Corpulence Cor"pu·lence (k?r"p?-l
e ns),
Cor"pu*len*cy (k?r"p?-l
e n-s?)
noun [ Latin
corpulentia : confer French
corpulence .]
1. Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity. 2. Thickness; density; compactness. [ Obsolete]
The heaviness and corpulency of water requiring a great force to divide it.
Ray.
Corpulent Cor"pu·lent adjective [ Latin
corpulentus , from
corpus : confer French
corpulent . See
Corpse .]
1. Very fat; obese. 2. Solid; gross; opaque. [ Obsolete]
Holland. Syn. -- Stout; fleshy; bulky; obese. See
Stout .
Corpulently Cor"pu·lent·ly adverb In a corpulent manner.
Corpus Cor"pus (-pŭs)
noun ;
plural Corpora (-po*rȧ). [ Latin ]
A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. Corpus callosum (kăl*lō"sŭm);
plural Corpora callosa (-s...) [ New Latin , callous body]
(Anat.) ,
the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See Brain . --
Corpus Christi (krĭs"tī) [ Latin , body of Christ]
(R. C. Ch.) ,
a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. --
Corpus Christi cloth .
Same as Pyx cloth , under Pyx . --
Corpus delicti (de*lĭk"tī) [ Latin , the body of the crime]
(Law) ,
the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. --
Corpus luteum (lū"te*ŭm);
plural Corpora lutea (-ȧ). [ New Latin , luteous body]
(Anat.) ,
the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. --
Corpus striatum (stri*ā"tŭm);
plural Corpora striata (-tȧ). [ New Latin , striate body]
(Anat.) ,
a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
Corpuscle Cor"pus·cle (-pŭs*s'l)
noun [ Latin
corpusculum , dim. of
corpus .]
1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule. 2. (Anat.) A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles ; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles . See Blood . Virchow showed that the corpuscles of bone are homologous with those of connective tissue.
Quain's Anat.
Red blood corpuscles (Physiol.) ,
in man, yellowish, biconcave, circular discs varying from 1/3500 to 1/3200 of an inch in diameter and about 1/12400 of an inch thick. They are composed of a colorless stroma filled in with semifluid hĉmoglobin and other matters. In most mammals the red corpuscles are circular, but in the camels, birds, reptiles, and the lower vertebrates generally, they are oval, and sometimes more or less spherical in form. In Amphioxus, and most invertebrates, the blood corpuscles are all white or colorless. --
White blood corpuscles (Physiol.) ,
rounded, slightly flattened, nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in composition, and possessed of contractile power. In man, the average size is about 1/2500 of an inch, and they are present in blood in much smaller numbers than the red corpuscles.
Corpuscle Cor"pus·cle noun (Physics) An electron.
Corpuscular Cor·pus"cu·lar adjective [ Confer French
corpusculaire .]
Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy ,
that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. --
Corpuscular theory (Opt.) ,
the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the undulatory theory .
Corpuscularian Cor·pus`cu·la"ri·an adjective Corpuscular. [ Obsolete]
Corpuscularian Cor·pus`cu·la"ri·an noun An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy. Bentley.
Corpuscule Cor·pus"cule noun A corpuscle. [ Obsolete]
Corpusculous Cor·pus"cu·lous adjective Corpuscular. Tyndall.
Corrade Cor·rade" transitive verb [ Latin
corradere ,
-rasum ;
cor- +
radere to rub.]
1. To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume. [ Obsolete]
Dr. R. Clerke. 2. (Geol.) To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion .
Corradial Cor·ra"di·al adjective Radiating to or from the same point. [ R.]
Coleridge.
Corradiate Cor·ra"di·ate transitive verb To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.
Corradiation Cor·ra`di·a"tion noun A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. Bacom
Corral Cor·ral" noun [ Spanish , a yard, a yard for cattle, from
corro a circle or ring, from Latin
currere to run. Confer
Kraal .]
A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.
Corral Cor·ral" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Corraled (-r?ld" or -r?ld");
present participle & verbal noun Corralling .]
To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything. Bartlett.
Corrasion Cor·ra"sion noun [ See
Corrade .]
(Geol.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
Corrasive Cor·ra"sive adjective Corrosive. [ Obsolete]
Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh.
Holland.
Correct Cor·rect" (kôr*rĕkt")
adjective [ Latin
correctus , past participle of
corrigere to make straight, to correct;
cor- +
regere to lead straight: confer French
correct . See
Regular ,
Right , and confer
Escort .]
