Ethiopic Langca6e
Ethiopic Langca6e. The Earliest Monuments Of Semitic Speech In Ethiopia Are The Inscriptions Found At Vella. These Are Written In The Con Sonantal Sabiean Script. But While The Presence Of The Artiele All Appended To The Noun And A Final Ia To Show Indetermination Is A Sign Of Dose Affinity ...
Ethiopic Literature
Ethiopic Literature. Reference Has Al Ready Been Made To The Early Inscriptions. On The Translation Of The Bible, See Under Bible, The Section On Versions. The Ethiopic Old Testament Contains, In Addition To The Canonical Hooks, Also The Apocrypha (except The Books Of Maccabees), And A Number Of Works, Such ...
Ethiopic Writing
Ethiopic Writing. The Language Of The Semitic Ethiopians, The Lesana Gee:: (see Gesz), Was At First Written In The Same Characters That Were Used Bythe And Sabtans. The Origin Of This South Arabian System Of Writing Is Still Obscure. While Some Epigraphists Regard It As A Modification Of The Plnenician ...
Ethnography
Ethnography (from Gk. People + -7pacbia, -graplia, Descript Ion, From Pd Graphein, To Write). That Branch Of An Thropology Which Is Concerned With The Syste Matic Description Of Races And Peoples. Ethnog Raphy May Be Described As The Anthropology Of Those Groups Of Human Beings That Have Separate Names—it May ...
Ethnology
Ethnology. The Racial History Of England Covers Many Thousands Of Years. Chipped Stone Implements Of The Ghellan Type Have Been Found In The Thames Valley, Associated With Hones Of Elephants, Also At Boxne In Suffolk. In The Val Ley Of The Ouse, In The Isle Of Wight, In The Valley ...
Ethnology
Ethnology (from Gk. Eli'vos, Etknos, Peo Ple + -login, Account, From 2.iyea, To Say). That Branch Of Anthropology Which Treats Of Races And Peoples, The Natural And Arti Ficial Divisions Of The Human Species. The Eth Nologist Investigates The Natural History. Psy Chology, Industries, Fine Arts, Language, Sociology, Knowledge, Lore, ...
Eton College
Eton College. One Of The Oldest And Most Famous Public Schools In England. It Was Founded In 1440 By Henry Vi. As "the College Of The Blessed Mary Of Eton Beside Windsor." The Establishment Was Constituted For A Provost, Ten Priests, Four Clerks, Six Choristers, Twenty-five Poor Grammar Scholars, A ...
Etty
Et'ty, Wit.r.t.tm ( 1777-1849 ) . An English Painter, Born At York, March 10, 1777. In Ac Cordance With The Wishes Of His Father, He Served Seven Years Of Apprenticeship To A Printer Of Null. He Was, However, Enabled To Prosecute His Studies In Painting Through The Generosity Of His ...
Etymology
Et'ymol'ogy (lat. Etymologia, From Gk. K-u• Poxoyta, From Grupos, Ctymos, True +-xoyia,-logia, Account, From Ni7elp, !(' !yin, To Say). That Branch Of Philology (q.v.) Which Deals With The Deriva Tion Of Words And With Their Comparison In Dif Ferent Members Of The Same Lang,nage-group. In Its Relation To The Other ...
Etymology Figures Of
Etymology. Figures Of. Terms Employed In Etymological Discussions. They Must Lie Care Fully Distinguished From The Figures Of Rhetoric Or Speech, Of Prosody, And Of Syntax, Although There Are Instances In Which The Different Classes Overlap. The Most Important Figures Of Etymol Ogy Are As Follows: Aphicresis (gk. Riorapecris, A ...
Eu
Eu, «, (ml. Anne, A Ngium). A Town In The De Partment Of France. Near The Mouth Of The Bresle, 93 Miles North-northwest Of Paris (map: France, Ii 1). It Is Remarkable For Its Fine Gothic Church And For The Château D'eu, A Low Seventeenth-century Building Of Red Brick, With ...
Eucalyptus
Eu'calyp'tus (neo-lat., From Gk. Ea, Well + Kaxe7-r6s, Kutypfos, Covered, From Kantirrtiv, Kalyp(ein, To Cover). A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs Of The Natural Order Myrlacem, Embracing About 150 Species, All Lout Four Or Five Of Which Are Natives Of Australia. And Tasmania Only. The Few Exceptional Species Are Found ...
