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GLOSSARY. 



Beginning ; applied to verbs which 

 imply a commencement of action. 



In'cidence (Lat. in, on ; cado, 1 fall). 

 A falling on ; in dynamics and 

 optics, the angle of incidence is the 

 angle made by a body or ray of 

 light falling on an object, with a 

 line drawn perpendicularly to the 

 surface struck. 



In'cident (Lat. in, on ; cado, I fall). 

 Falling on. 



Incin'erate (Lat in, into; cinis, 

 ashes). To burn to ashes. 



Incinera'tion (Lat. in, into; cinis, 

 ashes). A burning to ashes. 



Incision (Lat. in, into ; ccedo, I cut). 

 A cutting into ; a cut. 



Inci'sor (Lat. in, into ; ccedo, I cut). 

 A cutter ; applied to the fore teeth, 

 which cut the food. 



Inclina'tion (Lat. in; clino, or Gr. 

 K\iv<a, Iclino, I lean). A leaning ; 

 in physics, the direction of one 

 body with respect to another, as 

 measured by the angle formed at 

 their point of meeting. 



Incline (Lat. in, towards ; clino, I 

 bend). A slope ; the direction of 

 a surface, as of a road, with respect 

 to the horizon. 



Inclined Plane. A plane forming an 

 angle, less than a right angle, with 

 the horizon. 



Inclu'ded (Lat. in, in ; claudo, I 

 shut). In botany, applied to sta- 

 mens when they do not project 

 beyond the corolla. 



Incombustible (Lat. in, not; com- 

 bu'ro, I burn up). Incapable of 

 being burned. 



Incommensurable (Lat. in, not ; con, 

 with ; mensu'ra, a measure). Not 

 capable of being measured together ; 

 applied to quantities and magni- 

 tudes which do not exactly measure 

 each other, or of which one is not 

 contained a definite number of times 

 in the other ; or which cannot be 

 divided without a remainder by 

 some other number. 



Incommis'cible (Lat. in, not ; con, 

 together; mis' ceo, I mix). Incapable 

 of being mixed together. 



Incompat'ible (Lat. in, not ; con, 

 with ; pat'ior, I suffer). Not capable 



of subsisting with something else ; 

 applied to substances which chemi- 

 cally decompose each other when 

 brought into contact in a solution. 



Incompressibil'ity (Lat. in, not; con, 

 together ; prem'o, I press). The 

 property of resisting forcible reduc- 

 tion into a smaller space. 



Incompres'sible (Lat. in, not ; con, 

 together ; prem'o, I press). Resist- 

 ing compression into a smaller space. 



Incorporate (Lat. in, into ; corpus, 

 a body). To mix into one body or 

 mass. 



Incorporation (Lat. in, into ; corpus, 

 a body). A mixing into one body 

 or mass. 



In'crement (Lat. in; cresco, I grow). 

 An increase ; in mathematics, the 

 quantity by which a variable quan- 

 tity increases. 



Incrusta'tion (Lat. in, in ; crusta, a 

 crust 1 ). The covering of a body 

 with a rough coating, as with a 

 crust. 



Incuba'tion (Lat. in, on ; cumbo, I 

 lie). The act of sitting on eggs 

 for the purpose of hatching young. 



Incum'bent (Lat. in, on ; cumbo, I 

 lie). In botany, applied when the 

 radicle lies on the back of the 

 cotyledons. 



Incurva'tion (Lat. in, towards ; 

 curvus, bent). A bending, or turn- 

 ing out of a straight course. 



Indecli'nable (Lat. in, not ; de, from ; 

 clino, I bend). Not declinable; 

 applied to words incapable of being 

 varied by terminations. 



Indefinite (Lat. in, not ; de, down ; 

 finis, an end). Not definite or 

 limited ; in botany, applied to in- 

 florescence, in which the central or 

 terminal flower is the last to expand. 



Indehis'cent (Lat. in, not ; dehis'co, 

 I gape). Not gariing ; applied to 

 fruits which do not split open, as 

 the apple. 



Indent' (Lat. in, in ; dens, a tooth). 

 To notch, as if by the teeth, or 

 into inequalities like teeth. 



Indent'ed (Lat. in, in; dens, a tooth;. 

 Notched, as if bitten by teeth, or 

 into margins like teeth. 



Indenture (Lat. in, in ; dens, a 



