tionary Deposits. In geology, 

 the recent alluvial strata, including 

 calcareous and other deposits from 

 springs. 



Condensation (Lat. con, together ; 

 densus, thick). The act of making 

 dense, or of causing the particles 

 of a body to approach each other 

 more closely ; the state of being 

 made dense. 



Condens'e (Lat. con, with; densus, 

 thick). To make dense or thick, 

 by forcing the particles of a body 

 into a smaller compass. 



Condens'er (Lat. con, with ; densus, 

 thick). An instrument or apparatus 

 by. which gases or vapours may be 

 condensed. 



Conduc'tion (Lat cow, with; duco, 

 I lead). A leading; the property 

 by which heat, electricity, &c., is 

 transmitted without a change in 

 the particles of the conducting 

 body. 



Conduc'tor (Lat. con, together : duco, 

 I lead). A leader ; in natural 

 philosophy, a body that receives 

 and communicates electricity or 

 heat. 



Condu'plicate (Lat. con, together ; 

 duplex, double). Double, or folded 

 over together ; applied in botany to 

 leaves, when folded together from 

 the midrib. 



Con'dyle (Gr. Kov5v\os, Jcon'dulos, a 

 knuckle). A rounded projection at 

 the end of a bone ; a knuckle. 



Con'dyloid (Gr. Kov5v\os, kon'dulos, a 



knuckle ; ci'Sos, eidos, form). Re- 

 sembling a condyle : applied espe- 

 cially to the projection by which 

 the lower jaw is articulated with 

 the head. 



Con'dylopods (Gr. K ov8v\os, Jcon'dulos, 

 a knuckle ; TTOVS, pous, a foot). 

 Articulated animals with jointed 

 legs, as insects and Crustacea. 



Cone (Gr. KWVOS, konos). A body 

 with a circular base, ending in a 

 point at the top ; in botany, a mass 

 of hard scales or bracts covering 

 naked seeds. 



Confer' V8e (Lat.). Plants consisting 

 merely of round or cylindrical cells 

 united into a filament. 



Confer'void (Lat. conferva, a kind of 

 water plant; Gr. et'Soy, eidos, 

 form). Resembling conferva ; a 

 kind of fresh- water plant consist- 

 ing of jointed stems. 



Configuration (Lat. con, together; 

 fiyu'ra, a figure). The shape or 

 outline of a body. 



Con'fluent (Lat. con, together; fluo, 

 I flow). Flowing or running to- 

 gether: applied to the union of 

 parts originally separate. 



Conform'able (Lat. con, together; 

 forma, form). In geology, applied 

 to strata or groups of strata ly- 

 ing in parallel order one above 

 another. 



Conforma'tion (Lat. con, together; 

 forma, form). The manner in 

 which a body is formed ; structure. 



Congela'tion (Lat. con, together; gelo, 

 I freeze). The process of passing 

 from a fluid to a solid state, as 

 water becomes converted into ice. 



Congen'erate (Lat. con, together; 

 genus, a kind). Of the same kind 

 or nature, or having the same 

 action. 



Congenital (Lat. con, with ; gignor, 

 1 am born). Born with ; belong- 

 ing to an individual from birth. 



Conge'ries (Lat. con, together; gero, 

 I bear). A mass of things heaped 

 up together. 



Conges'tion (Lat. con, together ; gero, 

 I bear). An accumulation of blood 

 or other fluid in the vessels. 



Conges' tive (Lat. con, together; gero. 



