technicality 
ness; technical character or quality , 2. That 
which is technical, or peculiar to any science, 
Ut, Calling, sect, ete. i ii technical expression 
or method: as. legal 1/i-lniii'iililii.t. 
Thry drew from all <|iiactiTs Hie 1 1 jtlil II.M. the ' 
fnlitii-x of ;u t. Mihiiau. Latin Christianity, xiv. In. 
\ Srliool [of Aril :is meloili amat ir aw tile French, ith- 
DUt it* p<TlVrtinn it] t,;-l,llt<-il!iln-<. 
Lowfll, Fireside Travels, p. 53. 
technically (tok'ni-kal-i), mlr. Iii u technical 
111:1 iini'i' ; according to t lie signification of terms 
of art or the professions. H nrlnn. 
technicalness (tek'ni-kal-ne.s), >i. The char 
acter or state of being tecliiiicul ; technicality. 
Illlfl. Itil't. 
technician(tek-nish'an), n. [< technic + -inn. ] 
A teellllieisl. /HI/I, liii'l. 
techllicist (tck'ni-sist), . [< Irrl/ni,- + -ist.] 
I die who is skilled in technics, or in the practi- 
ce I arls. lill/i. l>ii'l. 
technicon (lek'ni-kon), ii. [NL., < Gr. Tfxvi*6i>, 
nont.ofri \i-iKia-, pertain ing to art: see tectonic.] 
An ap]>aratiis inveiited by J. Brotherhood for 
the gymnastic training of the hands for organ- 
ists and pianists. 
technics (tek'niks), ii. [PI. of technie (see -ics).] 
1. [As a singular.] The doi-trine of arts in 
general ; such branches of learning, collective- 
ly, as relate to the arts. 2. [As a plural.] 
Technical terms, methods, or objects; things 
pertaining or relating to the practice of an art, 
science, or the like. 
techniphone (tek'ni-fon), n. [< Gr. rixyii, art, 
skill, craft, + 0wv//, a sound.] A soundless ap- 
paratus for the gymnastic training of the hands 
of organists and pianists, and for the acquire- 
ment of a strictly legato touch. 
technique (tek-nek'), n. [< P. technique: see 
tech >iic, n.] Same as technie: used especially 
in criticism of music and art. 
technism (tek'nizm), H. [< techn(ic) + -ism.] 
Technicality. 
technologic'(tok-no-loj'ik), a. [= P. tcchiiolo- 
i/i</lir; as ti-flinolng-y + -ic.] Same as teclnin- 
/ni/ii-iil. 
technological (tek-no-loj'i-kal), a. [< techno- 
liyic + -at.] Of or pertaining to technology; 
relating to the arts: as, technological insti- 
tutes. 
technologist (tek-nol'o-jist), n. [< tcchnolog-y 
+ -int.] One versed in technology; one who 
discourses or treats of arts or of the terms of 
arts. 
technology (tok-nol'o-ji), n. [= P. technologic 
= 8p. tiTlnioloi/ia = It. technologia, < Gr. Te%- 
vohoyia, systematic treatment (of grammar), 
< rixvti, art (see technie), + -foyia, < Myetv, 
speak: see -ologi/.] That branch of knowledge 
which deals with the various industrial arts; 
the science or systematic knowledge of the 
industrial arts, as spinning, metal-working, or 
brewing. 
technonomic (tek-no-nom'ik), a. [< technon- 
omy + -ic.] Of or pertaining to technonomy. 
[Rare.] 
technonomy (tek-non'S-mi), n. [< Gr. rt^vt/, 
art , + nu/a>f, a law.] The laws or principles of 
technology; the final stage of technology, when 
these laws and principles may be deduced, and 
applied to the future as well as to the present. 
n. /'. M,t.t<iH, Smithsonian Rep., 1881, p. 501. 
[Hare.] 
techy, tetchy (tech'i), a. [Formerly also lcrli<-y : 
a var. of turhy, < tacln#, a blemish, fault, vice, 
bad habit, + -u' 1 : see tacky and tache 3 . The 
word has been confused with touch, for which 
t-li is a common dial, variant, and in present 
use is now pronounced accordingly, spelled 
toni'hi/, and understood as 'sensitive to the 
touch, easily irritated": see touchy. Some con- 
sider trrliy itself a corruption of touchy; but 
this view is quite untenable.] Peevish; f>vt- 
ful; irritable. 
