Cyclopædia
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ACCOUNThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCOUNT
taking and keeping of accounts. Such are pounds, angels, etc. See MONEY OF ACCOUNT; see also POUND, etc. Account is also a relative term used in respect to a company or society when two or more persons have received or disbursed for each other; or when...
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ANTIPODEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTIPODES
or Antoecians, in Geography, a relative Term, understood of such Inhabitants of the Earth as live diametrically opposite to one another. See EARTH. The Antipodes are those who live in Parallels of Latitude equally distant from the Equator, the one...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADMIRALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADMIRAL
ADMIRAL, Admiratus, Admiralty, a great officer, who commands the naval forces of a kingdom or state; and before whom all causes are cognizable, relating to the sea. See NAVY, SEA, etc.Authors are divided about the origin and denomination of this...
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ANALOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANALOGY
ANALOGY, a certain Relation, Proportion, or Agreement, which several Things, in other respects different, bear to each other.—Such is that between the Bull in the Heavens, and the Animal so called on Earth. The Word is Greek, Ἀναλογία (Analogia); which...
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ASTROLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTROLOGY
ASTROLOGY, Astrologia, the Art of foretelling future Events, from the Aspects, Positions, and Influences of the Heavenly Bodies. See ASPECT, INFLUENCE, etc. The Word is compounded of the Greek ἄστρον, Star, and λόγος, Discourse; whence, in the literal...
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ANTECEDENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTECEDENT
reducible to any particular Class, or proper Denomination. See SIGN and SYMPTOM. ANTECEDENT in Grammar, the Word which a Relative refers to. See RELATIVE. ANTECEDENT
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Geometryhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry
GEOMETRY,or the Doctrine of EXTENDED, or Continuous QUANTITY, viz. l°, Lines, Right, Perpendicular, Parallel, Oblique, &c. Angles, Acute, Scalenous, Vertical, Opposite, &c. z°, Figures, or Surfaces, Triangle, Square, Parallelogram, Trapezium, Polygon,...
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AIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AID
AID, or Aide, Auxilium, literally denotes the Help, Succor, or Assistance, which any Person lends another when too weak to do, or avoid something. See ASSISTANT. The Word is French, formed, according to M. Menage, from the Italian Aiutare; and that from...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ANTIPATHYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIPATHY
ANTIPATHY, Antipathia, a natural Enmity, or Aversion of one Body to another. In this Sense, the Word stands opposed to Sympathy. See SYMPATHY. Such is commonly said to be between the Salamander and the Tortoise, the Vine and the Elm, the Toad and the...
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APOCALYPSEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOCALYPSE
APOCALYPSE, Apocalypsis, q.d. Revelation; the Name of the last Book in the Canon of Scripture. See CANON and BIBLE. The Apocalypse contains Discoveries, or Revelations relating to many important Mysteries of Christian Faith; made to the Apostle St....
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APATURIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/APATURIA
APATURIA, in Antiquity, Feasts celebrated by the Athenians in honor of Bacchus. See FEAST. The Word is derived from the Greek ἀπάτη, Fraud. It is said to have been instituted in memory of a fraudulent Victory, obtained by Aegeus King of Athens, over...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALGEBRAICALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGEBRAICAL
ALGEBRAICAL, something that relates to Algebra. See ALGEBRA.In this Sense, we say, Algebraical Characters, or Symbols. See CHARACTER. Algebraical Curve, is a Curve, wherein the Relation of the Abscissas to the Semiordinates, may be defined by an...
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ADVOWEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVOWEE
ADVOWEE, or Avower, or Advocate of a Church, was heretofore the Patron, or Defender of the Rights thereof. See ADVOCATE, PATRON, etc. The word is French, Advoué, or Avoué, of the verb Avouer, to avow, own, acknowledge dependence, subjection, etc. ——...
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ARCHITECTONIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHITECTONIC
ARCHITECTONIC, that which builds a thing up regularly, according to the nature and intentions thereof. Thus, that plastic power, spirit, or whatever else it bewhich hatches the ova of females into living creaturesof the same species, is by some called...
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AMAZONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AMAZON
AMAZON, in Antiquity, a Term signifying a bold, courageous Woman; capable of daring, hardy Achievements. See VIRAGO, HEROINE, etc. The Word is borrowed from the Amazons, a Nation of warlike Women, in Scythia, inhabiting near the Tanais; who lived...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANECDOTEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANECDOTES
ANECDOTES, Anecdota, a Term used by some Authors, for the Titles of Secret Histories; that is of such as relate the secret Affairs and Transactions of Princes; speaking with too much Freedom, or too much Sincerity, of the Manner and Conduct of Persons...
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ABSTINENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABSTINENCE
ABSTINENCE, Abstinencia, the Habit of restraining or containing one's self from some Pleasure, or Enjoyment. See PLEASURE. The Word is compounded of the Latin abs, from ; and teneo, I hold. The Jews were oblig'd to abstain from their Wives at certain...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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Arithmetichttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/arithmetic
ARITHMETIC, including the Doctrine of DISCRETE or Discontinuous QUANTITY, viz. Number, Ratio, Proportion,&c. Kinds, as Integer, Fraction, Decimal, Surd, &c. Relations, as Root, Power, Square, Cube, &c. Rules or Operations thereof, as Notation,...
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ASPECThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/perspective/ASPECT
ASPECT,Aspectus, in Perspective, Gardening, etc. See PROSPECT, EXPOSURE, etc. Aspect, in Astronomy, is used for the Situation of the Stars, or Planets, in respect of each other; or certain Configurations, and mutual Relations between the Planets,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Perspective
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ARTICLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTICLE
ARTICLE,Articulus, a little Part or Division of a Book, Writing, or the like—Aquinas divides his Sum of Theology, into several Questions; and each Question into divers Articles—Such an Account consists of so many Articles. Article is also used for the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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