Euchre
Euchre, (apparently From Ger. Juchs, Joke, From The 'joker' In The Pack, From Mhg. Juch, Ju, An Exclamation Of Joy). A Game Of Cards Said To Be Of German Origin. Hut Now Very Popular In The United States. Usually Thirty-two Cards Are Used, The Twos, Threes, Fours, Fit-es. And Sixes ...
Euclid
Euclid, Ekneonc, The Most Famous Of The Greek Writers On Geom Etry Who Flourished At Alexandria. Is Known Of His Life Except That Proelus Tells Us That Be Lived In The Tune Of Ptolemy I. (who Reigned B.c. 306-'283). It Is Probable That The Period Of His Greatest Activity Was ...
Euclid_2
Euclid. A Native Of Meoara (fifth Or Fourth Century N.c.), Founder Of The Megarian School Of Philosophy. Ile Was Early Influenced By The Works Of Plirmenides Apparently, From Whom He Learned Not Only Philosophy, But The Art Of Disputation. The Fame Of Socrates At Tracted Him To Athens, Where He ...
Eudocia
Eudo'cia (lat., From Gk. Ei/sokia, Eudo Hio. The Name Of Several Byzantine Princesses, Of Whom The Most Important Was The Wife Of The Emperor Theodosius 11. She Was Born About 393, The Daughter Of The Sophist Leontius, Or Leon, And Was Educated By Her Father. Her Ac Complishments And Her ...
Eugen
Eugen, Oi-gsn', Friedrich Karl. Duke Of Wurttemberg (17ss-1s57). A Russian General, Born At Ocis, Germany Be Was A Nephew Of The Emperor Paul Of Russia, And At An Early Age En Tered The Russian Service. At The Age Of Seven Teen He Was Advanced To The Rank Of Major General. ...
Eugene
Eugene, Fhancois ( 1663-1736) . A Celebrated Austrian General, Best Known As Prince Eugene Of Savoy. His Full Name Being Francois-eugene Dc Savoie-carignan. Ile Was The Son Of Eugene Maurice, Count Of Soissons And Of Olympia Mancini, A Niece Of Cardinal Mazarin And Was Born In Paris, October 18, 1663. ...
Eugene 1350 95 Field
Field, Eugene (1350-95). An American Poet And Journalist, Horn In Saint Louis, Mo. During Several Years Of His Childhood He Lived In Massachusetts And Vermont, And, Though He Com Pleted His Collegiate Education In Aiissouri, He Showed In His Work Traces Of New England And Western Elements Which Co-existed Rather ...
Eugenie Marie De Montijo
Eugenie-marie De Montijo, Ma.w' De Mon-te'it6 (1826—). Ex-empress Of The French. She Was Born At Granada. In Spain, Nay 5. 1s26, The Second Daughter Of The Count Of Mont* And Of Maria Mamiela Kirkpatrick. In Her Youth Eugenie Bore The Title Of Countess Of Teba, One Of The Numerous Titles ...
Eugenius
Euge'nius. The Name Of Four Popes. (1) Eucenius I. Pope From 654 To 657. He Was Elected From The Roman Clergy In A Time Of Strife Between The East And The West Over Questions Of Doctrine, And Showed A Spirit Of Compromise. He Is Described As Charitable And Gentle, And ...
Euhemerism
Euhem'erism. The Name Usually Applied To The Theory Which Seeks To Explain All My Thology As Distorted History. The Name Is Derived From Euhemerus Etbjpepos, ) Of Ilessana In Sicily, Who Was A Contemporary And Friend Of Cassander Of Macedon (inc. 311-298). Sent By The King On A Voyage To ...
Euler
Euler, Oi'fir, Leonhard ( 1707-83). A Swiss Mathematician, One Of The Most Remarkable Of His Century. He Was Born At Basel. Euler Was Sent To The University Of Basel So Early And Was So Proficient In His Work That He Received The Master's Degree At The Age Of Sixteen. He ...
Eumenides
Eumenides, Ii-non'i-dz (lat., From Gk. Eiiaevises, The Gracious Ones. From Et), Eu, Well + Ilepos, Mcnos, Mind). The Euphemistic Name Of The Erinyes. Their Latin Name Was Furia• Or Direr. By The Earliest Poets, They Play A Prominent Part In The Writings Of The Tragedians. They Are Representatives Of The ...
Eupatorium
Eu'pato'rium (lat. Copatorin, Gk. Eura 76plor, Cupatorion, The Plant Hemp-agriniony; Named In Honor Of Alithridates Eupa Tor). A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Having Small (lower-heads In Eorymbs, With The Florets All Tubular. , The Species, About 400 In Number, Are Mostly American, A Few Oecurring, In Europe ...
Euphorbia
Eu'phor'bia. Sec Spurge; Eupiiorbiace.e. T. Nom. Pl., From Lat. Cuphorbeum, Euphorbee, Gk. Ero6pi3/01,, En Phorbion. The Plant Spurge; Named In Honor Of Eupho•bus, A Celebrated Greek Physician At The Mauretanian Court). A Very Extensive Order Of Dicotyledonous Plants. The 'spurge Family,' Con Taining 2•0 Genera And Upward Of 4000 Species— ...
Euphrates
Euphrates, Tlefra't•z( Lat., From Gi:. Eliwpa Tv, Flyers. Ufrrites, Tick Proith, Pu Ratiu, Ar. Furai, Turk. Fro, Sumerian Paro-inun, Gloat Water). A River Of Asia, Forming, With Its Tributary, The Tigris (41.v.), The Principal River Of The Southwest Ern Part Of The Continent (slap: Turkey In Asia, K 5). It ...
Euripides
Euripides, Fi•rip'1-dt.z. (lat., From Gk. Eepor15715) (c.460-406 B.c.). The Latest Of The Three Great Greek Tragic Poets. Ile Was Born, Tradition Said, In Salamis On The Day Of The Great :,ea-fight With The Persians. His Parents, Mnesarehides And Clito, Were Of Humble Station; They Lived At One Time In Banishment ...
Europe
Europe. The Name Is Derived, According To The Researches Of Kiepert, Egli. And Other Scholars From The Old Assyrian Irib Or Ereb = Sunset Or West, Which Was Applied To Greece To Distinguish That Region From Asia Minor, Which Was Desig Nated As Assn = Sunrise Or East. These Names, ...
Europe At Tile Tim
Europe At Tile Tim E Of Ciiarleiiiagne. ( See Map, Europe At Tile Time Of Charlemagne.) The Empire Of Charles The Great Included All Christian Europe Except The British Islands, Where The German Invaders Had Been Converted In The Seventh Century; Northwestern Spain, Where Christian Chieftains Of Gothic Or Suevie ...
Europea N Politics
Europea N Politics Ann World Politics. Af Ter 1871 Austria S:wrifieed Its Resentment To Its Interests, And Entered Into Friendly Relations With Itermany And Russia. Until 1878 The Dominant Feature Of European Polities Was The Co6peration Of These Three Empires. Itepublican France Was Isolated. Ln 1878 Russian Dissatisfaction With The ...
European Engineer Corps
European Engineer Corps. The Corps Of Royal Engineers Of The English Army Was First Organized In 17c3, And Has Always Had Its Head Quarte•s And Training School At Chatham. Near The South Coast. Its Strength In 1901 Was Given As 083 Officers, 1525 Non-commissioned Officers And Buglers, And ;749 Rank ...
Eusebian Canons
Euse'bian Canons. An Ancient System Of Cross-reference To The Gospels, Found In Very Many Biblical Manuscripts. Long Before The Modern Chapter And Verse Divisions Came Into Use, A Number Of Systems Of Text-division Were Current. The One Most Generally Used Was That Of Eusebius, The Famous Church Historian (c.260 340). ...
Eusebius
Euse'bius (lat., From Gk. I:iv-otos) Or C.esarea (c.260-c.340). The Father Of Ecclesi Astical History. He Was Born In Palestine About 260. He Took The Surname Of Pamphili From His Friend And Teacher, Pamphilus Of Ca-sarea, Whom He Faithfully Attended Through His Two Years' Imprisonment (307-09) During The Persecution Under Alaximinus. ...
Eutyches
Eutyches, Filti-kez ( Lat., From Gk. Ebr6x775). A Monk Of The Fifth Century, Archimandrite Of A Cloister Near Constantinople, Who In His Old Age Taught Views Respecting The Nature Of Christ Which Were Condemned As Heretical. He Pos Sessed Little Education, But Was Fond Of Doc Trinal Controversy. In Which ...
Evangelical Alliance
Evangelical Alliance. A Volun Tary Association Of Evangelical Christians Be Longing To Various Denominations And Countries. It Had Its Origin In A General And Strong Desire For A More Practical Union Among Protestants To Promote The Cultivation Of Christian Fellowship And The Extension Of Christian Faith. After Full Conference And ...
Evangelical Association
Evangelical Association. A Reli Gious Denomination Formed Originally Among The Germans Of Pennsylvania. It Has Grown And Ex Tended Till It Is Represented In Most Parts Of The United States And Canada, And Has Gained A Solid Footing In Germany And Switzerland. Its Founder, Jacob Albright, Was Born In Pennsylva ...
Evangelist
Evangelist (gk. Eitarytxto-r*, Erange Lisk7s, Bringer Of Good Tidings, From Evangelizesthai, To Preach The Gospel, From Dale 7ixtoe,evangelion, Gospel). A Term Which Oc Curs In The New Testament, And Designates One Of The Several Phases Of Ministry That Grew Up, With The Work Of The Early Church (acts Xxi. S; ...
Evangelistarion Ml
Evan'gelista'rion (ml.. From Mgk. Eitaryextardplov, Book Of Selections From The Gos Pels, From Gk. Era?' Gelion , Gospel) . A Lectionary Or Service Book Of The Greek Church, Containing The Lessons Taken From The Gospels For Each Day In The Year. The Custom Of Assigning To Each Day Some Portion ...
Evansville
Ev'ansville. A City, Port Of Entry, And County-seat Of Vanderburg County, Ind., 180 Miles Southwest Of Indianapolis; On The Ohio River, And On The Evansville And Terre Haute; The Louisville, Evansville And Saint Louis; The Louisville And Nashville, And Other Railroads (slap: Indiana, B 4). Coal Abounds In The Vicinity, ...
Evaporation
Evaporation (lat. Eraporatio, From In From E, Away + Rapo Rare, To Emit Vapor. From Vapor, Vapor). The Change Of State From Solid Or Liquid To Gaseous. All Substances Emit Vapors, And Those Which At Ordinary Temperatures Evaporate Rapidly Are Said To Be Volatile. If The Vessel In Which A ...
Evarts
Evarts, Williaat Maxwell (1818-1901). An Eminent American Lawyer And Statesman. He Studied At The Ilarvard Law School Until 1839. In 1841 He Was Admitted To The Bar. He Was Deputy United States District Attorney From 1849 Until 1851, And District Attorney From 1851 Until 1853. In 1860 He Attended The ...
Evening Schools
Evening ;schools. Schools Found In England, The United States, And The Leading Con Tinental Countries Of Europe. Whose Principal Ob Ject Is To Provide Either Elementary Or Special In Struction For Those Who Are Unable To Attend Day Schools On Account Of The Necessity Of Earning A Livelihood. They Supply ...
Eviction
Eviction (lat. Eeictio, From Evictus, P.p. Of Cvinccre, From Ex, Out -i-- Vincere, To Conquer). The Expulsion Or Removal Of A Tenant From The Possession Of A Real Property Either By His Land Lord Or By Another Acting Under A Paramount Title. The Term Was Formerly Confined To Dis Possession ...
Evidence
Evidence. The Means By Which The Truth Or Untruth Of Any Relevant Fact Is Established In The Trial Of An Action At Law. What Is And What Is Not Legal Evidence Is Determined Primarily By The Pleadings In The Action. The Early Common Law System Of Pleading Was So Devised ...
Evidence From
Evidence From Thiiogra Ica I. Distribution. The Present Distribution (q.v.) Of Plants And Ani Mals Can Only Be Explained By Reference To Past Geological Changes In The Shape And Proportions Of Former Continental Masses And The Resulting Geo• Logical Extinction. We Can In Many Cases Only Account For The Apparently ...
Evidences Of Christianity
Evidences Of Christianity, The Title Given To Apologetics, Or The Defense Of Chris Tianity Against The Objections Of Its Opponents. The Occasion For Such Defense Arises From The Fact That Christianity, While It Is Primarily A Life In The Soul Of Man, Is Also A System Of Ideas, Which Arc ...
Evil As
Evil (as. Y/i/, (loth. Abils, Ohc. Irbil, (ler. (ao, Evil; Probably Connected With Cloth. Afar, Char, (;er. Fiber, Ofar, Eng. Orcr, Lat. :sum R, Inrfp, Hyper. Ski. Upari, Over). Evil May Be Generally Defined As Frustrated Desire, Or The Cause Or Valises Of Frustrated Desire. If A Being Had No ...
Evimpe Under The
Evimpe Under The 1;oman Empire. Under Augustus The Roman Empire Attained The Boun Daries Which It Successfully Defended For Four Centuries. (see Map Of The Roman Eirudre, Under Llome.) In Europe These Were The Rhine And The Danube, And The Territory Between The Upper Courses Of These Rivers. In Only ...
Evolution
Evolution (lat. Erointio, From E Rol Ve Re , To Unroll, From E, Out Rolverc, To Roll; Con Meted With (loth. Icolirjon, As. Irrobricin, Eng. Ow 1 Low). The Evolution Theory, In Its Broadest Aspect, Undertakes To Explain The Origin Of The Universe, Of All Created Things Material And Im ...
Ewald
Ewald, Fevalt, Georg Heinrich August Von (1803-75). A German Orientalist And Theolo Gian. Lie Was Born And Educated At G6ttingen, And In 1823 Was Appointed Instructor In The Gymna Sium Of Wolfenbiittel. In The Following Year He Was Made Lecturer In The Theological Faculty Of Gottingen, And Three Years Later ...
Ex Post Facto
Ex Post Facto (lat., More Accurately Ex Postfacto, From What Is Done Afterwards). A Legal Term, Designating Something As Done After Or Arising From Or Affecting Another Tiling That Was Committed Before. In This Broad Sense, It Is Ap Plied To The Acceptance Of An Estate By The Grantee In ...
Examination
Examination (let. Examinatio, From Ex Aminare, To Examine, From Examen, Tongue Of A Balance, From Exigere, To Weigh, From Ex, Out + Agere, To Lead). The Process Of Testing A Student Or A Candidate From Some Scholastic, Professional, Or Other Position, With The Purpose Of Discovering Either The Proficiency That ...
Exception
Exception (lat. Exeeptio, From Cxcipere, To Except, From Ex, Out + (were, To Take). In Law: T A ) A Taking Out Or Excluding Something From The Operation Or Effect Of An Instrument, Statement. Or The Like. (b) Au Objection Legally Taken To Testimony Or Other Material Matter In A ...
Exchange
Exchange. The Conversion Of The Money Of One Country Into Its Equivalent In The Money Of Another. The Technical Meaning Of The Word Has Now, However, Come To Be The Difference Be Tween The Actual Value Of Money Taken By The Standard Of Bullion, In Any Two Places, With Re ...
Exchange
Exchange. A Term Applied To An Organ Ization Of Merchants Meeting At Stated Times, Generally Daily, For The Transaction Of Business, As Well As To The Building In Which Such Meetings Occur. Llere And In Great Britain A Sharp Line Is Generally Drawn Between Stock Exchanges, At Present The Most ...
Exchequer
Exchequer, Coua'r Of. An English Law Court Of Great Antiquity And Importance, Wherein Matters Relating To The Royal Revenues Were Adju Diented. It Is Said To Have Existed From The Early Times Of The Conquest, And Is Supposed To Have Been Denominated The 'exchequer' From The Fact That A Chequered ...
Excise
Excise. (mi:hitch A•siis, Aksys, Ger. Accise, Excise, From Of. Aegis, Taxes, From Assise, Session, From Asseir, Fr. Ass,•oir, To Sit, From Lat. Assidcre, To Sit, From Wi Ref/ore, Gk. Gpareal, Hezesthai, Skt. Sad, To Sit ; Confused By Popular Etymology With Lat. Excises, P.p. Of Excidere, To Cut Off). The ...
Excommunication
Excommunication. Exclusion By Formal Sentence From The Fellowship Of T He Church. The Ancient Had Something Analogous In The Exclusion From The Temples And From Participation In The Sacrifices Of Certain Per Sons, Who Were Over With H Awe-inspiring To The Furies. The Ln W De Creed Exeonimunica Ion In ...
Excretory System
Excretory System, Colt Pa Rati Ve Anatomy Of The. The Organs Whose Function It Is To Remove From The Animal Body Both The Waste Products Of Metabolism And The Excess Of Other Substances That Occur In The Blood. Not Only Are The Products Resulting From The Metabolism Of Proteids Separated ...
Execution
Execution (lat. Cxeeulio, Performance. From Exequi, Exsequi, To Carry Out, From Cx, Out Sequi, To Follow: Connected With Gk. En-co-oat, Hrpesthai, Lith. Sekti, Skt. Sac, Av. Hoe, To Fol Low, Goth. Saikwan, Icel. Sja, Sehan, Ger. Srhen, As. S'on, Eng. See). The Enforcement, By The Duly Constituted Authorities, Of A ...