I cannot come to Oressid but by Pandar : 
And be 's as Itchy [var. tttchy] to be woo'd to woo 
As she is stubborn-chaste against all suit. 
Shale., T. and C., i. 1. 99. 
Now, God is never angry without a cause ; he la no 
froward (iod, of no ii-trli/i and pettish nature; a cause 
there iniiHt he, or lie would never be anpry. 
Rev. T. Adam*, Works, III. 266. 
tecnology (tek-nol'o-ji),w. [< Gr. rtKvav, a child. 
+ -/;;,< '/ ; <r, speak: see -ology.] Atreatise 
on children. 
Tecoma (te-ko'mii), n. [NL. (Jussieu, 1789), < 
A/.tec tii;iiini.nirliitl, name of Sold nil ra ijiitliitn. 
but at first thought to refer to Teeomit, < tn-n- 
390 
6309 
mull, a vessel o|' peculiar shape, 4 .mi-hill, (low- 
er.) A genus of gainopetalotis plants, of the 
' 
order Ilii/iiiniiiK-f.-i: type of the tribe 
iiarai t-ri7t-<l !> Hsiwily pinnate leave* , hy nn rmo 
nr paiiii-led tlowcrs with an njnally llve-t<tothed calyx anil 
four prit.rl Manirns; anil l>\ a nation, ntl.-n laltially 
OOOpntud ealmllle with a Hat )>ai!ilion, anil uuineioii* 
seeds each with an undivided hyaline wing. Tin ; 
about i:5 species, natives of warm M^inn- ninstl> riiln-r 
noilh 01 Minth of tlic' tro|,ii's. ii|i ly .li-liilinti-il 'in holli 
hi-inlsphiTes. They arc xhnibliy climbers or twiners, 
sometimes en rl -Innlm, or rarely arborescent. Their 
1 " i ' opjHJsite or rarely scattered, with usually 
toiitli.il li-attfi), which are often covered with stellate 
hairs, especially underneath. The flowers are commonly 
oraiiKe, red, or reddish-brown, and often very whowy. They 
iin known, from their hape, as tnimpel-jliiwtr^Mch Mel 
Two species occur within the t 'nited States, of which T. 
radican*. native from Pennsylvania to Illinois and south- 
ward, U commonly cultivated, often, like T. grandiflara 
of Japan ai.il rliina, under the name Ititrnnnia. (See cut 
under ISujiinniacc/r.) The South African 7". Caperttit, lome- 
hat naturalized In the West Indies, Is known in cultiva- 
tion by the name West Indian honfiintelctf, and also, from 
its large orange-red Mowers, as fire- jtotrer. Several Aus- 
tralian evergreen climbers of the suligenus Pamtoren are 
cultivate.] fur their handsome white and violet or pink- 
spotted flowers, as T. auttrali*, known as tcnnffa-wonga 
mne and as Churchill Itlaiul jamniiit or creeper, and T.jat- 
minnidfjt, the bower-plant or trumpet-jasmine. T. statu, 
of Texas, Arizona, and southward, with nine other erect 
shrubby species, Is sometimes separated as a genus, Teca- 
maria. Many species with digitate leaves, formerly re- 
ferred to Tecoma, are now Included In Taoetruia (which 
see). 
Tecomese (te-ko'me-e), n. pi. [NL. (Endlicher, 
I 1 -:;!!). < Ti-niniii + -rif.] A tribe of plants, of 
the order BfeftOftfcMMF, characterized by usually 
shrubby or climbing or arboreous habit, absence 
of tendrils, commonly simple leaves, and a com- 
pletely two-celled ovary, which becomes in fruit 
a loculicidal capsule with its two valves flat- 
tened contrary to the partition and usually de- 
ciduous. It includes about 22 genera, of which Tecama 
is the type. They are chiefly tropical, and mostly natives 
of America or Africa. See Tecoma, Cataljta, and Tnbebvia, 
for principal genera. 
tecpatl, n. [Mex.] A sacrificial knife, a broad 
double-edged blade, usually of flint, sometimes 
of obsidian, used by the Aztecs of Mexico. 
tectt (tekt), a. [ME. tccte; < L. tectug, covered, 
hidden, pp. of tegerc = Gr. oreyfiv, cover, con- 
ceal. Cf. tcgmen, tegument, integument, tegiila, 
tile 1 , etc.. and protect, dttect, from the same 
ult. L. verb.] Covered ; hidden. 
