biomagnetism 
biomagnetism (M-fl-mg'ne-tini), . [< <Jr. 
piof, fife, + mni/ni'liniii.] Animal magnetism. 
See niii'iiit'lixiii. Knuitli. 
biometry (bi-om'e-tri), n. [< Gr. jiior, life, + 
-/in/iia, < i" ~i', a measure.] Tlio ineasnre- 
ment of life; s|>eeini-;illy, tin- cali-ulation of 
the probable ilnralicm of human life. 
biomorphotic (In <>-inr-fot'ik), a. [< NL. ln'i- 
nutrphiitiriix, < (ir.' ,</.;, life, 4- MUr. uop&urri- 
icdf , fit for shaping, < Gr. 'popjurtf. verbal adj. of 
ftoix^ovv, shape, < /iop<t>f/, form, shape.] In <- 
tiiiii., having an active pupa, ll'rxtiroiiit. 
Biomorphotica (i'i o-mor-fot'i-kii), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of btontorphotietu : see lii<>mni-/>li<iii<-.\ 
In en torn., a name proposed by Westwood for 
those insects of the old order Xriirnpti-ni hav- 
ing au active pupa. They are now generally 
known as Pgetiaonevroptera, 
bionomy (bi-on'o-mi), n. [NL., <Gr. /?/of, life, 
+ voftof, law: see name.'} 1. The science of the 
laws of life, or of living functions; dynamic 
biology. 
He [ComteJ also employs the UTIU Inmtmnn as enilu-ii- 
clng the general science of the laws of living fum-ticm-. ..r 
dynamic biology. L. t\ Want, Uynani. Sociul., I. 13). 
2. In anthropology, the third and final or deduc- 
tive and predictive stage of anthropobiology. 
0. T. Alumni. 
biophagous (bi-of 'a-gus), a. [< Gr. /3i'oc, life, + 
Qayeiv, eat.] Feeding on living organisms : ap- 
plied especially to insectivorous plants. 
biophysiograpny (M'6-fiz-i-og'ra-fi), . [< Gr. 
/Ji'of, life, 4- pkysiograpky.] The physical nat- 
ural history of organized beings; descriptive 
and systematic zoology and botany, as distin- 
guished from physiological zoology and botany, 
or biotics ; organography : distinguished from 
liinphyttiolngy. 
biophysiological (bi' / 6-nz*i-o-loj'i-kal), . [< 
biopliyKioliit/y + -i'm/.] Of or pertaining to bio- 
physiology. 
biophysioiogist (bl'o-flz-i-ol'o-jist), n. [< bio- 
pliysiolot/y + -ist.] A student of biophysiology ; 
a student of biology, or an expert in the science 
of biotics. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXII. 169. 
biophysiology (bi'6-fiz-i-ol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. tiiof, 
life, 4 physiology.'] The science of organized 
beings, embracing organogeny, morphology, 
and physiological zoology and botany : distin- 
guished from biophysiography. 
bioplasm (bi'o-plazm), . [< Gr. /ftof, life, 4- 
7r/too7/a, anything fonned, < TrUaaetv, form.] 
Living and germinal matter ; formative, as dis- 
tinguished from formed, matter. The term was 
introduced by Prof. L. S. lieale, about 1S72, for the state 
or condition of protoplasm in which it is living and ger- 
minating. 
Bioplasm . . . moves and grows. ... It may be cor- 
rectly called living or forming matter, for by its agency 
every kind of living thing is made, and without it, as far 
as is known, no living thing ever has teen made ; . . . but 
the most convenient and least objectionable name for it is 
living plasma or bwpltuia Oiot, life, irAaa/ia, plasm, that 
which is capable of being fashioned). 
Bealf, Bioplasm, 14. 
bioplasmic (bi-o-plaz'mik), a. [< bioplasm + 
-ic.] Consisting of or pertaining to bioplasm. 
bioplast (bi'o-plast), n. [< Gr. fiiof, life, + 
TMoorof, verbal adj. of irl.aaaeiv, mold, form.] 
