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-ide
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
A-
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A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Anacrusis
noun · 78% connection
A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Ante-
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A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Appoggiatura
noun · 78% connection
A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Basanite
noun · 78% connection
Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
C. G. S.
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An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Dative
adjective · 78% connection
Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
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Deca-
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A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Decompound
verb · 78% connection
To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Degree
noun · 78% connection
State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its litera…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Dyne
noun · 78% connection
The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Ex-
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A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it sig…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Eye
noun · 78% connection
The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the te…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Homology
noun · 78% connection
The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Hypo-
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A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization, us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Instrumentation
noun · 78% connection
The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
Interference
noun · 78% connection
The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, formerly, properly, indicated, second.
