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  • ABSTRACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ABSTRACTION

    goes no farther than to the perceiving of such as are presemed to it : So that its Action is really no other than a degree of Passion. See SENSE. ABSTRACTION

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Philosophy

  • ANTIPERISTASIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ANTIPERISTASIS

    Activity of one Quality, by the Opposition of another."Thus Cold, say the School-Philosophers, on many Occasions exalts the Degree of Heat; and Dryness that of Moisture. See COLD, etc. Thus it is that Quick-Lime is set on fire by the Affusion of cold...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Philosophy

  • AURORA BOREALIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURORA%20BOREALIS

    matter, by becoming some way or other more dense, or having its velocity increased, may be capable of producing a small degree of light, after the manner of effluvia from electric bodies, which by a strong and quick friction, emit light in the dark: To...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACERBhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACERB

    ACERB, Acerbus, a compound taste consisting of sour, with the addition of a degree of roughness. See TASTE. Such is the taste of all fruits before they are ripe. See FRUIT, MATURITY, etc. The physicians usually make Acerb an intermediate savour between...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACHORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ACHOR

    ACHOR, Achores, in Medicine, the third Species or Degree of a tinea, or Scald Head. See TINEA. Achores are a sort of Spreading Ulcers, which break the Skin into a Number of little Holes, out of which oozes a viscid Humour. — Achores only differ from...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine

  • AZUREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AZURE

    skies. See BLUE, COLOR, SKY, etc. Azure, in heraldry, signifies a blue color, in the coats of arms of all persons under the degree of a baron. See COLOR. In the escutcheons of noblemen, blue is called Saphir; and in those of sovereign princes, Jupiter....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ADAGIOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/phonics/ADAGIO

    ADAGIO, in Music, one of the words used by the Italians to denote a degree or distinction of time. See TIME. The Adagio expresses a slow time; the slowest of any, except Grave. See ALLEGRO. The Triple 3 is ordinarily Adagio. See TRIPLE. ADAGIO

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Phonics - Music

  • AZONEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AZONES

    by every nation. See GOD. The word is derived from the Greek privative α and ζώνη, zone, country. These Azones were a degree above the visible and sensible gods, which were called Zone; who inhabited some particular part of the world, and never stirred...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACIDULEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ACIDULE

    ACIDULE, in Natural History, a species of mineral waters which discover a degree of acidity to the taste. See WATER. Acidules are native waters impregnated with particles of some acid mineral, such as Vitriol, Alum, Nitre, or Salt. See WATER. Sometimes...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • APOTOMEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOTOME

    has been taken from it. See TONE and SEMI-TONE. The Proportion, in numbers, of the Apotome is, of 2048 to 2187. See DEGREE. The Greeks thought that the greater Tone could not be divided into two equal Parts; for which reason they called the first part...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ATHANORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATHANOR

    large immovable Furnace, built of Brick or Stone, and covered with a tower-top; proper to maintain a temperate and equable degree of heat for a considerable time. See FURNACE, HEAT, etc. The Heat of the Athanor is intended or remitted by opening or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AMETHYSThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/AMETHYST

    in Heraldry, signifies the purple Colour, in the Coat of a Nobleman; which in Gentlemen's Escutcheons below that degree, is called Purpure; and in those of sovereign Princes, Mercury. See PURPURE, and PURPURE. AMETHYST

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Heraldry

  • AGNATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AGNATION

    this respect by the Lex Voconia, and women were excluded from the privileges of Agnation, excepting such as were within the degree of consanguinity, e.g., excepting the sisters of him who died intestate. And it was hence that the difference between...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • ANCHYLOPShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ANCHYLOPS

    in Medicine, a Species, or rather Degree of Fistula Lachrymalis; frequently confounded with Agilops, &c. See FISTULA, and AGILOPS. ANCHYLOPS

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine

  • ASCENDENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCENDENT

    in Astrology, the Horoscope: or the Degree of the Equator intersecting the Horizon at the Time of the Birth of anyone. See HOROSCOPE. This is supposed to have an Influence on his Life and Fortune, by giving him a Bent and propensity to one thing more...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ATTENTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTENTION

    and better prepared to catch even a feeble agitation of the air. Or it is the adjusting the tension of that membrane to the degree of loudness or lowness of the sound we are attentive to. See TYMPANUM. See also HEARING, etc. The word is compounded of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ATTRITIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTRITION

    incurred the loss of Heaven and Punishment, i.e. the Pains of Hell. See HEAVEN and HELL. Attrition is esteem’d the lowest Degree of Repentance, being a step short of Contrition. See REPENTANCE and CONTRITION. ATTRITION

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ASTRINGENTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ASTRINGENTS

    the Nature and Operation whereof, see under the Article STRENGTHENER. Astringents only differ from Styptics, in Degree of Efficacy. See STYPTIC. The Word is compounded of the Latin ad and stringo, I bind. Among Simples, Mint, red Roses, Nettles,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine

  • ADOLESCENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADOLESCENCE

    for any person under 45years. The word is formed from the Latin adolesco, I grow. The fibers being arrived at the degree of firmness, and tension sufficient to sustain the parts, no longer yield and give way to the efforts of the nutritious matter to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ABSTERGENTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABSTERGENTS

    call'd among Physicians Detergents. See DETERGENT. Abstergents are of the Genus of Balsamicks ; and only differ in their degree of Subtilty and Efficacy, from Vulneraries. See BALSAMICK, and VULNERARY. The principal Simples in the Class of Detergents,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine
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