exotericism (eksoterisizm)

[ exoterics (ek-sō-ter'iks), п. [Pl. of exoteric (see -ics ), after Gr. (τα) ἐξωτερικά, neut. pl. of ἐξωτερικός, exoteric.] That which is publicly taught; popular instruction, especially in philosophy: originally applied to the public lectures and published writings of Aristotle. It is then evident from these pa ages that, in his exoter ics , he gave the world both a beginning and an end. War burton, Divine Legation, iii., note. exotery (ek'sō-ter-i), n.; pl. exoteries (-iz). [ ex oteric+-y. Cf. esotery .] That which is obvious or common; that which is exoteric. [Rare.] Reserving their esoteries for adepts, and dealing out ex oteries only to the vulgar. A. Tucker , Light of Nature. exotheca (ek-so-theʻkä), n.; pl. exothecæ (-sē). [NL., exo the cal (ek-sō-the'kal), a. [ They [the coste of the coral] may be ornamented with spines or tubercles, and they may be united by transverse plates (" exo the cal di epiments") which run horizontally acro the intercostal spaces. Encyc. Brit., VI. 374. -atel .] Provided with exothecæ, as a coral. exothecium (ek-so-thesi-um), n. [NL., έξω , outside, + θήκη , a case: see theca .] In bot ., the outer coat of an anther. exothermic (ek-so-ther'mik), a . [ έξω , outside, + θέρμη , heat, + -ic .] Relating to a liberation of heat. Exothermic compounds, those compounds whose formation from elementary substances is attended with liberation of heat, whose decomposition into simpler compounds or elementary substances is attended with absorption of heat. exothermous (ek-so-ther'mus), a. Same as exothermic.