Autophoby Au·toph"o·by noun [
Auto- + Greek ... fear.]
Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [ R.]
Hare.
Autophony Au·toph"o·ny noun [
Auto- + Greek ... a sound.]
(Medicine) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.
Autoplastic Au`to·plas"tic adjective Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
Autoplasty Au"to·plas`ty noun [
Auto- +
- plasty .]
(Surg.) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.
Autopneumatic Au`to·pneu·mat"ic adjective [
Auto- +
pneumatic .]
Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
Autopsic, Autopsical Au·top"sic, Au·top"sic·al adjective Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical. [ Obsolete]
Autopsorin Au·top"so·rin noun [
Auto- + Greek ... the itch.]
(Medicine) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.
Autopsy Au"top·sy noun [ Greek ..., from ... seen by one's self; ... self + ... seen: confer French
autopsie . See
Optic ,
adjective ]
1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. By autopsy and experiment.
Cudworth.
2. (Medicine) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post- mortem examination.
Autoptic Au·top"tic (a*tŏp"tĭk),
Au*top"tic*al (-tĭk*
a l)
adjective [ Greek
a'ytoptiko`s : confer French
autoptique .]
Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.
Autoptically Au·top"tic·al·ly (a*tŏp"tĭ*k
a l*lȳ)
adverb By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T. Browne.
Autoschediastic Au`to·sche`di·as"tic (a`to*skē`dĭ*ăs"tĭk),
Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al (-ăs"tĭ*k
a l)
adjective [
Auto- + Greek
schedia`zein to do hastily. See
Schediasm .]
Extemporary; offhand. [ R.]
Dean Martin.
Autostability Au`to·sta·bil"i·ty noun [
Auto- +
stability .]
(Mechanics) Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An aëroplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of self- operative mechanism.
Autostylic Au`to·styl"ic adjective [
Auto- + Greek
sty^los pillar.]
(Anat.) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
Autosuggestion Au`to·sug·ges"tion noun [
Auto- +
suggestion .]
(Medicine) Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from another, esp. in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic of certain mental conditions in which expectant belief tends to produce disturbance of function of one or more organs.
Autotheism Au"to·the`ism noun [
Auto- + theism.]
1. The doctrine of God's self- existence. [ R.]
2. Deification of one's self; self-worship. [ R.]
Autotheist Au"to·the`ist noun One given to self- worship. [ R.]
Autotoxic Au`to·tox"ic adjective [
Auto- +
toxic .]
(Medicine) Pertaining to, or causing, autotoxæmia.
Autotoxication Au`to·tox`i·ca"tion noun [
Auto- +
toxication .]
(Physiol.) Same as Auto- intoxication .
Autotoxæmia, -toxemia Au`to·tox·æ"mi·a, -tox·e"mi·a noun [ New Latin See
Auto- , and
Toxæmia .]
(Physiol.) Self-intoxication. See Auto- intoxication .
Autotransformer Au`to·trans·form"er noun [
Auto- +
transformer .]
(Electricity) A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator or balancing coil .
Autotrophic Au`to·troph"ic adjective [
Auto- +
trophic .]
(Plant Physiol.) Capable of self- nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.
Autotropism Au·tot"ro·pism noun [
Auto- + Greek ... to turn.]
(Plant Physiol.) The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line when uninfluenced by external stimuli.
Autotype Au"to·type noun [
Auto- +
- type : confer French
autotype .]
1. A facsimile. 2. A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
Autotypography Au`to·ty·pog"ra·phy noun [
Auto- +
typography .]
A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate.
Autotypy Au·tot"y·py noun The art or process of making autotypes.
Autumn Au"tumn noun [ Latin
auctumnus ,
autumnus , perhaps from a root
av to satisfy one's self: confer French
automne . See
Avarice .]
1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November. » In England, according to Johnson,
autumn popularly comprises August, September, and October. In the southern hemisphere, the
autumn corresponds to our spring.
2. The harvest or fruits of autumn. Milton. 3. The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage. Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the duke's favor.
Fuller.
Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
Wordsworth.
Autumnal Au·tum"nal adjective [ Latin
auctumnalis ,
autumnalis : confer French
automnal .]
1. Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks
In Vallombrosa.
Milton.
2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage. An autumnal matron.
Hawthorne.
Autumnal equinox ,
the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the autumnal point. --
Autumnal point ,
the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra. --
Autumnal signs ,
the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice.
Autunite Au"tun·ite noun [ From
Autun , France, its locality.]
(Min.) A lemon-yellow phosphate of uranium and calcium occurring in tabular crystals with basal cleavage, and in micalike scales. H., 2-2.5. Spanish gr., 3.05-3.19.
Auxanometer Aux`a·nom"e·ter noun [ Greek ... to cause to increase +
-meter .]
An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale.
Auxesis Aux·e"sis noun [ New Latin , Greek ... increase, from ..., ..., to increase.]
(Rhet.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
Auxetic Aux·et"ic adjective [ Greek ....]
Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.
Auxetophone Aux·e"to·phone noun [ Greek ... that may be increased + ... sound, voice.]
A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating disk reproducer.
Auxiliar Aux·il"iar adjective [ Latin
auxiliaris : confer French
auxiliaire . See
Auxiliary .]
Auxiliary. [ Archaic]
The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear.
Pope.
Auxiliar Aux·il"iar noun An auxiliary. [ Archaic]
Milton.
Auxiliarly Aux·il"iar·ly adverb By way of help. Harris.
Auxiliary Aux·il"ia·ry adjective [ Latin
auxiliarius , from
auxilium help, aid, from
augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops. Auxiliary scales (Mus.) ,
the scales of relative or attendant keys. See under Attendant , adjective --
Auxiliary verbs (Gram.) .
See Auxiliary , noun , 3.
Auxiliary Aux·il"ia·ry noun ;
plural Auxiliaries 1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise. 2. (Mil.) plural Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing. ), a member of the allied or subsidiary force. 3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb ; as, have , be , may , can , do , must , shall , and will , in English; être and avoir , in French; avere and essere , in Italian; estar and haber , in Spanish. 4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulæ. Math. Dict.
Auxiliatory Aux·il"ia·to·ry adjective Auxiliary; helping. [ Obsolete]
Auxometer Aux·om"e·ter noun [ Greek ... to increase +
-meter .]
(Optics) An instrument for measuring the magnifying power of a lens or system of lenses.
Ava A"va noun Same as Kava . Johnston.
Avadavat Av`a·da·vat" noun Same as Amadavat .
Avail A·vail" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Availed ;
present participle & verbal noun Availing .] [ Middle English
availen , from F. ... (L.
ad ) +
valoir to be worth, from Latin
valere to be strong, to be worth. See
Valiant .]
1. To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. O, what avails me now that honor high !
Milton.
2. To promote; to assist. [ Obsolete]
Pope. To avail one's self of ,
to make use of; take advantage of. Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names.
Milton.
I have availed myself of the very first opportunity.
Dickens.
Avail A·vail" intransitive verb To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail , that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail ; medicines will not avail to check the disease. "What signs
avail ?"
Milton. Words avail very little with me, young man.
Sir W. Scott.
Avail A·vail" noun 1. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail . The avail of a deathbed repentance.
Jer. Taylor.
2. plural Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction. The avails of their own industry.
Stoddard.
Syn. -- Use; benefit; utility; profit; service.
Avail A·vail" transitive verb & i. See Avale , v. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Availability A·vail`a·bil"i·ty noun ;
plural Availabilities 1. The quality of being available; availableness. » The word is sometimes used derogatively in the sense of "mere availableness," or capability of success without regard to worthiness.
He was . . . nominated for his availability .
Lowell.
2. That which is available.
Available A·vail"a·ble adjective 1. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [ Obsolete]
Laws human are available by consent.
Hooker.
2. Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable.
Carlyle.
Having no available funds with which to pay the calls on new shares.
H. Spenser.
Availableness A·vail"a·ble·ness noun 1. Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. [ Obsolete]
2. Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. Sir M. Hale.
Availably A·vail"a·bly adverb In an available manner; profitably; advantageously; efficaciously.
Availment A·vail"ment noun Profit; advantage. [ Obsolete]
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