Congressman Con"gress·man noun ;
plural Congressmen A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
Congreve Con"greve noun [ After Sir William
Congreve , the inventor.]
1. Short for Cogreve rocket , a powerful form of rocket formerly used in war, either in the field or for bombardment. In the former case it was armed with shell, shrapnel, or other missiles; in the latter, with an inextinguishable explosive material, inclosed in a metallic case. It was guided by a long wooden stick. 2. Short for Congreve match , an early friction match, containing sulphur, potassium chlorate, and antimony sulphide.
Congreve rocket Con"greve rock"et See under Rocket .
Congrue Con"grue" intransitive verb [ Latin
congruere . See
Congruous .]
To agree; to be suitable. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Congruence Con"gru·ence noun [ Latin
congruentia : confer Old French
cornguence .]
Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency. Holland.
Congruency Con"gru·en·cy noun Congruence. Congruency of lines .
(Geom.) See Complex of lines , under Complex , noun
Congruent Con"gru·ent adjective [ Latin
congruens , present participle of
congruere : confer French
congruent .]
Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding. The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence.
B. Jonson.
Congruent figures (Geom.) ,
concurring figures.
Congruism Con"gru·ism noun [ Confer French
congruisme .]
(Scholastic Theol.) See Congruity .
Congruity Con·gru"i·ty noun ;
plural Congruities . [ Confer French
congruit... .]
1. The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency. With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ?
Hooker.
A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle.
Sir P. Sidney.
2. (Geom.) Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another. 3. (Scholastic Theol.) That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.
Congruous Con"gru·ous adjective [ Latin
congruus , from
congruere to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.]
Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent. Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry.
Blair.
It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.
Atterbury.
Congruously Con"gru·ous·ly adverb In a congruous manner.
Conhydrine Con·hy"drine noun [
Con ium +
hydr ate.]
(Chemistry) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock ( Conium maculatum ). It is a white crystalline substance, C 8 H 17 NO, easily convertible into conine.
Conia Co·ni"a noun [ New Latin See
Conium .]
(Chemistry) Same as Conine .
Conic Con"ic noun (Math.) A conic section.
Conic, Conical Con"ic, Con"ic·al adjective [ Greek ...: confer French
conique . See
Cone .]
1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel. 2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. Conic section (Geom.) ,
a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. --
Conic sections ,
that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. --
Conical pendulum .
See Pendulum . --
Conical projection ,
a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. --
Conical surface (Geom.) ,
a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.
Conicality Con`i·cal"i·ty noun Conicalness.
Conically Con"ic·al·ly adverb In the form of a cone.
Conicalness Con"ic·al·ness noun State or quality of being conical.
Conico- Con"i·co- adjective [ See
Conic .]
A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone ; as, conico -cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico -hemispherical; conico -subulate.
Conicoid Con"i·coid adjective [
Conic +
-oid .]
(Math.) Same as Conoidal .
Conics Con"ics noun 1. That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections. 2. Conic sections.
Conidium Co·nid"i·um noun ;
plural Conida . [ New Latin ]
(Botany) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.
Conifer Co"ni·fer noun [ Latin
conifer ;
conus cone +
ferre to bear: confer French
conifère .]
(Botany) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae , which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.
Coniferin Co·nif"er·in noun (Chemistry) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.
Coniferous Co·nif"er·ous adjective (a) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. (b) Pertaining to the order Coniferae , of which the pine tree is the type.
Coniform Co"ni·form adjective [
Cone +
-form : confer French
coniforme .]
Cone-shaped; conical.
Coniine Co·ni"ine noun See Conine .
Conimene Co"ni·mene noun [ Etymol. uncertain.]
(Chemistry) Same as Olibene .
Conine Co"nine noun [ From
Conium .]
(Chemistry) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock ( Conium maculatum ) and extracted as a colorless oil, C 8 H 17 N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine , coneine , conia , etc. See Conium , 2.
Coniroster Co`ni·ros"ter noun [ New Latin ]
(Zoology) One of the Conirostres.
Conirostral Co`ni·ros"tral adjective (Zoology) Belonging to the Conirostres.
Conirostres Co`ni·ros"tres noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
conus cone +
rostrum beak: confer French
conirostre .]
(Zoology) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.
Conisor Con`i·sor" noun [
Obs .]
See Cognizor .
Conistra Co·nis"tra noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... dust.]
(Greek Antiq.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.
Conite Co"nite noun [ Greek ... dust: confer French
conite . So called on account of its gray color.]
(Min.) A magnesian variety of dolomite.
Conium Co·ni"um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... hemlock.]
1. (Botany) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves. 2. (Medicine) The common hemlock ( Conium maculatum , poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.
Conject Con·ject" transitive verb [ Latin
conjectus , past participle of
conjicere . See
Conjecture ,
noun ]
To throw together, or to throw. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Montagu.
Conject Con·ject" transitive verb To conjecture; also, to plan. [ Obsolete]
Conjector Con·ject"or noun [ Latin ]
One who guesses or conjectures. [ Obsolete]
A great conjector at other men by their writings.
Milton.
Conjecturable Con·jec"tur·a·ble adjective Capable of being conjectured or guessed.
Conjectural Con·jec"tur·al adjective [ Latin
conjecturalis : confer French
conjectural .]
Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me.
Shak.
A slight expense of conjectural analogy.
Hugh Miller.
Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural .
Carlyle.
Conjecturalist Con·jec"tur·al·ist noun A conjecturer. [ R.]
Month. rev.
Conjecturally Con·jec`tur·al"ly noun That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [ R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Conjecturally Con·jec`tur·al·ly adverb In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle.
Conjecture Con·jec"ture noun [ Latin
conjectura , from
conjicere ,
conjectum , to throw together, infer, conjecture;
con- +
jacere to throw: confer French
conjecturer . See
Jet a shooting forth.]
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [ Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature.
Whewell.
Conjectures , fancies, built on nothing firm.
Milton.
Conjecture Con·jec"ture transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Conjectured ;
present participle & verbal noun Conjecturing .] [ Confer French
conjecturer . Confer
Conject .]
To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.
South.
Conjecture Con·jec"ture intransitive verb To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
Conjecturer Con·jec"tur·er noun One who conjectures. Hobbes.
Conjoin Con·join transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Conjoined ;
present participle & verbal noun Conjoining .] [ French
conjoindre , from Latin
conjungere ,
-junctum ;
con- +
jungere to join. See
Join , and confer
Conjugate ,
Conjunction .]
To join together; to unite. The English army, that divided was
Into two parties, is now conjoined in one.
Shak.
If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined .
Shak.
Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already.
Locke.
Conjoin Con·join" intransitive verb To unite; to join; to league. Shak.
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