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GLOSSARY. 



plants in the Linnasan system, 

 having ten stamens. 



Decap'oda (Gr. 5e/ca, dcka, ten ; irovs, 

 pous, a foot). Animals having ten 

 feet. 



Decarbonize (Lat. de, from ; carbon). 

 To remove carbon from a body. 



Dec'astyle (Gr. 5e*a, deka, ten; 

 arv\os, stulos, a column). Having 

 ten pillars or columns. 



Decay (Lat. de, down ; cado, I fall). 

 A slow destruction ; a decomposi- 

 tion of moist organic matter ex- 

 posed to air, by means of oxygen, 

 without sensible increase of heat. 



Decem (Lat. ten). A prefix in com- 

 pound words, signifying ten. 



Decen'nial (Lat. decent, ten ; annus, 

 a year). Occurring every ten years ; 

 lasting ten years 



Decid'uous ^Lat. de, down; cado, I 

 fall). Apt to fall off. 



Decigramme (Lat. decem, ten ; Fr. 

 gramme). A tenth of a gramme ; 

 about 1 T 2 ^ English grains. 



Decilitre (Lat. decem, ten ; Fr. litre, 

 a quart, or f English pint). A 

 tenth of a litre. 



Dec'imal (Lat. decem, ten). Relating 

 to the number ten ; increasing or 

 diminishing tenfold. 



Dec'imetre (Lat. decem, ten ; Fr. 

 metre, a measure equal to 3^ Eng- 

 lish feet). A tenth part of&'metre; 

 nearly 4 English inches. 



Declen'sion (Lat. decli'no, I bend 

 down). A descent or slope ; the 

 variation in a noun produced by a 

 change of the ending of the word. 



Decli'nal (Lat. decli'no, I bend down). 

 Bending down or sloping ; in geo- 

 logy, applied to the slope of strata 

 from an axis. 



Declina'tion (Lat. decli'no, I bend 

 down). A variation from a fixed 

 line or point : as of a heavenly body 

 from the equator, or of a magnetic 

 needle from the true meridian. 



Decoction (Lat. de, down; co'quo, I 

 cook). The art of boiling a sub- 

 stance in water ; fluid impregnated 

 with any substance by boiling. 



Decollated (Lat. de, off; collum, a 

 neck). Having the apex or head 

 worn off. 



Decolorisa'tion (Lat. de, from ; color, 

 colour). Removal of colour. 



Decol'orise (Lat. de, from ; color, 

 coloiir). To remove colour. 



Decompose (Lat. de, from ; compo'no, 

 I put together). To separate the 

 constituent parts of a body from 

 each other. 



Decom'position (Lat. de, from ; com- 

 po'no, I put together). The separa- 

 tion of a body into its constituent 

 parts or elements. 



Decomposition of Forces. The term 

 applied to the division of any force in- 

 to several others, the result of which 

 is equal to the force decomposed. 



Decomposition of Light. The separa- 

 tion of a beam into the several rays 

 producing prismatic colours. 



Decompound' (Lat. de, from ; com- 

 po'no, I put together). In botany, 

 applied to leaves, of which the 

 petiole is so divided that each part 

 forms a compound leaf. 



Decorticate (Lat. de, from ; cortex, 

 bark). To strip off the bark or 

 outer covering. 



De'crement (Lat. decres'co, I grow 

 less). The quantity by which any- 

 thing is lessened. 



Decrepitation (Lat. de, from ; crep'- 

 itus, a crackling). A roasting with 

 a crackling noise, produced by a 

 series of small explosions from sud- 

 den expansion by heat. 



Decu'bitus (Lat. de, down ; cumbo. I 

 lie). A lying down ; position in bed. 



Decum'bent(Lat. decumbo, I lie down). 

 Lying down ; in botany, applied to 

 stems which lie on the ground, but 

 rise towards their end. 



Decuss'ate (Lat. decus'so, I cut across). 

 To intersect or cross, like the strokes 

 of the letter X. 



Decuss'ation (Lat. decus'so, I cut 

 across). An intersection or crossing. 



Defeca'tion (Lat. de, from; fcex, 

 dregs or refuse matter). Purifica- 

 tion from dregs ; expulsion of ad- 

 ventitious matter. 



Deferent (Lat. de, from; fero, I 

 carry). Carrying away. 



Definite (Lat. de, down ; finio, I 

 limit). In logic, marking out a 

 particular class ; in botany, applied 