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. Always use the most correct editions.
Felton.
Syn. -- Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See
Accurate .
Correct Cor·rect" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Corrected ;
present participle & verbal noun Correcting .]
1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. This is a defect in the first make of some men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards.
T. Burnet.
2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). 3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me.
Shak.
4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. Syn. -- To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See
Amend .
Correctible Cor·rect"i·ble adjective Capable of being corrected.
Correctify Cor·rect"i·fy transitive verb To correct. [ Obsolete]
When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady.
Beau. & Fl.
Correction Cor·rec"tion noun [ Latin
correctio : confer French
correction .]
1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices.
Strype.
2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Correction and instruction must both work
Ere this rude beast will profit.
Shak.
3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. 4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. 5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction ; compass correction . Correction line (Surv.) ,
a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. --
House of correction ,
a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. --
Under correction ,
subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.
Correctional Cor·rec"tion·al adjective [ Confer French
correctionnel .]
Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.
Correctioner Cor·rec"tion·er noun One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Corrective Cor·rect"ive adjective [ Confer French
correctif .]
1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali.
Arbuthnot.
2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this
corrective particle."
Holdsworth.
Corrective Cor·rect"ive noun 1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke. 2. Limitation; restriction. [ Obsolete]
Sir M. Hale.
Correctly Cor·rect"ly adverb In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
Correctness Cor·rect"ness noun The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy. Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety.
Corrector Cor·rect"or noun [ Latin ]
One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids.
Correctory Cor·rect"o·ry adjective Containing or making correction; corrective.
Correctress Cor·rect"ress noun A woman who corrects.
Corregidor Cor·reg"i·dor noun [ Spanish , orig., a corrector.]
The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
Correi Cor"rei noun [ Scot., perhaps from Celt.
cor a corner.]
A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies. "Fleet foot on the
correi ."
Sir W. Scott.
Correlatable Cor`re·lat"a·ble adjective Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena.
Correlate Cor`re·late" (kŏr`re*lāt" or kŏr"re*lāt`)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Correlated ;
present participle & verbal noun Correlating .] [ Prefix
cor- +
relate .]
To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.
Tylor.
Correlate Cor`re·late" transitive verb To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena. Darwin.
Correlate Cor"re·late noun One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South.
Correlation Cor`re·la"tion noun [ Late Latin
correlatio ; Latin
cor- +
relatio : confer French
corrélation . Confer
Correlation .]
Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases. Correlation of energy ,
the relation to one another of different forms of energy; -- usually having some reference to the principle of conservation of energy. See Conservation of energy , under Conservation . --
Correlation of forces ,
the relation between the forces which matter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert.
Correlative Cor·rel"a·tive adjective [ Confer F.
corrélatif .]
Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms.
Hume.
Correlative Cor·rel"a·tive noun 1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing. Locke. Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives .
Spelman.
2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun.
Correlatively Cor·rel"a·tive·ly adverb In a correlative relation.
Correlativeness Cor·rel"a·tive·ness noun Quality of being correlative.
Correligionist Cor`re·li"gion·ist noun A co-religion...ist.
Correption Cor·rep"tion noun [ Latin
correptio ,
fr .
corripere to seize.]
Chiding; reproof; reproach. [ Obsolete]
Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.
Hammond.
Correspond Cor`re·spond" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Corresponded ;
present participle & verbal noun Corresponding .] [ Prefix
cor- +
respond : confer f.
correspondre .]
1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to ; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. None of them [ the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type.
J. A. Symonds.
2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to . Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther.
Locke.
3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with . After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [ Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.
Correspondence Cor`re·spond"ence noun [ Confer F.
correspondance .]
1. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state.
Bacon.
To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office.
Macaulay.
2. The letters which pass between correspondents. 3. Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
Correspondence school Cor`res·pond"ence school A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction being based on printed instruction sheets and the recitation papers written by the student in answer to the questions or requirements of these sheets. In the broadest sense of the term correspondence school may be used to include any educational institution or department for instruction by correspondence, as in a university or other educational bodies, but the term is commonly applied to various educational institutions organized on a commercial basis, some of which offer a large variety of courses in general and technical subjects, conducted by specialists.
Correspondency Cor`re·spond"en·cy noun ;
plural Correspondencies (-s...z).
Same as Correspondence , 3. The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations.
S. Clarke.
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