combing (koming)

[Verbal n. of comb1, v.] 1. The act of using a comb.-2. The proce of carding wool. See card2, v. t., and card ing-machine.-3. The proce of hackling flax. -4. Graining on wood.-5. That which is removed by combing or carding: generally in the plural: as, the combings of wool or hair.6t. Hair combed over a bald part of the head. Artif. Handsomene . - 7. Same as coaming. combing-machine (kō'ming-ma-shēn"), n. machine for carding wool. See carding - ma chine. A + -ive .] Tending to combine; uniting: in comb-jelly (kom'jeli), n. A comb-bearer or math ., applied to a covariant which is equally ctenophore; one of the Ctenophora . a covariant when for any of the quantics is comble (kom'les), a. [ comb1 + -le .] substituted a linear function of them. Also Without a comb or crest: as, "a comble cock," combinatory. Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. combinatorial (kom-bi-na-tō'ri-al), na-to'ri-al), a. [ com -comb-paper (kom'pā"per), n . Marbled paper binatory + -al .] Concerned with combinations. in which the design or decoration is most large- - Combinatorial analysis, in math . , a method of treat- in combinations.- Combinatorial mathematician, one who has a preference for the combinatorial analysis. IMG:content-0849.png:[blocks in formation] combinant (kom-bīnant), n. [ comb in are , combine: see com- bine, v.] In math ., a function of the quant i-com-, together, + bin i , two by two: see binary .] ties appearing in a given set of functions which remains unaltered as well for linear substitutions impre ed upon the variables as for linear combinations of the functions themselves ( Syl vester, 1853); a covariant which remains unaltered when each quantic is replaced by a linear function of all the quantics ( Cayley, 1856). comb in a tet (kom'bi-nāt), a. I. trans. To a ociate, unite, or join into a whole; connect closely together. They rejoice Each with their kind, lion with lione ; So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined . Milton, P. L., viii. 394. tus, pp. of comb in are, combine: see combine, v.] Espoused; betrothed. [Rare.] There she lost a noble and renowned brother;. with him her marriage-dowry; with both her combinate husband. Shak., M. for M., iii. 1.