With chaf or f erne this hordes do be tccte. 
1'alladitu, Husbondric (E. E. T. &X p. 156. 
Tectaria (tek-ta'ri-a), n. [NL., < L. tectum, 
roof, house (< tegcrc, pp, 
tect), + -aria.] A genus 
of univalves, of the family 
Littorinidse, with a turbi- 
nate or conic shell, more 
or less tuberculated or spi- 
nous, represented by vari- 
ous species in the tropical 
seas. A typical example is 
T. pagoda, of the Pacific. 
tec-tec (tek'tek), n. [Afri- 
can.] A kind of whinchat, 
I'ratincola sybilla. of some 
of the islands off the eastern coast of Africa, 
as Reunion. Encyc. Brit., XX. 492. 
tectibranch (tek'ti-brangk), a. and n. [< L. 
tectus, covered (see tect), + branchiae, gills.] 
Same as tcctibranchinte. 
tectibranchian (tek-ti-brang'ki-an), a. and n. 
[< ti-i'lilirnnrh + -ian.] Same as tectibranchiatf. 
TectibrancMata (tek-ti-brang-ki-a'ta), n. pi. 
[NL. : see tiTtihrinii'liintc.] A division of gas- 
tropods, usually held as an order or a suborder 
of GaiilrnjHiilii, which have a single lateral gill, 
tectus, cover: see 
Tfftaria pngocta. 
I. Pleurvl-raHcltHS fHHrfufiis. 3. The shell that is concealed within 
the mantle. 3. A species of Kulla, with shell partly exposed. 
covered by the mantle (whence the name), and 
whose shell, varying in size according to the 
genus, is very small and sometimes concealed. 
The group is marine, and includes such families as Torna- 
ti-Uiil;f, BuUidfr. Aplygiid*. Plcurobranchidjr, and I'hiilli- 
diidee. Among them are the sea-hares and bubble-shells. 
Also called J'lenrobrnitchiata and Monopleurobranchiata. 
See also cuts under Aplysia, Bulla, and Scaphaiuler. 
tectrices 
tectibranchiate (tek-ti-brang'ki-iil). n. and n. 
[< NI-. teetfbranekiatug, < I., tn-tnx, covered, + 
liriiHi-liiii'. ^'ills Cf. li-i-liliriinrli.] I. n. Hav- 
ing the fills covered ; pertaining to tin- '/'..//- 
hrinii-liiiitu, or luiving tln-ir chariic-terg. 
II. " A gastropod belonging to the 'I'n-li 
ln-iiin-liiiilii. They ha ve bi'en styled by < ':ir]ien 
ter i-niii-li rx in Hi sin 11,-,-nl ijillx. ' 
tectiform (tek'ti-form), a. ' [< L. li-i-limi. a roof, 
+ forma, form.] Like a roof in form or use; 
co M-ring, or forming a cover; lid-like; specifi- 
cally, in cutout., ridged in the middle and slop- 
ing down on each side: as. the ti-i-tiform elytra 
of some homopterous insects. 
tectlytdckt'li), adv. [< Url + -//-'.] Secretly; 
covertly ; pri vat e U . 
He laid verlc close A tecUie a companlc of his men In an 
old house fast by the castell. 
Slanihurit, Ireland, an. 1581 (Holinshed's Cbron., I. ). 
tectocephalic (tek-to-se-ful'ik or -sef'a-lik), n. 
Sinn n- snijihiiii iiiialtc, Amer. Nat., XXII. 
