Common Sense
Common Sense Nowadays Usually Signifies The Intelli Gence Of Normal People As Distinguished From The Views More Or Less Peculiar To Those Who Belong To Special Schools Of Thought. The Contrast Intended Is Sometimes That Between The Views Of Average People As Against The Views Of Peculiar Or Exceptional People, ...
Common
Common A House Or Part Of A House In Which Persons Of The Poorer Classes Are Harboured Or Lodged For Hire For A Single Night Or For Less Than A Week At A Time (daley V. Lees, 1926, I K.b. 4o), And In Which There Is Com Munity Of Accommodation ...
Commonplace
Commonplace, A Passage Or Argument Appropriate To Several Cases ; A "common-place Book" Is A Collection Of Such Passages Or Quotations Arranged For Reference Under General Heads. To Such A Book The Name Adversaria Was Given, Which Is An Adap Tation Of The Latin Adversaria Scripta, Notes Written On One ...
Commons
Commons, The Term For The Lands Held In Commonalty, A Relic Of The System On Which The Lands Of England Were For The Most Part Cultivated During The Middle Ages. The Country Was Divided Into Vills, Or Townships—often, Though Not Necessarily, Or Always, Coterminous With The Parish. In Each Stood ...
Commonwealth
Commonwealth, A Term Generally Synonymous With Commonweal, I.e., Public Welfare, But More Particularly Signifying A Form Of Government In Which The General Public Have A Direct Voice. "the Commonwealth" Is Used In A Special Sense To Denote The Period In English History Embracing The Protectorate Of Oliver Cromwell, Between The ...
Communications
Communications. In Military Language, The System Of Communication For Supply, Reinforcement, Evacuation Of Wounded, Etc., By Road, Rail, Navigable Waterways And Air, Between An Army And Its Base (q.v.) Or Bases Of Operation Inclusive. ...
Communism
Communism, A Term Originally Used As Almost Synonymous With Socialism. Both Conceptions Cover A Multitude Of Ideas: Utopian Descriptions Of An Ideal Society (as In Plato's Republic); Sharp Criticism Of The Unequal Distribution Of Wealth And Happiness In Present Society, Sometimes On Moral Grounds (as In More) ; The Application ...
Community Centres
Community Centres, A Phrase Used In The United States To Describe Rooms Or Buildings, Often Public School Build Ings, In Which All Residents Of A Village, Small Town, Or Neighbour Hood Of A City May Meet For Entertainment, Recreation, Educational Pursuits, Cultural, Civic, Or Other Activities. Groups Of Women, Agricultural ...
Community Chest
Community Chest, A Designation In The United States For The System Under Which The Social Agencies Of A City Combine To Raise Their Funds By Making One Collective Appeal Each Year. Origi Nally, It Meant A Financial Federation Allotting To Each Social Service Organization Its Budget From The Common Fund ...
Community Kitchen
Community Kitchen. In The United States There Has Been, Since 191o, An Increasing Tendency On The Part Of Americans To Take Their Meals Outside Of Their Homes, With The Growth Of The Community Kitchen And Its Corollary The Com Munity Dining Room. ...
Community Singing
Community Singing Is Mass Singing By Groups Or Crowds, Or In A More Advanced Stage, Singing By A Community Chorus Meeting Regularly For Training And Instruction In F Our Part Chorus Singing. Some Of The Best Renditions Of The Oratorios And Choral Works Come From These Community Choruses. For Community ...
Commutation
Commutation [lat. Commutare, To Change], A Process Of Exchanging One Thing For Another, Particularly Of One Method Of Payment For Another, Such As Payment In Money For Payment In Kind Or By Service, Or Of Payment Of A Lump Sum For Periodical Payments. (see Annuity; Copyhold And Tithes.) In Law, ...
Commutative Laws
Commutative Laws. Two Laws Relating To Numbers, One With Respect To Addition And The Other With Respect To Multi Plication. These Laws May Respectively Be Defined Symbolically As Follows: A+b= B+a, And Ab= Ba; That Is, The Terms Or The Factors May Have Their Order Changed In Any Way We ...
Commutator
Commutator, A Switch By Means Of Which The Current In A Circuit Is Reversed. (see Also Electric Generator.) Commuter: See Commutation. ...
Comnenus
Comnenus, The Name Of A Byzantine Family Which From 1081 To 1185 Occupied The Throne Of Constantinople And Originally Came From Paphlagonia. Its First Member In Byzantine History Is Manuel Eroticus Comnenus, An Able General Serving Basil Ii. In The East. The Increasing Unpopularity Of The Macedonian Dynasty Culminated In ...
Como
Como (anc. Comum), A City And Episcopal See Of Lombardy, Italy, Capital Of The Province Of Como, At The South End Of The West Branch Of The Lake Of Como, 32m. By Rail N. By W. Of Milan. Pop. (1931) 42,867 (town) ; 54,138 (commune). Moun Tains Enclose The City ...
Comoro Islands
Comoro Islands, A Group Of Volcanic Islands Belonging To France, In The Indian Ocean, At The Northern Entrance Of The Mozambique Channel Between Madagascar And The African Conti Nent. There Are Besides A Large Number Of Islets Of Coral Forma Tion. Particulars Of The Four Principal Islands Great Comoro, Anjuan, ...
Companies Limited By Guarantee
Companies Limited By Guarantee The Second Class Of Limited Companies Are Those Limited By Guarantee, As Distinguished From Those Limited By Shares. In The Company Limited By Guarantee Each Member Agrees, In The Event Of A Winding-up, To Contribute A Certain Amount To The Assets—i5, Or Os.—whatever May Be The ...
Companies Limited By Shares
Companies Limited By Shares The Companies (consolidation) Act, 19o8 (replacing The Com Panies Act, 1862) Was Intended To Constitute A Comprehensive Code Of Law Applicable To Joint Stock Companies For The Whole Of The United Kingdom. Recognizing The Mischief Of Trading Con Cerns Being Carried On By Large And Fluctuating ...
Companies Not For Gain
Companies Not For Gain An Association Formed To Promote Commerce, Art, Science, Re Ligion, Charity Or Any Other Useful Object May, With The Licence Of The Board Of Trade, Register Under The Companies Acts With Limited Liability, But Without The Addition To Its Name Of The Word "limited," Upon Proving ...
Companion
Companion, A Store-room For Provisions On Board Ship (fr. Chambre De La Compagne) ; The Framed Windows Over A Hatch Way On The Deck Of A Ship; Also The Hooded Entrance-stairs To The Captain's Cabin. ...
Company Law Outside The
Company Law Outside The United Kingdom Australia And New Zealand.—company Law In Australia And New Zealand Follows Very Closely The Lines Of Legislation In The United Kingdom. In New South Wales The Law Is Consolidated By The Companies Act, 1899, Amended 190o, 1906, 1907, 1918; In Victoria By An Act ...
Company Law
Company Law. "company" Is One Of A Number Of Words Like "union," "guild," "society," "corporation," Denoting—each With Its Special Shade Of Meaning—the Association Of Individuals In Pursuit Of Some Common Object. The Taking Of Meals Together Was, As The Word Signifies (cum, With, Panis, Bread,) A Character Istic Of The ...
Company Unions
Company Unions. A Labour Organization In The U.s.a. In Which The Employer Exerts An Influence Which Interferes With Collective Bargaining Is A "company Union." Most Frequently It Is A Union Whose Membership And Officers Are Restricted Wholly To The Employees Of The Special Establishment, And Differs Thus In Form From ...
Company
Company. The Smallest Administrative Unit Functioning In An Infantry Battalion; It Is Usually Commanded By A Captain Or Officer Of Equivalent Rank, Though In The British Service Junior Majors Also Command Companies (see Major). The Number Of Companies In A Battalion Varies According To The System Favoured By Each Country, ...
Comparative Anatomy
Comparative Anatomy Is A Term, Now Obsolescent, Applied To The Study Of The Structure Of Diverse Animals, Intended To Bring Out Their Differences And Resemblances. It Arose As A Separate Science In The I 6th Century, Although The Most Important Generalization Which Has Resulted From It Was Tacitly Assumed By ...
