Cyclopædia
Assuming periodical is required, the following 17 results were found.
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VICTORIAN Periodhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/VICTORIAN-Period
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CALIPPIC PERIODhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CALIPPIC-PERIOD
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PERIODhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/PERIOD
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ACCESShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCESS
is of Latin origin, Accessus, or Accessio; formed of Accedo, I come to. Access, in Medicine, a fit, or return of some periodical disease. See DISEASE, and PERIODICAL. Thus, we say, an access of the gout, an ague, or an intermitting fever, etc. See GOUT,...
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
1 METEOROLOGY, or the History of AIR and ATMOSPHERE: including, 1°, that of its Contents, Æther,Fire,Vapour, Exhalation, &c. 2°, Meteors form'd therein, as Cloud, Rain, Shower, Drop, Snow, Hail, Dew, Damp, &c. Rainbow, Parhelion, Halo, Thunder, Water-...
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Year, in Astronomy, called also Periodical Year, is the space of time wherein the Earth passes through her Orbit. See YEAR. The Anomalistical, or common Year, is somewhat greater than the Tropical Year; by reason of the precession of the Equinox. See...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ASTHMAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ASTHMA
The necessary Consequence whereof is a violent and painful Respiration—The Asthma, again, is either continual, or periodical, and intermitting; which last returns chiefly where a sober Regimen is not observed. The Asthma is found to be the most violent...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AGUEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGUE
periodical Disease, consisting in a cold shivering Fit, succeeded by a hot one; and going off in a Diaphoresis, or Sweating. See DISEASE.If the Coldness and Shivering be inconsiderable, and only the hot Fit felt; the Disease is called an Intermitting...
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ANTICHRISThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTICHRIST
ANTICHRIST, or Antichrist, Antichristus, among Divines, etc., a Tyrant who is to reign on Earth, toward the end of the World; for the ultimate Proof of the Elect; and to give a shining Instance of the Divine Vengeance, before the last Judgment. The Word...
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Astronomyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy
ASTRONOMY, or the Doctrine of the HEAVENS ; Their Circles, Ecliptic, Zodiack, Meridian, Equator, Vertical, Azimuth. Galaxy, &c. Points, as Pole, Zenith, Nadir, &c. Celestial Bodies, viz. Stars, Sun, &c. Assemblage thereof, into Sign, Constellation, &c....
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ACCELERATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/mechanics/ACCELERATION
ACCELERATION, in Mechanicks, the Increase of Velocity in a moving Body. See VELOCITY, and ACCELERATED MOTION. Deceleration stands directly opposed to Retardation, which denotes a Diminution of Velocity. See RETARDATION. Acceleration is chiefly used in...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADOLESCENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADOLESCENCE
ADOLESCENCE, Adolescencia, the state of youth;or that period of a person's age commencing from his infancy, and terminating at his full growth. See AGE. The state of Adolescence lasts so long as the fibers continue to grow, either in magnitude or...
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ASTRONOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMY, Astronomia, the Doctrine of the Heavens, and the Phenomena thereof. See HEAVEN. Astronomy is properly a mixed mathematical Science, whereby we become acquainted with the Celestial Bodies, their Magnitudes, Motions, Distances, Periods,...
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ALLODIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLODIUM
ALLODIUM, Allodii, Allodus, or Alluen, Land held of a Man’s own Right. —Hollandus explains Allodium to be "Predium, seu quaevis possessio libera jurisque proprii & non in Feudum Cliente lari onere accepta." See ALLODII. After the Conquest of the Gauls,...
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ACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACTION
ACTION, Actio, in Physics, is the production of an effect or the manner of an active cause. See ACTION and ACTIVE. The idea of action is so familiar to us that a definition may as easily obscure as explain it. Some Schoolmen, however, attempt to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGE
AGE, the natural duration of anything; and particularly of the life of man. See DURATION, and LIFE. The ordinary age of mankind has been occasionally varied, in such manner as to afford a fine instance of the wisdom of Providence. See the article...
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Chronologyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology
CHRONOLOGY, or the Doctrine of TIME ; measur'd by Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour. Age, Period, Cycle, &c. Commencing from Epocha, Creation, Hegira, &c. Laid down in Fasti, Almanack, Calendar, Julian, Gregorian, &c. Accommodated to Feasts, Feriæ, Easter,...
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