Executioner
Executioner. The Official Who Inflicts Capital Punishment. In Early Times. Both Among The Romans And Time Teutonic Peoples. A Distine Don Was Made Between Two Aspects Of The Fune Lion. In Home The Lietors Executed Sentences Passed On Citizens, While An Official Called Carol Lex, Whose Office Was Considered Degrading, ...
Executor
Executor (lat., Performer, Accomplisher). The Personal Representative Of A Decedent, Ap Pointed By Last Will And Testament. His Func Tions Are To-day Substantially Those Of An Admin Istrator, And Are Limited To The Administration Of The Personal Estate Of The Testator. By The Ec Clesiastical Law Of England, However, By ...
Executory Devise
Executory Devise. A Testamentary Gift Of A Future Interest In Real Or Personal Prop Erty Of Such A Nature That It. Cannot Be Brought Within The Technical Description Of A Remainder. In Its Earlier Period The Common Law Recognized No Future Estates In Personal Property. Nor Any In Real Property ...
Exemption
Exemption (lat, Cxemptio, From Eximere, To Take Out, From Es, Out + Emerc, To Take, Buy). The Legal Right To Be Excused From Rendering Cer Tain Services To The State. Or To Receive Or Retain Certain Property Free From The Claims Of Others. It Is Secured By A Variety Of ...
Exeter
Ex'eter. A City, Civic County, Parliament Ary And Municipal Borough, And River Port, The Capital Of Devonshire, England. On The Exe, 10 Miles Northwest Of Its Mouth. 170 Miles West Southwest Of London, And 7:3 Miles Southwest Of Bristol (map: England, C (1). It Is A Quaint Old Town, Picturesquely ...
Exeter College
Exeter College. A College Of Oxford University. It Was Founded About 1314 By Wal Ter De Stapeldon, Bishop Of Exeter, For A Rector, Twelve Scholars From The Diocese Of Exeter, Hold Ing Degrees In Arts, And A Scholar-chaplain. The Foundation Was A Self-governing Corporation, Whose Revenues, However, According To A ...
Exhibitions
Exhibitions (lat. Exhibitio, From Exhi Bere, Exhibit, From Ex, Out + Habere, To Have), Industrial. The Beginning Of These Exhibitions May Be Traced To The So-called 'fairs' Held In The Earlier Periods Of Civilization, Both In Asia And In Europe. These Are Supposed To Have Orig Inated In Religious Gatherings, ...
Exile
Exile. Expulsion From One's Native Country By Government Authority For A Period Or For Life; Also, Residence Abroad In A Foreign Land Either Under Compulsion By Law, Or Voluntarily To Avoid Some Form Of Punishment Exposure To Which Would Follow Continued Residence In The Native Land. Exile In The First ...
Exodus
Exodus (lat., From Gk. Geo5os, Cxodos, Way Out, From A, E.e, Out + Hodos, Way). The Latin Name Of The Second Book Of The Pentateuch, So Called From The Fact That It Treats Of The De Liverance Of The Hebrews From Egypt. It Con Tains, However, Much More Than This. ...
Exogamy
Exogamy (from Gk. Aw, Ero, Outside --yaafa, From Ycfp.os, Gyros, Marriage ) . Marriage Outside Of The Clan, Gens, Or Tribe, In Contradistinction From Endogamy, Or Mating With In The Group. In The Earlier Systematic Studies Of Marriage, It Mclennan, Spencer, And Others, Exogamy, Or Intertribal Mating, Was Regarded As ...
Exorcism
Exorcism (lat. Exorcismus, From Gi:. 4 Opstalths, Exorkismos, Exorcism, From Xorkizcin, To Administer An Oath. From (.s, Cx, Out + Optdrecv, Horkizein, Opsoiip, Harkoun, To Ad Minister An Oath, From Iipkos, Horkos, Oath). The Act Of Conjuring Evil Spirits, In The Name Of God, To Depart Out Of The Person ...
Expatriation
Expatriation (from Ml. Expatriare, To Banish From One's Country, From Lat. Ex. Out Patria, Father-land, From Pater, Father). Change Of Residence And Allegiance From One's Native Or Adopted Land To Another Country And Government. Arising By Voluntary Act Or By Operation Of Law. It Has Been Declared By The United ...