Comparative Animal Behaviourpsychology
Psychology, Comparative ; Animal Behaviour). Examples Of Chemical Co-ordination In Animal Responses Are Set Forth In The Article Endocrinology, Where The Role Of Internal Secretion In The Developmental Processes Is Also Indicated. It Can Be Said That Everything Of Any General Significance That Is Known About The Physiology Of Development ...
Comparative Ethics
Comparative Ethics. The Comparative Study Of Ethics Is Concerned With The Rules, Principles And Ideals Guiding Or Inspiring Human Behaviour, Technical Rules For Sufficiently Obvi Ous Reasons Excluded. Its Field Is Thus Nearly Coincident With That Of Philosophical Ethics. But While Philosophy Is At Bottom Inter Ested In The Ultimate ...
Comparative Nervous System
Comparative Nervous System. Feeling, Think Ing, And Acting Depend Upon The Nervous System. In Man The Sense Organs, The Central Nervous Organs, And The Muscles Form A Combination By Which We Feel, Think, And Act. It Is Usual To Limit The Term Nervous System To The First Two Of These ...
Comparative Physiology
Comparative Physiology. Physiology As Defined In The Medical Curriculum Of Most Institutions Of Higher Learning Confines Its Enquiries Pre-eminently To Man And His Nearest Allies, Focussing Attention On Those Activities Of The Body Which Are Of Special Interest To The Problems Of Health And Disease And Those Which Can Be ...
Comparative Psychology
Comparative Psychology. Comparative Sciences Generally Are Concerned With The Co-ordination Of Differences In A Common Subject Matter. Comparative Psychology Attempts This Task In The World Of Mind. Now In The Expressions Of Mental Activity The Range Of Difference Is Enormous, Extending From Very Low Phases Of Animal Life To The ...
Compass Plant
Compass Plant, A Native Of The Interior Of North American Prairies, Which Takes Its Name From The Position As Sumed By The Leaves. These Turn Their Edges Approximately To North And South, Thus Avoiding The Excessive Midday Heat, While Getting The Full Benefit Of The Morning And Evening Rays. The ...
Compass
Compass, A Term Of Which The Evolution Of The Various Meanings Is Obscure; The General Sense Is "measure" Or "measure Ment," And The Word Is Used Thus In Various Derived Meanings— Area, Boundary, Circuit. It Is Also More Particularly Applied To A Mathematical Instrument ("pair Of Compasses") For Measuring Or ...
Compensating Beam
Compensating Beam. The Name Given To A Lever Which Connects Mechanical Actions In Such A Manner As To Provide An Equalizing Effect, Or Else Causes Synchronization Of Movements. The Principal Example Is That Extensively Applied To The Axle-box Springs Of Locomotives, Particularly In Countries Where The Roads Are Rather Uneven. ...
Compensation
Compensation, A Term Applied In English Law To A Number Of Different Forms Of Legal Reparation; E.g., Under The Forfeiture Act 187o (s.4), For Loss Of Property Caused By Felony, Or—under The Riot (damages) Act 1886—to Persons Whose Property Has Been Stolen, Destroyed, Or Injured By Rioters (see Riot). It ...
Competition In Industry
Competition In Industry. According To Doc Trines Evolved In The Course Of The Eighteenth Century And For Mulated By Economists From Quesnay To Adam Smith, The Well Being Of A Community Is Better Served By Leaving The Individual Free To Manage His Own Affairs In His Own Way In The ...
Compiegne
Compiegne, A Town Of Northern France, Capital Of An Arrondissement, Department Of Oise, 52 M. N.n.e. Of Paris, Famous For Its Château, Park And Forest. Pop. (1931) 14,991. The Town, Which Is A Favourite Summer Resort, Stands On The North-west Border Of The Forest Of Compiegne And On The Left ...
