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Elasticity

the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions after the removal of external pressure or altering force springiness resilience tendency to rebound as the elasticity of caoutchouc the elasticity of the

Coin

A quoin a corner or external angle a wedge See Coigne and Quoin

Chloroform

a powerful solvent of wax resin etc and is extensively used to produce anaeligsthesia in surgical operations also externally to alleviate pain

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Endogenous

Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit instead of externally and having no distinction of pith wood and bark as the rattan the palm the cornstalk

Camera lucida

of a prism of a peculiar form or an arrangement of mirrors causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface as of paper or canvas so

action

invalidate statutes and executive s "R. H. Bork"] 3 : a voluntary act of will that manifests itself externally : a mode of conduct

liberty

liberty pl: -ties 1 a : freedom from external (as governmental) restraint, compulsion, or interference in engaging in the pursuits or conduct of one's choice to the

sovereignty

-və-rən-] n pl: -ties 1 a : supreme power esp. over a body politic b : freedom from external control : autonomy 2 : one that is sovereign ;esp : an autonomous state

Breastsummer

summer or girder extending across a building flush with and supporting the upper part of a front or external wall a long lintel a girder used principally above shop windows

Brunonian

fundamental doctrine of which was that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation