para me cine (paramesin)

Resembling a slipper-animalcule; of or pertaining to the Para meciidæ. Also spelled par amæcine. Paramecium (par-a-mes i-um), n. [NL. (O. F. Müller, 1773), IMG:content-2312.png:[merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small] rior A. Dorsal view: a, cortical layer, or ectosarc; b, endoplast; cc, contractile vacuoles; dd, ingested particles of food; e, chlorophyl granules. B. Ventral view: a, vestibule; b, oral aperture; c, esophagus; d, endoplast; d, endoplastule or para nucleus; e, interior protoplasmic endosarc. C. The animal in fi ive state, dividing transversely by fi ion: a a ', contractile vacuoles; bb, endoplast dividing; cc, two endoplastules or para nuclei. ample. Commonly, but wrongly, Paramæcium 4280 In math.: (a) The third proportional to any diameter of a conic section and its conjugate diameter: specifically this is the parameter of the former of these diameters. The parameter of the transverse axis is called the principal parameter, or the parameter of the curve. (b) Any constant quantity entering into an equation. (c) A variable quantity of which the coordinates of a geometrical locus are direct functions. Thus, the coördinates of every universal algebraic curve can be expre ed as rational functions of a single parameter.-2. In crystal., the ratio of the three axes which defines the position of any plane of a crystal; more specifically, the ratio belonging to the unit or fundamental plane for a given species: this axial ratio and the angular inclination of the axes constitute the crystalline elements for a species.- Method of variation of parameters, a method of finding a solution of a differential equation by gue ing that it is like the solution of a simpler equation, except that quantities constant in the latter are variable in the former. - Parameters of an orbit, the elements of the orbit. A member of this genus. para men i a (par-a-mē'ni-ä), n. pl. [NL., μηνιαῖα, menses.] Disordered menstruation.