Complement
Complement, That Which Fills Up Or Completes Anything, E.g., The Number Of Men Necessary To Man A Ship (lat. Complere, To Fill Up). In Geometry (q.v.) The Complement Of An Angle Is The Difference Between The Angle And A Right Angle; The Complements Of A Parallelogram Are Formed By Drawing ...
Complementary Colours
Complementary Colours, Any Two Colours Which Together Produce White Light Are Said To Be Complementary Colours. (see Colour.) ...
Complex Numbers
Complex Numbers Are Such As Consist Each Of (at Least) Two Constituents, No Part Of Either Equalling Any Part Of The Other. To Elucidate : Numbers Seem Implied, Though Dimly, As Well-nigh Primary Features Of Psychic Experience; In Perception "objects" Are Posited Singly (sun, Moon) Or In Groups (stars, Fin ...
Compliance
Compliance, A Psychological Term For One Of The So-called "primary" Emotions. When An Animal Or Human Being Meets An Opposing Force Which He Recognizes As Stronger Than Himself, He Gives In To The Opponent To Avoid Injury To Himself, And Takes What Ever Extra Trouble Is Necessary To Avoid A ...
Compluvium
Compluvium, The Open Space Left In The Roof Of The Atrium Of A Roman House For Lighting (see Cava.edium). ...
Compositae
Compositae, The Name Given To The Largest Family Of Flowering Plants. It Includes Approximately 90o Genera And Over 13,00o Species Comprising About One-tenth Of The Flowering Plants. It Is Characterized By The Crowding Of The Flowers Into Heads. The Family Is Cosmopolitan, And The Plants Show Considerable Variety In Habit. ...
Composite Order
Composite Order, In Architecture, The Last Developed And Most Complex Of The Classical Orders (see Order), So Called Because Its Capital Is A Compound Of The Volutes (spirals) Of The Ionic Order And The Acanthus Leaves Of The Corinthian. The Earliest Example Known Is Found In The Arch Of Titus ...
Composition
Composition, The Action Of Putting Together And The Product Of Such Action (lat. Compositio, From Componere, To Put Together). In Philology, The Putting Together Of Two Words To Form A Single Word; In Grammar, The Combination Of Words Into Sentences, And Sentences Into Periods ; The Art Of Producing A ...
Compositor
Compositor. One Who "composes," Or Sets Up, Printing Type. The Compositor Is A Highly Skilled Craftsman, Who Can Only Do His Work Effectively If He Is Well Educated And Especially Well Read, For He Has Constantly To Handle Ms. Bristling With Difficult Terms And Of Varying Degrees Of Legibility. The ...
Compound Engine
Compound Engine, A Steam-engine (q.v.) In Which The Expansion Is Performed In Two Stages, The First In The "high Pressure Cylinder" And The Second In The "low-pressure Cylinder." If Three Or Four Stages Are Employed The Engine Is Called A Triple Or A Quadruple Expansion Engine Respectively. ...
Compound Pier
Compound Pier, An Architectural Term For A Pier (q.v.) Or Column (q.v.) Consisting Of A Number Of Vertical Members Or Mouldings Clustered Around Or Attached To A Central Mass. It Developed In Roman Architecture To Allow A Single Pier To Support Several Arches. In The Romanesque And Gothic Periods The ...
Compound
Compound, A Combination Of Various Elements To Form A Whole. A "chemical Compound" Is A Substance Which Can Be Resolved Into Simple Constituents, As Opposed To An Element Which Cannot Be So Resolved. (see Chemistry.) A "compound Engine" Is One Where The Expansion Of The Steam Is Effected In Two ...
Comprador
Comprador, Originally, A Native Servant In European Households In The East, But Now The Name Given To The Native Managers In European Business Houses In China, And Also To Native Contractors Supplying Ships In The Philippines And Elsewhere In The East. The Word Is Portuguese, From Lat. Comparare, To Procure. ...
Compressed Air
Compressed Air. It Would Be Possible To Enumerate Some 200 Distinct Applications Of Compressed Air In The Operation Of Machines And In Manufacturing Processes. No Other Power Agent Has Such A Varied Range Of Uses, Or Is So Conveniently Stored And Conveyed. Its Applications May Be Broadly Divided Into Free ...
Compression
Compression. This Word Is Applied To Many Industrial Processes, Including The Reduction In Volume Of Air And Gases For Use Or Storage Purposes, That Of Loose Substances For Convenience Of Transport, Fluid Compression In Steel Ingot Making To Drive Out Gases And Produce Sound Steel, The Testing Of Materials By ...
Compromise Measures Of
Compromise Measures Of 1850, In American His Tory, A Series Of Measures The Object Of Which Was The Settlement Of Five Questions In Dispute Between The Pro-slavery And Anti Slavery Factions In The United States. Three Of These Questions Grew Out Of The Annexation Of Texas And The Acquisition Of ...
Compromise
Compromise, A Term, Meaning Strictly A Joint Agreement, Which Has Come To Signify Such A Settlement As Involves A Mutual Adjustment, With A Surrender Of Part Of Each Party's Claim. The Equivalent Word In Latin Languages Is Transactio And Its Derivatives. ...
Compsa
Compsa, Ancient City Of The Hirpini, Italy, Near The Sources Of The Aufidus, On The Boundary Of Lucania And Not Far From That Of Apulia, On A Ridge 1,998 Ft. Above Sea-level. It Was Betrayed To Hannibal In 216 B.c. After The Defeat Of Cannae, But Recaptured Two Years Later. ...
Compton Effect
Compton Effect. The Compton Effect Is The Change In Quality Of A Beam Of X-rays When It Is Scattered. Imagine That A Piece Of Paper When Held Between The Eyes And A Green Light Appears Green, But That When The Paper Is Moved To A Position At Right Angles With ...
Compton
Compton, A City Of Los Angeles County, California, U.s.a., Midway Between Los Angeles And Long Beach. It Is Served By The Southern Pacific And The Pacific Electric Railways. In 192o The Population Was 1,498; In 193o It Was 12,516 By The Federal Census. Compton Is In A Market-gardening Region, And ...
Comptroller Or Controller
Comptroller Or Controller, The Title Of An Offi Cial Whose Business Primarily Was To Examine And Take Charge Of Accounts, Hence To Direct Or Control; E.g., The English Comptroller Of The Household, Comptroller And Auditor-general (head Of The Exchequer And Audit Department), Comptroller-general Of Patents, Etc., Comptroller-general (head Of The ...
Compurgation Or Law Wager
Compurgation Or Law Wager, A Method Of De Fence Common To Many Of The Tribes Which Overran The Roman Empire And To The Welsh, And Subsequently Adopted By The Church. If The Defendant Could Get A Certain Number Of Persons (compurgators) To Support His Denial On Oath Of The Charge, ...
Comus
Comus, The Spirit Of Revelry (gr. • S(wµps, Band Of Revellers) ; In Art, Occasionally Shown As Attendant On Dionysus (q.v.) ; Described By Philostratus In Imagines I. 2. From This Source, Presumably, Ben Jonson Got The Name (pleasure Reconciled To Virtue, 1619). Milton's Comus Is His Own Creation, Only ...
Con Brio
Con Brio (it.), "with Fire" (lit. "noise"), A Familiar Direc Tion In Musical Scores, E.g., Allegro Con Brio. ...
Con Spirito
Con Spirito (it.), "with Spirit," A Common Direction In Music, Spiritoso Having The Same Meaning. ...
Conation
Conation, A Psychological Term, Originally Chosen By Sir William Hamilton (lectures On Metaphysics, Pp. 127 Foil.), Used Generally Of An Attitude Of Mind Involving A Tendency To Take Action (lat. Conari, Attempt), E.g., When One Decides To Remove An Object Which Is Causing A Painful Sensation, Or To Try To ...
Concarneau
Concarneau, A Fishing Port Of Western France In The South Of The Department Of Finistere, 14m. S.e. Of Quimper. Pop. 5,62o. The Town Is Picturesquely Placed On The Baie De La Foret. The Old Portion Stands On An Island, And Is Surrounded By Ramparts, Parts Of Which Are Believed To ...
Concentration Camps
Concentration Camps, Instituted By The British Military Authorities In The Boer War Early In 1901. It Was In Tended To Collect In Them All The Non-combatant Population Of The Two Boer Republics, So As To Dishearten The Fighting Men And Prevent Them Living On The Country Or Acquiring Information From ...
Concepcion Or Villa Concepcion
Concepcion Or Villa Concepcion, The Principal Town And A River Port Of Northern Paraguay, On The Paraguay River, 138m. (234m. By River) N. Of Asuncion, And About 345ft. Above Sea-level. Pop. (1926), 15,000, Largely Indians And Mesti Zos. It Is An Important Commercial Centre, And A Port Of Call For ...
Concepcion
Concepcion, A Province Of Southern Chile, Lying Between The Province Of Nuble On The North And Bio-bio And Cautin On The South, And Extending From The Pacific To The Argentine Boundary. Area, 4,423 Sq.m. (according To The Boundaries Of 1928); Pop. Concepcion Is The Most Important Province Of Southern Chile ...
Concepcion_2
Concepcion, A City Of Southern Chile, Capital Of A Prov Ince And Department Of The Same Name, On The Right Bank Of The Bio-bio River, 7m. Above Its Mouth, And 355m. S.s.w. Of Santiago By Rail. Pop. (1930) It Is The Commercial Centre Of A Rich Agricultural Region, Its Trade ...
Concept And Conception
Concept And Conception, In Philosophy, A Term Applied To A General Idea Derived From And Considered Apart From The Particulars Observed By The Senses. The Mental Process By Which This Idea Is Obtained Is Called Abstraction (q.v.). By The Comparison, For Instance, Of A Number Of Boats, The Mind Ab ...
Concert Programmes
Concert Programmes Have Been Subject To Many Changes During Recent Times, Not Least In The Matter Of Their Length. More And More It Has Come To Be Recognized That, In The Case At All Events ' Of Serious Music, The Amount Which Can Be Properly Assimilated And Enjoyed At One ...
Concert
Concert, A Term Meaning, In General, Co-operation, Agree Ment Or Union ; The More Specific Usages Being In Music And In Diplomacy. The Term "concert Of Europe" Has Been Commonly Applied, Since The Congress Of Vienna (1814-15), To The Six Great European Powers Consulting Or Acting Together In Questions Of ...
Concertina
Concertina, A Wind Instrument Of The Seraphine Family With Free Reeds, Forming A Link In The Evolution Of The Harmonium From The Mouth Organ, Interme Diate Links Being The Chengand The Accordion. The Concertina Con Sists Of Two Hexagonal Or Rectangu Lar Keyboards Connected By A Long Expansible Bellows Of ...
Concerto
Concerto, In Music, A Term Which Appears As Early As The Beginning Of The I7th Century, At First With Vague Meanings, But Soon Acquiring A Sense Justified By Its Etymology (lat. Concertus, From Certare, To Strive ; Also Confused With Concentus), Being Ap Plied Chiefly To Compositions In Which Unequal ...
Concessions
Concessions. The Term Concession Covers A Wide Range In Time, Space And Variety Of Forms And Uses. Many Of The Types Of Grant, Franchise, Contract, Charter And License Embraced Within Its Meaning Have Been Known F Or Centuries In Widely Separated Parts Of The Globe. It Is, However, Only Since ...
Conch
Conch. In Architecture, The Term Is Sometimes Given To The Half Dome Over The Semicircular Apse Of The Basilica (q.v.). In Late Roman And In Renaissance Buildings Shells Are Frequently Carved In The Heads Of Circular Niches. A Low Class Of The Negro Or Other Inhabitants Of The Bahamas And ...
Conchology
Conchology, The Study Of Shells, Especially Those Of The Mollusca (q.v.), The Most Important Classes Of Which, From A Con Chological Point Of View, Are The Gastropoda ("univalves") And Lamellibranchia ("bivalves"), Qq.v. ...
Concierge
Concierge, In Modern Usage, A Hall-porter Or Janitor, But Originally The Important Guardian Of A House Or Castle; In The Middle Ages A Court Official Who Was The Custodian Of A Royal Palace. In Paris, When The Palais De La Cite Ceased About 136o To Be A Royal Residence And ...
Concino Concini
Concini, Concino (d. 1617), Count Della Penna, Marshal D'ancre, Italian Adventurer, Minister Of Louis Xiii. Of France, Was A Native Of Florence. He Came To France In The Train Of Marie De' Medici, And Married The Queen's Lady-in-waiting, Leonora Dori, Known As Galigai. In 1610 He Had Purchased The Marquisate ...
Conclave
Conclave, Strictly A Room Or Set Of Rooms, Locked With A Key (from Lat. Conclave, From Cum, Together, And Clavis, A Key) ; In This Sense The English Word Is Obsolete. Its Present Loose Appli Cation To Any Private Or Close Assembly, Especially Ecclesiastical, Is Derived From Its Technical Application ...
Concord
Concord, A Town Of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.s.a., 2om. N.w. Of Boston, Served By The Boston And Maine Railroad. It Has An Area Of 25sq.m., And A Population In 193o (federal Census) Of 7,477. The State Reformatory For Men Is Situ Ated Here. The Village Of Concord, Where The Confluence ...
Concordance
Concordance, Literally Agreement, Harmony; Hence De Rivatively A Citation Of Parallel Passages, And Specifically An Alpha Betical Arrangement Of The Words Contained In A Book With Cita Tions Of The Passages In Which They Occur. Concordances In This Last Sense Were First Made For The Bible. Originally The Word Was ...
Concordat
Concordat, A Term Originally Denoting An Agreement Be Tween Ecclesiastical Persons Or Secular Persons, But Later Applied To A Pact Concluded Between The Ecclesiastical Authority And The Secular Authority On Ecclesiastical Matters Which Concern Both, And, More Specially, To A Pact Concluded Between The Pope, As Head Of The Catholic ...
Concordia
Concordia, A Roman Goddess, The Personification Of Civic Concord. Several Temples In Her Honour Were Erected At Rome, The Most Ancient Being One On The Capitol, Dedicated To Her By Camillus (367 B.c.), Subsequently Restored By Livia, The Wife Of Augustus, And Consecrated By Tiberius (a.d. 1o). Concordia Was Represented ...
Concordia_2
Concordia (mod. Concordia Sagittaria), An Ancient Town Of Venetia, In Italy, I6ft. Above Sea-level, 31 M. W. Of Aquileia, At The Junction Of Roads To Altinum And Patavium, To Opitergium (and Thence Either To Vicetia And Verona, Or Feltria And Tridentum), To Noricum By The Valley Of The Tilaventus (tag ...
Concordia_3
Concordia, A City Of Northern Kansas, U.s.a., On The Republican River, 155m. W. Of Atchison; The County Seat Of Cloud County. It Is On The Meridian National Highway, And Is Served By The Burlington, The Missouri Pacific, The Santa Fe And The Union Pacific Railways. The Population In 193o Federal ...
Concord_2
Concord, A City In The Southern Part Of North Carolina, U.s.a., On The Rocky River, 21 M. N.e. Of Charlotte; The County Seat Of Cabarrus County. It Is On Federal Highway 17o, And Is Served By The Southern Railway. The Population In Ig2o Was Of Whom 1,746 Were Negroes, And ...
Concord_3
Concord, The Capital Of New Hampshire, U.s.a., And The County Seat Of Merrimack County, On The Merrimack River, Near The Centre Of The Southern Part Of The State. It Is On Federal Highways 3 And 4; Is Served By The Boston And Maine Railroad; And Has A Municipal Airport. The ...
Concrete
Concrete, A Term Used In Various Technical Senses, With The General Significanc Of Combination, Conjunction, Solidity. Thus The Building Material Made Up Of Separate Substances Com Bined Into One Is Known As Concrete (see Below). In Mathematics And Music, The Adjective Has Been Used As Synonymous With "con Tinuous" As ...
