GLOSSARY. 



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tooth). A deed of agreement bet ween 

 two persons, of which the upper 

 edge of the first page has a waving 

 line like a row of teeth. 



Indeterminate (Lat. in, not ; de, 

 down; ter' minus, a limit). Not 

 limited ; in mathematics, applied to 

 problems which admit an unlimited 

 number of solutions ; in botany, 

 applied to inflorescence with the 

 same meaning as indefinite. 



In'dicator (Lat. in'dico, I point out). 

 A pointer : applied to the muscle 

 which extends the fore-finger. 



Indigenous (Lat. in, in ; gigno, I 

 produce) . Native ; produced natu- 

 rally in a country. 



Indue' tion (Lat. in, into ; duco, I 

 lead). A bringing in : the leading 

 an inference or general conclusion 

 from a number of particular in- 

 stances ; in electricity and mag- 

 netism, the process by which an 

 electrified or magnetic body pro- 

 duces an electrical or magnetic 

 state in surrounding bodies. 



Inductom'eter(7?idttcMm; Gr. /uerpoj/, 

 metron, a measure). Au instru- 

 ment for measuring differences of 

 electrical induction. 



Induc'tive (Lat. in, into; duco, I 

 I lead). Leading to inferences : 

 applied to those sciences which are 

 based on the observation of facts 

 and the conclusions drawn from 

 them. 



Indu'plicate (Lat. in, in; duplex, 

 double). Doubled inwards : in 

 botany, applied to the arrangement 

 of a flower-bud in which the edges 

 of the petals are slightly turned 

 inwards. 



Indura'tion (Lat. in, into; durus, 

 hard). Hardening. 



Indu'sium (Lat. in' duo, I put on). A 

 covering : in botany, the epidermic 

 covering which encloses the spores 

 or analogues of seeds in some ferns. 



Inen'chyma (Gr. Is, is, fibre; fyx u MS 

 en'chiima, a tissue). In botany, a 

 tissue consisting of cells with spiral 

 fibres in them. 



Inertia (Lat. inert, inactive). The 

 quality in virtue of which matter 

 is incapable of spontaneous change, 



whether from motion to rest, or 

 from rest to motion ; inactivity. 



In'fantile (Lat. infans,^ an infant). 

 Belonging to or occurring in infants. 



Infec't (Lat. infic'w, I taint). To 

 introduce into a healthy body the 

 emanation or miasma proceeding 

 from one which is diseased, so as 

 to propagate the disease. 



Infec'tion (Lat. infic'io, I taint). 

 The communication of disease by 

 means of the miasm or emanation 

 proceeding from a diseased body. 



Infec'tious (Lat. infic'io, I taint). 

 Capable of being communicated by 

 infection. 



Infe'rior (Lat. below). In botany, 

 applied to the ovary when it is ad- 

 herent to the calyx, or to the calyx 

 when it is not adherent to the 

 ovary. 



Inferobran'chiate (Lat. in'ferus, be- 

 low ; Gr. f$pa.yx La ) bran'ckia, gills). 

 Having the gills arranged along the 

 sides of the body under the mar- 

 gin of the mantle : applied to an 

 order of gasteropoda. 



Infiltra'tion (Lat. in, into ; filter). 

 The process of entering a body 

 through pores ; the substance 

 which has so entered. 



In'finite (Lat. in, not; finis, an end). 

 Without a limit ; an infinite 

 decimal or series is one which 

 cannot be brought to an end. 



Infinites'imal (Lat. in, not ; finis, an 

 end). Indefinitely small : having 

 relation to indefinitely small num- 

 bers or quantities. 



Infinitive (Lat. in, not ; finis, I 

 limit). Placing no limit : in gram- 

 mar, applied to that part of the 

 verb which expresses its name. 



Inflam'mable (Lat. in, into ; fiamma, 

 flame). Capable of being set on 

 fire. 



Inflamma'tion (Lat. in, into; flam- 

 ma, flame). A getting on fire : 

 in medicine, a diseased state, 

 characterised by redness, heat, 

 pain, swelling, and disturbance of 

 the function of a part. 



Inflect'ed (Lat. in, on ; fiecto, I 

 bend). Bent or turned out of a 

 straight course ; curved inwards. 