A particle of bioplasm; a living germinal cell, 
such as a white blood-corpuscle or a lymph- 
corpuscle ; an amoaboid ; a plastidule. 
In many diseases these bioplast* of the capillary walls 
are much altered, and in cholera I huve found that num- 
bers of them have been completely destroyed. 
Beak, Bioplasm, 298. 
bioplastic (bi-o-plas'tik), a. [< Gr. jiiof, life, 
+ -AaoTHcor: see plastic.] Pertaining to or of 
the nature of a bioplast. 
biordinal (bi-6r'di-nal), a. and n. [< 6j-2 + 
di-ilinal.] I. a. Of the second order. 
II. n. In math., a differential equation of 
the second order. 
biostatical (bi-o-stat'i-kal), a. [< Gr. pinf, 
life, + arariKor, causing to stand: see tttnti<:\ 
Of or pertaining to biostatics. 
No philosophic biologist now tries to reach and modify 
a vital force, but only to reach and modify those /<- 
flatifal conditions which, n hen ronsi. luring them as causes, 
and condensing them all into a single expression, he calls 
Vitality, or the Vital Fonvs. 
G. II. heuvK, Probs. of Life and Mind. I. ii. 2. 
biostatics (bi-o-stat'iks), H. [PI. of biont<itii- . 
see -ics.] That branch of biology which deals 
with the statical and coexistent relations of 
structure and function: opposed to biodyiiani- 
tcvs and bit>lihi< i ti<'n. 
biotaxy (bi'o-tak-si), H. [< Gr. /3/oc, life, 4 
-rafia, < riij-ff, arrangement: see tactic.] The 
classification, arrangement, or coordination of 
living organisms, according to the sum of their 
fiofl 
morphological characters; a biological system; 
taxonomy. 
biotic (bi-ot'ik), a. Same as biniiml. 
biotical (bi-ot'i-kal), a. [< Gr. /fcunicor, relat- 
ing to life (< /?jfc, verlial adj. of fitoiiv, live, 
< liia; life), + -a/.} Of or pertaining to life, 
or to biotics ; biophysiological. 
Tin 1 liiuiii-iil artititics "f mutter. T. Ntrrr>i limit . 
Organization and bivtical functions arise from the nat 
iinil operations of forces Inhcretit in . I. inrntal matter. 
H'. II. Cariientrr, (>,. ,.f Anal, and I'hys., III. l.M. 
biotics (bi-ot'iks), w. [< Gr. Jiwrmof, pertaining 
to life : see biotical.'] The science of vital func- 
tions and manifestations ; the powers, proper- 
ties, and qualities peculiar to living organisms ; 
vital activities proper, as distinguished from the 
chemical and physical attributes of vitality. 
These activities are often designated as vital ; but since 
this word is generally made to include at the same time 
other manifestations which are simply dynamical or 
rlii-micnl, I have . . . proposed for the activities charac- 
teristic of tlie organism the term biotics. T. Sterry fht/it. 
biotite (bi'o-tit), n. [< J. B. Biot (1774-1862). a 
French physicist, + -t<e 2 .] An important mem- 
ber of the mica group of minerals. See iie. 
It occurs in hexagonal prisms, sometimes tabular, of a 
Mark or dark-green color. It is a silicate of aluminium 
and iron with magm'sium and potassium, and is often 
called marfnem'ti mica, in distinction from Muscovite or 
)mta*h mica. It is sometimes divided into two varieties, 
called atwmite and meroxetie, which are distinguished by 
-ij'tiral characteristics. 
biotome (bl'o-tom), . [< Gr. plot, life, + Torf, 
a cutting, section : see anatomy,] A term ap- 
plied by Cobbold to a life-epoch in the develop- 
ment or some of the lower animals, as Entozoa. 
biovulate (bi-6'vu-lat), . [< W-2 + ovulate.] 
In hot., having two ovules. 
bipaleolate (bI-pa'le-6-lat), . [< M- 2 + paleo- 
late.] Having two paleolee or diminutive scales 
(lodicules), as the flowers of some grasses. 
bipalmate (bi-pal'mat), a. [< 6i- 2 + palmate.] 
In bot., doubly or subordinately palmate. 
biparietal (bi-pa-ri'e-tal), a. [< 6i- 2 + parietal.] 
Pertaining to both parietal bones. Biparietal 
diameter, the diameter of the skull from one parietal 
eminence to the other. 
biparous (bip'a-rus), a. [< L. bi-, two-, + pa- 
rere t bring forth.] 1. Bringing forth two at 
a birth. 2. In bot., having two branches or 
axes : applied to a cyme. 
biparted (bi-par'ted), a. [< W- 2 + parted. Cf. 
bipartite.] 1. In 7iw., bipartite: applied to any- 
thing cut off in the form of an indent, showing 
two projecting pieces. 2. In zoo'l., divided in- 
to two parts ; bipartite. 
bipartible (bl-par'ti-bl), . [< 6i-2 + partible.] 
Divisible into two parts. Also bipartite. 
bipartient (bi-par'ti-ent), n. and n. [< L. bipar- 
tien(t-)s,f>iiT.ofbipartire: see bipartite.] I. a. 
Dividing into two parts ; serving to divide into 
two Bipartient factor, a number whose square di- 
vides a given number without remainder. 
II, n. In math., a number that divides an- 
other into two equal parts without remainder: 
thus, 2 is the bipartient of 4. 
bipartile (bi-par'til), a. [< L. bi-, two-, + LL. 
partilis, < L. partire, part : see part, v.] Same 
as bipartible. 
bipartite (bl-par't!t), a. [< L. bipartite, pp. 
of bipartire, divide into two parts, < &-. two-, 
+ partire, divide : see 
part, r.] 1. In two 
parts ; having two 
correspondent parts, 
as a legal contract or 
/ writing, one for each 
party; duplicate. 
\ The divine fate is also 
bipartite. 
Cwivmrth, Intellectual 
(System, Pref., p. 1. 
2. In bot., divided 
| nt f tW ? P 8 " 8 Dear - 
ly to the base, as 
the leaves of many 
passion-flowers.- Bipartite curve, in 31-01/1., a curve 
consisting of two distinct continuous series of poinU. 
Bipartiti (bi-par-ti'ti), n. pi. [NL., pi. of L. 
iHjuu-tituM: we bipartite.] In Latreille's system 
of classification, a group of carnivorous Coleop- 
/ / << i-nntaining fossorial caraboid beetles. 
bipartition (bi-par-tish'on), n. K L. bipartire 
(see bipartite), after partition.] The act of di- 
viding into two parts, or of making two cor- 
respondent parts. 
bipaschal (bi-pas'kal), a. [< L. bi-, two-, + 
LL. jiii.i,-liii, passover':' see paschal.] Including 
or relating to two consecutive passover feasts: 
ap)>lied by theologians to the scheme of chro- 
nology which limits Christ's public ministry to 
Bipinnaria 
a period containing only two passover anni- 
versaries. 
About the length . . . [ofChii n.-trv! Hi. r. 
are (besides the isolated and 'l>-< i'l. !!> . i mneous view of 
IreniEus) three theories, allowing rapo m--ly one, two, or 
three years and a frw nn>utliH. atxl 'I, -i-nai. .1 a- 
IHI*I-IIII!, tripax-tial, ami i|ii:i.lri|,a^fh:il -rlirni.-', a-'niil 
iny to the number of I'assmi r,i. 
Squill. Ili-l. CIiri.,1. i ln.i. Ii I. S 10, iv. 
bipectinate (bi-pek'ti-uat), . [< W- 2 + pec- 
iiinili'.] Having two margins toothed like a 
comb: used especially in botany and zoiilogy. 
Bipectinate antennae, m Mtom., mtmtm in in.-ii ih. 
bodies of the joints are short, but with l/otli .-id. .- I.IM 
liingeil into more or lew slender procesoes. which are 
turned obliquely outward, giving the whole organ a 
feather-like api>earance, as in many moths. This form i> 
often called pMtAMte; 1'iit this word is properly used 
where the processes are on one side of the joint only. 
biped (bi'ped), a. and n. [< L. bijtcs (biped-) (= 
Gr. diVot? (Smot-) : see dipody), two-footed/ bi-, 
two-, + pes (ped-) = E. foot. if. ./'""'"'/'"' 
centijx-il, nllipr<l.] I. a. 1. Having two feet. 
