Cyclopædia
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ACUTENESShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/phonics/ACUTENESS
ACUTENESS, in Music, etc., that which constitutes or denominates a sound, etc. acute. See ACUTE. There is no such thing as Acuteness and Gravity, absolutely so called; they are only relations; so that the same sound may be either Acute or Grave,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Phonics - Music
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ASSERTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSERTION
ASSERTION, Assertio,in the language of the schools, a proposition which a person advances; which he avows to be true, and is ready to maintain in public. See PROPOSITION. ASSERTION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARGONAUTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ARGONAUTS
ARGONAUTS, in Antiquity, a Company of fifty-two or fifty-four Heroes, who embarked along with Jason, in the Ship Argo, for Colchis; with a Design to obtain the golden Fleece. See ARGO and FLEECE. Hercules, Theseus, Castor, Orpheus, &c. were of the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ALLOTTINGhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ALLOTTING
ALLOTTING, or Allotment of Goods, in Matters of Commerce, is when a Ship's Cargo is divided into several Parts, to be bought by divers Persons, whose Names are Wrote on as many Pieces of Paper, which are applied by an indifferent Person to the several...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Commerce
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ACCUBITORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCUBITOR
ACCUBITOR, an ancient officer of the Emperors of Constantinople whose business was to be near the Emperor. The word is Latin, formed from the verb "accumbo," meaning "I lie by"; hence "accubatio," that state or posture of the body when we sit and at...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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CHEVALIERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CHEVALIER
CHEVALIER, a French Term, ordinarily signifying a Knight. See KNIGHT. It is us'd, in Heraldry, to signify any Cavalier, or Horseman arm'd at all Points ; by the Romans call'd Cataphractus Eques, now out of ute, and only to be seen in Coat-Armour. See...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ACOUSTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOUSTICS
ACOUSTICS, Acoustica, the Doctrine or Theory of Sounds. See SOUND.Acoustics is what we otherwise call Phonics.Phonics.Acoustics, or Acoustica, or Acoustic Medicines, are Remedies against the Imperfections and Disorders of the Ear; or of the Sense of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTISIGMAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTISIGMA
ANTISIGMA, a Mark in the ancient Writings, when the Order of the Verses is to be changed.
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADJUNCTIOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADJUNCTIO
ADJUNCTIO, a mere external joining or adding of one thing to another. See ADJUNCTION. All Adjunction implies subordination—The adjunct is for the sake of the thing it is joined to, not the other way around;as, the clothes for the man, not the man for...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ANIMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMATION
ANIMATION, signifies the informing of an animal Body with a Soul. Thus the Fetus in the Womb is said to come to its Animation, when it begins to act as a true Animal; or after the Female that bears it is quick, as the common way of Expression is. See...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADROGATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADROGATION
ADROGATION, among the Romans, was a kind of adoption, only differing from it in this: that the person here adopted was free and consented to be adopted by another; and that it was done at the assembly of the people, while the Commonwealth subsisted; and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ACHRONICALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ACHRONICAL
ACHRONICAL, in Astronomy, is applied to the Rising of a Star when the Sun sets; or the Setting of a Star when the Sun rises. See RISING, and SETTING. The Achronical Rising of Mars, who is then found to be nearer the Earth than the Sun, has been one...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ANTIMENSIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIMENSIA
ANTIMENSIA, a kind of Consecrated Table-Cloth, occasionally used in the Greek Church, in lieu of a proper Altar. See ALTAR. F. Goar observes, that in regard the Greeks have but few consecrated Churches; and that consecrated Altars are not things easy to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMERCIABLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMERCIABLE
AMERCIABLE, is said of a Person who is liable to be Amerced. See the preceding Article. AMERCIABLE
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ACOUSTICKShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOUSTICKS
ACOUSTICKS, Acoustica, the Doctrine or Theory of Sounds. See SOUND.Acoustics is what we otherwise call Phonics.Phonics.Acoustics, or Acoustica, or Acoustic Medicines, are Remedies against the Imperfections and Disorders of the Ear; or of the Sense of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AUGUSTALIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AUGUSTALIA
AUGUSTALIA, in antiquity, a feast instituted in honor of the Emperor Augustus. See FEAST. This festival was first established after he had ended all his wars, and settled the affairs of Sicily, Greece, Asia, Syria, and the Parthians—The day whereon he...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ALBIGENSEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ALBIGENSES
ALBIGENSES, a Sect or Party of Reformers about Toulouse, and the Albigenses, in Languedoc; who, in the XIIth Century, became remarkable for their opposition to the Discipline and Ceremonies of the Church of Rome. See REFORMATION. They were also known by...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography
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APPROACHEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/fortification/APPROACHES
APPROACHES, in Fortification, the several Works made by the Besiegers for advancing or getting nearer to a Fortress, or Place besieged. See WORK, FORTIFICATION. Such are Trenches, Mines, Saps, Lodgments, Batteries, etc. See TRENCH, MINE, SAP, BATTERY,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Fortification
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AMPHIBIOUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMPHIBIOUS
AMPHIBIOUS, in Natural History, a Term applied to a sort of Animals which live both on Land, and in the Water; that is, which breathe the Air, but pass part of their Time in the Water, as affording 'em their chief Food. See ANIMAL. Such are the Frog,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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AMPLIATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMPLIATION
AMPLIATION, properly signifies an Enlargement; but in Law, the Word is used to denote a deferring of Judgment till the Cause be further examined. AMPLIATION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified