satisfactory (satisfaktori)

and n. [F. satisfactoire = Sp. Pg. satisfactorio = It. satis fattorio, The oldest land plants of which any satisfactory remains have yet been found are those of the upper Silurian. Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 107. 2. Making reparation, atonement, or expiation; expiatory. A most wise and sufficient means of salvation by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. Bp. Sanders on. To resemble his [Christ's] whole satisfactory office all the lineage of Aaron was no more than sufficient. Milton , Church-Government, i. 5. Satisfactory evidence. See evidence . =Syn. 1. Gratifying, pleasing, sufficient, convincing, conclusive, decisive. See satisfy . II. n. A place or means of atonement or retribution. To punish a man that has forsaken sin of his own accord is not to purge him, but to satisfy the lust of a tyrant; neither ought it to be called purgatory, but a jail of tormenting, and a satisfactory . Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 143. satisfiable (sat'is-fi-a-bl), a. [ satisfy (sat'is-fi), v.; pret. and pp. satisfied, ppr. satisfying. [Early mod. E. satisfie, satisfye, satysfye, I pray you, let us satisfy our eyes With the memorials and the things of fame That do renown this city. Shak ., T. N., iii. 3. 22. But though it pleased them to have him exposed to all the ignominies imaginable, yet nothing would satisfie them but his blood. Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. vi. The sports of children satisfy the child. Goldsmith , Traveller, 1. 154. The Christian conqueror did not seek the extermination of his conquered enemies; he was satisfied with their political subjection. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 149. 2. To comply with; discharge fully; liquidate; pay; hence, to requite; remunerate; recompense: as, to satisfy the claims of a creditor; to satisfy one for service rendered. sative We thought our selues now fully satisfied for our long toile and labours. Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, II. 37. I purpose to write to your brother Stephen, and pre him to satisfy those two debts. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 430. These Indians did us good service, especially in piloting us to an Island where we killed Beef when ever we wanted; and for this their service we satisfied them to their hearts content. Dampier , Voyages, I. 128. .. A grave question... arose, whether the money should be paid directly to the discontented chiefs, or should be employed to satisfy the claims which Argyle had against them. Macaulay. "But, Laird," said Jeanie, "though I ken my father will satisfy every penny of this siller, whatever there's o' 't, yet I wadna like to borrow it frae ane that maybe thinks of something mair than the paying o' 't back again." Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xxvi. 3. To make reparation or amends for; atone for; expiate: as, to satisfy a wrong. In flesh at first the guilt committed was, Therefore in flesh it must be satisfyde . Spenser, Hymn of Heavenly Love, 1. 142. I must have life and blood, to satisfy Your father's wrongs. Beau. and Fl . , Knight of Burning Pestle, iii. 1. If any of his men did set traps in our jurisdiction, etc., they should be liable to satisfy all damages. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 19. 4. To a ure or free from doubt, uncertainty, or suspense; convince; also, to set at rest, as a doubt: as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry. I will be satisfied; let me see the writing. Shak., Rich. II., v. 2. 59. He [the Pope] was well satisfy'd that this War in Germany was no War of Religion. Howell , Letters, I. vi. 8. I am pretty well satisfied such a pa ion as I have had is never well cured. Steele , Spectator, No. 118. Revelation was not given us to satisfy doubts, but to make us better men. J. H. Newman , Parochial Sermons, i. 229. 5. To fulfil the conditions of; answer: as, an algebraical equation is said to be satisfied when, after the substitution of particular expre ions for the unknown quantities which enter it, the two members are equal. =Syn. 1. Content , Satisfy , Satiate , Sate, Surfeit, Cloy. To content a person is to give him enough to keep him from being disposed to find fault or repine; to satisfy him is to give him just the measure of his desires (see contentment ); to satiate him is to give him so much that he cannot receive, desire, or enjoy more, and would be disgusted at the idea of more; to surfeit him is to give him more than enough; to cloy him is to fill him to the point of loathing; sate is the same as satiate, but le popular and more rhetorical. The last four words of the list are applied primarily to food. Shall I confe my fault, and ask your pardon? Will that content you? Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iv. 1. He finds reason in all opinions, truth in none: indeed the least reason perplexes him, and the best will not sat isfie him. Bp. Earle , Micro-cosmographie, A Scepticke in Religion. What could satiat the desires of this Man, who, being King of England, and Maister of almost two Millions yearely, was still in want? Milton, Eikon ok las tes, xi. One gla insensibly leads on to another, and, instead of sating, whets the appetite. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, lviii. The doors are open; and the surfeited grooms Do mock their charge with snores: I have drugg'd their po ets. Shak., Macbeth, ii. 2. 5. Both satisfied with deepe delight, And cloyde with al content. Gas coigne, Philomene, Steele Glas, etc. (ed. Arber, p. 92). II. in trans. 1. To give satisfaction or contentment: as, earthly good never satisfies. This would not satisfy , but they called him to answer publicly. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 250. In other hours, Nature satisfies by its loveline , and without any mixture of corporeal benefit. Emerson , Nature, iii. 2. To make requital, reparation, or amends; atone. satisfying (sat'is-fi-ing), p. a. 1. Giving or fitted to give satisfaction or gratification. You know Scriptur' tells about bein' filled with the east wind; but I never found it noways satisfy in it sets sort cold on the stomach. H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 77. One quick spring, One great good satisfying gripe, and lo! There had he lain abolished with his lie. Browning, Ring and Book, I. 310. 2. Fitted to dispel doubt and uncertainty; convincing; satisfactory. The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying . Bp. Atterbury. satisfyingly (sat'is-fi-ing-li), adv. So as to satisfy; satisfactorily. sative (sa'tiv), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. sativo, IMG:content-0150.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0151.png:[blocks in formation] (b) To magnetize (a magnet) to saturation, or so that the intensity of its magnetization is the greatest which it can retain when not under the inductive action of a strong magnetic field. (c) In optics, to render pure, or free from admix- ture of white light: said of colors.-4+. To satisfy. Brooke , Fool of Quality, I. 91. ( Davies .) saturate (sat'u-rāt), a. [ L.saturatus , pp.: see the verb.] 1. Saturated. The lark is gay That dries its feathers, saturate with dew. Cowper , Task, i. 494. Though soak'd and saturate , out and out. Tennyson, Will Waterproof. 2. In entom ., deep; very intense: applied to colors: as, saturate green, umber, black, etc. saturater (sat'u-rā-ter), n. One who or that which saturates. Specifically-( a ) A device for sup- plying to a room or inclosed space air saturated with A saturater . for supplying saturated air at the tem- perature of the room. (b) In air-compre ors, an apparatus that injects water into the compre or-cylinder to absorb the heat-equivalent of the work of compre ion: so called because the air leaves the compre or saturated with aqueous vapor. (c) In the production of of the ether-oxygen lime-light, an apparatus for saturating oxygen with ether vapor. Also saturator. saturation (sat-u-ra's hon), n. [F. saturation = Sp. saturacion = Pg. saturação = It. satura- zione , saturatio ( n- ), a filling, saturating, act of saturating or supplying to fullne , or the state of being saturated; complete pene- tration or impregnation. Specifically - (a) In chem . , the combination or impregnation of one substance with another in such proportions that they neutralize each other, or till the receiving substance can contain no more. The saturation of an alkali by an acid is effected by chem- ical combination; the saturation of water by salt is by the proce of solution A fluid which holds in solution as much of any substance as it can di olve is said to be saturated with it; but saturation with one substance does not de- prive the fluid of its power of acting on and di olving some other substances, and in many cases it increases this power. For example, water saturated with salt will still di olve sugar. (b) In physics : (1) With respect to the presence of a vapor, a space is said to be in a state of saturation when it contains all that it can hold at that temperature; the vapor is also said to be in a state of satu- ration or at the dew-point (see vapor ); it has then a maxi- mum elastic pre ure for the given temperature, and is in a state where any increase of pre ure or lowering of tem- perature will cause it to be more or le condensed to a liquid state. (2) With respect to the presence of mag- netism, a bar is said to be magnetized to saturation when a maximum of permanent magnetic force has been im- parted to it, this maximum depending principally upon the material of which the bar is made. - Saturation- equivalent, in chem ., a number expre ing the quan tity of a standard solution required to saturate or neu- tralize the standard quantity of a substance, as of a fatty acid.-Saturation of colors, in optics , the degree of ad- mixture with white, the saturation diminishing as the amount of white is increased. In other words, the high- est degree of saturation belongs to a given color when in the state of greatest purity. saturation-pre ure (sat-ū-rā'shon-presh"ūr), n. The pre ure (fixed for a given vapor at a given temperature) which is required to bring it to its maximum density. The saturation pre ure of any vapour at any tempera ture is the same as pre ure at which the correspond- ing liquid boils at that temperature. For to make a wyne to drynke swete Of saturege or fenel putte in meete. Saturn (sat'ern), n. [ Satern , Sæt- ern (in Sæternesdæg , Sæterndæg , Sæterdæg , Sat- urday); ME. also as L., Saturn us = D. Saturn us = G. Saturn = Dan. Saturn , Saturn us = F. Sat- urne = Sp. Pg. It. Saturno ; Saturn us , Sat- urn; prob. serere , pp. sat us , sow: see sation , season.] 