614. 
tectological (tek-to-loj'i-kal), it. [< li-rl<il<i<i-ij 
+ -ir-til.] Of or perliiining to tectology. 
tectology (tek-tol'6-ji), n. [< Gr. TtxTur, a 
builder (see tectonic), + -foy/a, < Mynv, speak: 
sec -ology.] Structural morphology which re- 
gards an organism as composed of organic in- 
dividuals of different orders ; ordinary mor- 
phology, as distinguished from gtereomatic 
morphology, or promorphology. Encyc. /Irit., 
XVI. 842. 
Tectona (tek-to'nii), n. [NL. (Linnaeus filing, 
1781), alluding to the use of its wood; < Gr. 
rexruvia, Teicruveia, carpentry, < TFKTWV, a car- 
penter: see tectonic.] A genus of gamopetalous 
trees, of the order Ferbcnacete and tnbe Viti- 
cete. It Is characterized by flowers in ample paniculate 
cymes, the calyx and the regular corolla each with flve or 
six lobes, as many equal and projecting stamens, and a 
Heshy ovary, becoming in fruit a drupe Included within 
the enlarged and closed calyx, and containing a single four- 
celled stone. Of the three species, known as teak or Indian 
oak, T. grandil is native of India and Malaysia, T. IlamHto- 
niana of Burma, and T. Philippinennii of the Philippine 
Islands. They are lofty trees, woolly, with both stellate 
and unbranched hairs, and bearing large entire leaves, 
which are opposite or whorled in threes. The small white 
or bluish flowers have each a bell-shaped calyx, small co- 
rolla-tube, and spreading lobes, and are sessile in the forks 
of copiously dowered cymes which form a large terminal 
panicle. See tctiic. 
Tectonarchinae (tek'to-nar-kl'ne), n. pi. [NL., 
< Gr. rfur&vapx'K, same as apxirdcruv, an archi- 
tect (< re KTUV, a builder, + opxetv, rule ; cf . archi- 
tect), + -inte.] The bower-birds regarded as a 
subfamily of Paradiseidte. D. G. Elliot. 
tectonic (tek-ton'ik), a. [= G. telctonik, < L. tec- 
tonicux, < Gr. TCKTOVIKOC,, of or pertaining to build- 
ing, < rtKTwv, a worker in wood, a carpenter; 
akin to rtxvr/i art, handicraft : see technie. Cf . 
architect, architectonic.] Of or pertaining to 
building or construction Tectonic axes, in cryt- 
tal. Seeozul. 
tectonics (tek-ton'iks). H. sing, or pi. [PI. of tec- 
tonic (see -ies).] Building, or any assembling 
of materials in construction, considered as an 
art: sometimes restricted to the shaping and 
ornamentation of furniture, cups, and weap- 
ons, including the different processes of inlay- 
ing, embossing, application, casting, soldering, 
etc. 
tectorial (tek-to'ri-al), a. [< L. tfctoriitnt, a 
covering (see tectorium), + -til.] Covering, as 
if roofing over; forming a structure like a roof 
over something ; roofing; tegminal : as, the tec- 
torial membrane of the ear (which see, under 
membrane). 
tectorium (tek-to'ri-um), .; pi. tfctoria (-a). 
[NL., < L. tectorium, a covering, cover, prop, 
neut. of tectorins, < tegere, pp. tcctim, cover: see 
'"'.] 1. A covering; a tegminal part or or- 
gan; the tectorial membrane. 2. In urnith., 
the coverts of the wing or of the tail, collec- 
tively considered. See covert, ., 6, and tec- 
trices. 
tectrices (tek-tri'sez), n. pi. [NL., pi. of tec- 
t>-i.r, q. v.] In ornith., the covering feathers of 
the wings and tail; the coverts; wing-coverts 
or tail-coverts. Tectrices are divided first Into upper 
and under coverts, according as they overlie or underlie 
the reunites and rectrices. The upper tectrices of the wing 
are divided into primary and secondary, according as they 
cover the primaries or the secondaries. The secondary 
tectrices are divided into greater, median, and lesser rows 
or orders. See cuts under Wrrfi, covert, and peafowl. 
Tectrices alse, wing-coverts. Tectrices caudsa, tail- 
coverts. Tectrices inferiores, under coverts, especial- 
ly of the wing, those of the tail being the crissum. Tec- 
trices majores, the greater secondary coverts. Tectri- 
ces mediae, the median secondary coverts, also called tec- 
trif en pervert*, from the fact that they usually are imbri- 
cated one over another in the reverse of the way In which 
