subdiapentet (sub diapente)

In medieval music, an interval of a fifth below a given tone. IMG:content-2352.png:[blocks in formation] If, out of that supposed infinite multitude of antecedent generation, we should subduce ten, the residue must needs be le by ten than it was before that subduc- tion. subduct (sub-dukt'), v. t . [ subduct us , pp. of subducere , draw from under, take away: see subduce.] Same as subduce , 1. subdititious (sub-di-tish'us), a. [L. subditi- tius, subditicius, substituted, supposititious, ing his coat-tails one under each arm. subdere , put or set under, sub , under, + * dare , put.] Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in. Imp . Dict. [Rare.] 2. A minor division; a part of a part; specifi- cally, in zoöl . and bot . , a minor division of a group; a subsection: as, subdivisions of a genus. In the Decimal Table the subdivisions of the Cubit, viz. the Span, Palm, and Digit, are deduced from the shorter Cubit. Arbuthnot , Ancient Coins, p. 73. subdivisional (sub-di-vizh'on-al), a. [ subdi- vision + -al .] Of or pertaining to subdivision or a subdivision: as, a subdivisional name. Quart. Jour. Geol . Soc . , XLV. ii. 62. subdivisive (sub-di-vi's iv), a. [ subdivisi- vus , sub divi dere , subdivide: see subdivide . ] Arising from subdivision. When a whole is divided into parts, these parts may, either all or some, be themselves still connected multipli- cities; and, if these are again divided, there results a sub- division the several parts of which are called the subdi- visive members. Sir W. Hamilton , Logic, Lect. xxv. sub dolichocephalic (sub-dol"i-kō-sef'a-lik or -se-fal'ik), a . In craniom ., having a cephalic in- dex ranging between 75.01 and 77.77 in Broca's cla ification. subdoloust (sub'dō-lus), a . [ sub dolos us , sub do subdolus , somewhat crafty or deceitful, sub , under, + dol us , artifice, guile: see dole3 .] Somewhat crafty; sly; cunning; artful; deceit- ful. Howell , Letters, I. vi. 14. IMG:content-2353.png:[blocks in formation] He... established himself upon the rug,... subduct- Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 32. subduction (sub-duk's hon), n. [L. subduc- tio (n-), a hauling ashore (of a ship), a taking tor + -ship .] The office or charge of a subedi- away, subducere , pp. subduct us , haul up, take away: see subduce .] 1. The act of subducting, taking away, or withdrawing. Bp . Hall , Occa- sional Meditations, § 66.-2. Arithmetical sub- traction. Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind, p. 10. subdue (sub-dū'), v. t .; pret. and pp. subdued, ppr. subduing . [ subduen , earlier soduen , sodewen, sudewen, souduire , lead away, seduce, prob, also subdue, subducere , draw from under, lift up, take away, remove: see sub- duce , subduct .] 1. To conquer and bring into permanent subjection; reduce under dominion. IMG:content-2354.png:[blocks in formation] sub elliptic (sub-e-lip'tik), a . gate-ovate; between ovate and elliptic or ob- long and elliptic. sub elliptical (sub-e-lip'ti-kal), n. Same as sub elliptic . sub emarginate (sub-e-mär'ji-nāt), a. Slightly emarginate. IMG:content-2355.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To tone down; soften; make le striking or harsh, as in sound, illumination, or color: in this sense generally in the past participle: as, subdued colors; a subdued light. 6. To improve by cultivation; make mellow; break, as land. come more numerous, and their means more extensive. B. Hall , Travels in N. A., I. 86. =Syn. 1 and 2. Vanquish , Subjugate , etc. (see conquer ), crush, quell. 3. To soften. subduet (sub-du'), n. [ME., subdue , v .] Sub- jugation; conquest. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 5. subduement (sub-du'ment), n. [ iv. 5. 187. -ment.] Subdual; conquest. Shak ., T. and C., subduer (sub-du'er), n. [ subdue + -er1.] One who or that which subdues; one who conquers and brings into subjection; a conqueror; a subdulcidt (sub-dul's id), a. [ subdulcis , sweetish ( sub , under, + dulcis , sweet), + -id1.] subduple (sub'du-pl), a . [L. sub , under, + duplus , double.] Having the ratio of 1 to 2.- subduplicate (sub-dū pli-kat), a. In math ., ex- pre ed by the square root: as, the subduplicate ratio of two quantities-that is, the ratio of their square roots. Thus, the subduplicate ratio of a to b is the ratio of Va to VB , or it is the ratio whose du plicate is that of a to b . subdural (sub-du'ral), a . Situated beneath the dura mater, between the dura mater and the arachnoid.- Subdural space, the interval between suberate (sū'be-rāt), n. [ suber -ic + -atel.] A salt (C8H12M204) of suberic acid. suberect (sub-e-rekt'), a. Nearly erect. subereous (su-bērē-us), a . [ subereus , of cork, pertaining to the cork-oak, suber , cork. the cork-oak.] Corky; suberose; in entom .. specifying a soft elastic substance, somewhat like cork, found in the mature galls of some cynipidous insects. suberic (sū-ber'ik), a. [L. suber , cork, the cork-oak, + -ic .] Of or pertaining to cork; su- bereous. - Suberic acid, C8H1404, a dibasic acid which forms small granular crystals very soluble in boiling wa ter, in alcohol, and in ether; it fuses at about 300° F., and sublimes in acicular crystals. It is prepared by treating rasped cork with nitric acid. It is also produced when nitric acid acts on stearic, margaric, or oleic acid, and other fatty bodies. suberiferous (su-be-rif'e-rus), a. [ suber ( in ) + L. ferre = E. bear1 .] In bot ., bearing or pro- suberin. suber if i cation (su-be-rif-i-kashon), n. [L. suber suber , cork, + -ficatio (n-), facere , make.] In bot . , same as suberization . sub esophageal sub esophageal, subœsophageal (sub-e-so-faj' e-al), a. Situated below or beneath the esophagus or gullet; in Arthropod a, specifying certain nervous ganglia which lie underneath (ventrad of) the esophagus. Also infra - esopha geal.-Sub esophageal ganglion. See ganglion.