1. An ancient Italic deity, popularly believed to have appeared in Italy in the reign of Janus, and to have instructed the people in agriculture, gardening, etc., thus elevating them from barbarism to social order and civil i- zati on. His reign was sung by the poets as "the golden age." He became early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks. Ops, the personification of wealth and plenty, was his wife, and both were the especial protectors of agriculture and of all vegetation. His festivals, the Sat- saturator, n. Same as saturater . Saturday (sat'er-dā), n. [Early mod. E. also Saterday , Satterday , Saturn day , etc.; erday , Satyr day , Saterdai , Seterdai , Sætterdæi , AS. Sæterdæg , Sætern - dæg , orig. with gen. Sæturnalia , corresponded to the Greek Kronia. eres-dæg, Sætres-dæg, Sæternes- dæg , prop. two words, Sæternes dæg (= OFries. Saterdei = MD. Saterdag , D. Zaturdag , Zaterdag = MLG. Sat- erdach ; Satersdach , LG. Saterdach ), 'Saturn's day' (cf. OIr. dia - sathuirn , or sathairn , after L. Saturn i dies , 'Saturn's day'): Sætern (gen. Sæt- ernes), Saturn us , Saturn (see Saturn ); dæg , day (see day ). The G. name is different: OHG. Sambaz - tag , MHG. Samz - tac , sampstac , G. samst- tag , in which the first element is Teut. * sambat = OBulg. sanbota , Bulg. subota = Sloven i an so- bota = Serv. subota = Bohem. Pol. sobota Ru . subbota = Lith. subata , sabata = Hung. szombat Rumelian sămbătă , sabbath, 2. The most remote of the anciently known planets, appearing at brightest like a first-mag- nitude star. It revolves in an orbit inclined 24° to the ecliptic, departing toward the north by that amount IMG:content-0152.jpg:[blocks in formation] the center being 6°.4. Owing to the fact that the period of Saturn is very nearly 24 times that of Jupiter, these planets exercise a curious mutual influence, analogous to that of one pendulum upon another swinging from the same support. Since 1790, when in consequence of this influence Saturn had lagged 50 behind and Jupiter had advanced 20 beyond the positions they would have had if undisturbed, Saturn has been moving continually faster, and the whole period of the inequality is 929 years. This is the largest perturbation of those af fecting the motions of the principal bodies of our system. Saturn is the greatest planet except Jupiter, its diameter being about 9 times, its volume 697 times, and its ma 93.0 times that of the earth. Its mean density is 0.7, water being unity. Gravity at the surface has 14 the intensity of terrestrial gravity. It is evident that we see only atmosphere of Saturn. Its albedo is 0.5, about that a cloud; but its color is decidedly orange. It shows some bands and spots upon its surface which are not constant. The compre ion of the spheroid of Saturn exceeds that of every other planet, amounting tot of its diameter. Its rotation, according to Profe or Asaph Hall, is performed earth. After the discovery by Galileo of the four satellites of Jupiter, Kepler conjectured that Mars should have two, and Saturn six or eight moons. In fact, Saturn has eight moons, as follows (the distances from the planet being given in you sands of miles): in 10h. 14.4m. Its equator is nearly parallel to that of the IMG:content-0153.png:[blocks in formation] Saturn was regarded by astrologers as a cold, dry, and melancholy planet, and was called the greater infortune. The symbol of Saturn ish, representing probably a scythe. For its attendant ring, see below. 3†. In alchemy and old chem., lead.-4. In her., a tincture, the color black, when blazoning is done by means of the heavenly bodies. See blazon, n., 2.- Balsam of Saturn, line of Saturn, mount of Saturn, salt of Saturn. See balsam, line2, etc.- Saturn red, red lead. - Saturn's ring, an apparent ring around and near the planet Saturn. It consists of three apparent rings lying in one plane. The innermost is dusky and pretty transparent. In contact with it is the brightest ring, called ring B, and between this and the outermost, called ring A, is a gap. Other divisions have been observed at different times, but they do not appear to be constant. The following are the dimensions in statute miles: IMG:content-0154.jpg:[blocks in formation] The thickne of the ring is considerably le than a hundred miles. Its plane is inclined 7° to the planet's equator and 28° 10' to the earth's orbit. When Saturn appears in the hind legs of Leo or the water of Aquarius, we see the rings edgewise, and they pa out of sight, remaining invisible as long as the sun shines upon the side away from us, for the ring only shows by the reflected light of the sun. They are best seen when the planet is in Taurus and Scorpio. As soon as Saturn was examined with a telescope (by Galileo), it was seen to present an extraordinary appearance; but this was first recognized and proved to be a ring by Huygens in 1659. In 1674 J. D. Ca ini saw the separation between rings A and B, which is hence called the Ca inian division. (It has also been erroneously called Ball's division.) The dusky ring was discovered in 1850 at Cambridge, Ma achusetts, by G. P. Bond. The ring was first a umed to be solid. La place showed that, upon that a umption, it must be upheld by the attractions of the satellites. B. Peirce in 1851 demonstrated the ring to be fluid - that is, to consist of vast numbers of particles, or small bodies, free to move relatively to one another. This had been suggested by Roberval in the seventeenth century. See cut on preceding page. Saturn's tree, the popular name for an arborescent deposit of lead from a solution of lead acetate action.