Expectation
Expectation (lat. Expretatio, From Cx Pcetarc, To Expect, From Ex, Out + Spectorc, To Behold, From Spicerc. To Look). Like Belief (q.v.), This Term Must Be Treated By Psychology Under Two Headings: As A Complex Mental Process, Characteristic Of Certain Consciousnesses, And As A State Of Consciousness Itself. (see Attention.) ...
Expectoration
Expectoration. The Act Of Spitting; Also The Sputum, Which Is The Latin Name For The Mucus Or Other Secretion Discharged From The Air Passages. The Examination Of Expectoration Is Of The Utmost Value In The Diagnosis Of Diseases Of The Chest. Often The Nature Of An Ailment Can Be Determined ...
Expert
Expert (lat. Expertus, Skilled, P.p. Of Ex Periri, To Test). One Who Is Specially Experienced In A Particular Subject-matter Of Inquiry, As The Result Of Previous Habit Or Practice Or Study. From The Legal Point Of View, The Most Important Function Of The Expert Is That Of Witness In Liti ...
Explanation
Explanation (lat. Explanatio, From Ex Planare, To Explain. From Ex, Out --f. Planare, To Level, From Planes, Plain). In Science, The Giving Of A Complete Description Of Some Object Or Event. In Certain Cases This End Is Attained By The Sub Sumption Of The Phenomenon To A General Law, As ...
Explosive Com Po U
Explosive Com Po U Inds Of Toe Nitric Deriva Tives. This Group Of Explosives Consists Of Nitric Derivatives Either Of Cellulose Or Gelatin. In The First Case The Cellulose Is Treated With Nitric Acid. Forming Guncotton, Mid In The Second Case Glycerin Yields, By The Action Of Nitric Acid, Nitroglycerin. ...
Explosive Compounds Aimed By
Explosive Compounds Aimed By Nitro-sub Stitution. This Class Consists Of A Series Of Compounds That Are Formed By Treating Certain Hydrocarbons Of The Aromatic Series, Which Are For The Most Part Coal-tar Products, With Nitric Acid; Producing A New Chemical Compound Which Is Relatively Unstable, And Contains Elements That Are ...
Explosive Mixtures Of The
Explosive Mixtures Of The Nitrates. This Class Consists Of Those Compounds Which Are Me Chanical Mixtures Of Nitrates With Some Base, And Contain Charcoal Or Other Substance Yielding Carbon, Also Usually Containing Sulphur. The Nitrates Are The Source Of The Oxygen Which On Explosion Combines With The Carbon Of The ...
Explosives
Explosives ( From Lat. Explosus, P.p. Of Exploderc, To Explode, From Ex. Out + Plaudere, To Eta Pl. Subst A Nees. Either Solid Or Liquid, Which, Under The Influence Of Some Disturbing Agency, Enter Into A Chemical Reaction Accompanied By The Production Of Gases And The Evolution Of Much Heat. ...
Exponent
Expo'nent And Ex'ponen'tial (from Lat. Exponere, To Set, Forth, From Ex, Out + Ponere, To Put). An Exponent, In The Primitive Sense, Is A Number-symbol Which Shows How Many Equal Factors Enter Into A Power; E.g. In 2', 3 Is The Exponent Of 2; In A*, 5 Is The Exponent ...
Expressive Move Ments Expression
Expression, Expressive Move Ments. That Bodily Movements May Serve As Indexes Of Mental States Is A Matter Of Daily Ob Servation. The Smiling Face, The Bright Eye. The Animated Gestures Characteristic Of Joy And Pleas Antness, Contrast Sharply With The Attitude Of Dejection Which Sorrow And Grief Entail. Experi Mental ...
Expulsion
Expulsion (let. Expulsio, From Expellers, To Drive Out, From Ex, Out -f- Pellere, To Drive). The Act Of Removing One From The Possession Of Real Property, Or From An Office, Or From Member Ship In A Body Or Association, Or Of Depriving Him Of A Right, Privilege, Or License. Expul ...
Extent Extension
Extension, Extent (let. Exica.sio, From Extendere, To Stretch Out, From Cx, Out + Tenderc, To Stretch). The Simplest Spatial Deter Mination Of Mental Processes, As Duration (q.v.), Is Their Simplest Temporal Determination. Not All Psychologists Are Agreed Upon The Existence Of Extent As An Intrinsic Attribute Of Sensation; But For ...