Concrete_2
Concrete Is A Building Material Made By Mixing Stone, Sand, Water And A Cementing Material. The Ingredients Are Mixed Together With The Addition Of Clean Water Into A Plastic Mass Which Gradually Hardens Into A Rock-like Substance Of The Nature Of Conglomerate. As A Building Material It Is Distinguished By ...
Concretion
Concretion, In Petrology, A Name Applied To Nodular Or Irregularly Shaped Masses Of Various Size Occurring In A Great Variety Of Sedimentary Rocks, Differing In Composition From The Main Mass Of The Rock, And In Most Cases Obviously Formed By Some Process Which Ensued After The Rock Was Deposited. As ...
Concubinage
Concubinage. The State Of A Man And Woman Cohabit Ing As Married Persons Without The Full Sanctions Of Legal Marriage. (lat. Concubina, A Concubine; From Con-, With, And Cubare, To Lie.) In Early Historical Times, When Marriage Laws Had Scarcely Advanced Beyond The Purely Customary Stage, The Concubine Was Definitely ...
Conde
Conde, The Name Of Some 20 Villages In France. The Impor Tant Ones Are : Conde-en-brie (lat. Condetum) A Seat Of A Princi Pality In The Middle Ages; Conde-sur-aisne (condatus) Given In 870 By Charles The Bold To The Abbey Of St. Oven At Rouen, And Which Also Gave Its ...
Condensed Condenser
Condensed Condenser, An Instrument For Compressing Air, Gas, Steam, Or A Device For Concentrating Electricity (see P. 2 R6). Condenser Also Is Used In Textile Work To Denote An Apparatus Which Doffs The Web From The Carding Machines And Separates It Into Slivers Of Soft Yard. It Is Also Used ...
Condenser Electrical
Condenser (electrical), A Piece Of Electrical Apparatus Used Originally Solely For Storing An Electric Charge, But Now Having Many Forms And Diverse Industrial And Scientific Applications. Until Comparatively Recent Years The Term Con Denser Has Been Associated Almost Exclusively With The Leyden Jar, Although The Name Was Not Used Until ...
Condition
Condition, A Stipulation, Agreement. (lat. Condicio, From Condicere, To Agree Upon, Arrange ; Not Connected With Conditio From Condere, Conditum, To Put Together.) The Term Is Applied Technically To Any Circumstance, Action Or Event Which Is Regarded As The Indispensable Requisite Of Some Other Circumstance, Action, Or Event. It Is ...
Conditional Fee
Conditional Fee, In Common Law, An Estate Or Property Granted To A Man And To The Heirs Of His Body, Or To The Heirs Male Of His Body. As Developed In English Law, It Was Called A Conditional Fee By Reason Of The Condition Expressed Or Implied In The Donation ...
Conditional Limitation
Conditional Limitation, In Law, A Phrase Used In Two Senses. (i) The Qualification Annexed To The Grant Of An Estate Or Interest In Land, Providing For The Determination Of That Grant Or Interest Upon A Particular Contingency Happening. An Estate With Such A Limitation Can Endure Only Until The Particular ...
Condom
Condom, A Town Of South-western France, Capital Of An Ar Rondissement In The Department Of Gers, 27 M. N.n.w. Of Auch, On The Right Bank Of The Baise, A Tributary Of The Gironde. Pop. (1931), 4,042. Condom (condomus) Was Founded In The 8th Cen Tury, But In 84o Was Sacked ...
Condor
Condor, An American Vulture (sarcorhampus Gryphus), Almost The Largest Of Existing Birds Of Flight. It Usually Measures About 4 Ft. In Length And G Ft. Between The Tips Of Its Wings, But Large Specimens Span O F T. Or More. The Head And Neck Are Des Titute Of Feathers, And ...
Condottiere
Condottiere (plural, Condottieri), An Italian Term, De Rived Ultimately From Latin Conducere, Meaning Either "to Con Duct" Or "to Hire," For The Leader Of The Mercenary Military Com Panies, Often Several Thousand Strong, Which Used To Be Hired Out To Carry On The Wars Of The Italian States. The Word ...