An helpless, naked, Upeil beast. Byrom, An Epistle. 
2. In herpet., having hind limbs only. 
II. ". An animal naving two feet, as man. 
bipedal (bl'ped-al), a. [< L. bipedalis, measur- 
ing two feet, < bi-, two-, + peg (ped-), foot. Cf . 
biped.] 1. Of or pertaining to a biped; hav- 
ing or walking upon two feet. 
The erect or bipedal mode of progression. 
K. D. Copt, Origin of the Fittest, p. 335. 
2f. Measuring two feet in length. 
bipedality (bi-pe-dal'i-ti), w. [< bipedal + -ity.] 
The quality of being two-footed. 
Bipeltata (bi-pel-ta y ta), . pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of bipeltatus: see bipeltate.} A term adopted 
by Cuvier from Latreille as a family name for 
sundry organisms known as glass-crabs, of a 
certain genus called Phyllosoma by Leach. 
The forms in question are larva- < if scyllaroid crustaceans. 
See ylaM-crab, Phyllotttmiata. [Not in use.] 
bipeltate (bi-pel'tat), a. [< NL. bipeltatus, < L. 
bi-, two-, + pelta, shield: see 6/- 2 and peltate.] 
1. In zoot., having a defense like a double 
shield. 2. Of or pertaining to the Bipeltata. 
bipennate, bipennated (bl-pen'at, -a-ted), . 
[< L. bipennis, bipinnis, two-winged, < fti- 4- 
penna, pinna, wing: see pen 1 .] 1. Having 
two wings: as, "bipennated insects," Derham, 
Phys. Theol., viii. 4, note. 2. In hot., same 
as bipinnate, (a). 
bipennatifld, . See bipiiinatijid. 
bipennis (bi-pen'is), n. ; pi. bipennes (-ez). 
[L., prop. adj. (sc. securis, ax), two-edged ; 
confused with bipen- 
nis, bipinnis, two- 
winged, but accord- 
ing to Quintilian 
and other Latin 
writers a different 
word, < bi-, two-, + 
'penntts or 'piniuts, 
sharp. Cf. pin 1 and 
penf.] An ancient 
ax with two blades, 
one on each side of 
the handle. In art it Is 
a characteristic weapon 
often depicted ill the 
hands of the Amazons. 
and also attributed to Hephrostus or Vulcan. 
Bipes (bi'pez), n. [NL., < L. bipes, two-foot- 
ed: see biped.] 1. A genus of lizards, of the 
family Anquida or Gerrhonotida; : by some 
united with Ophisaurus. Oppel, 1811. 2. A 
genus of lizards, of the family Scincida;: now 
called Scelotes. The species are African; the 
S. bipes inhabits South Africa. Merrem, 1820. 
bipetalous (bi-pet'a-lus), a. [< 
6i- 2 + petalous.] Having two 
flower-leaves or petals. 
Biphora (bi'fo-rji), n. pi. [NL., 
< L. bi-, two-, '4- Gr. -<Mw, < 
Qtpeiv = E. ftearl.] A group of 
ascidians, such as the Salpida: 
The term is sometimes used as the 
name of an order of the class ftiuira- 
ta or Ascidia, containing the familir* 
Salpida and DuliMdtr. characterized 
by their single ribbon-like brandiia. 
They are free-swimming forms with 
the sexes distimt. 
biphore (bi'for), n. [< Biphora. ] 
One of the Biphora. 
Bipinnaria Cbi-pi-na'ri-ft), n. 
[NL., < L. bi-, two-, + pinna, 
penna, wing: see pewl.] A 
genenc name given to the bi- 
lateral larval form of some 
echinoderms, as a starfish, ' fi*ina; lower. 
under the impression that it Sf" 
Bipennis. 
I From a Greek red-figured vase, i 
Slages rf derel(>1> . 
mem of a larval aste. 
