Hertzian Hertz"i·an adjective Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz. Hertzian telegraphy ,
telegraphy by means of the Hertzian waves; wireless telegraphy. --
H. waves ,
electric waves; -- so called because Hertz was the first to investigate them systematically. His apparatus consisted essentially in an oscillator for producing the waves, and a resonator for detecting them. The waves were found to have the same velocity as light, and to undergo reflection, refraction, and polarization.
Hery Her"y transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
herian .]
To worship; to glorify; to praise. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. Spenser.
Herzog Her"zog noun [ G., akin to Anglo-Saxon
heretoga , lit., army leader. See
Harry , and
Duke .]
A member of the highest rank of nobility in Germany and Austria, corresponding to the British duke.
Hesitancy Hes"i·tan·cy noun [ Latin
haesitantia a stammering.]
1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates. 2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
Hesitant Hes"i·tant adjective [ Latin
haesitans ,
present participle of
haesitare : confer French
hésitant . See
Hesitate .]
1. Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating. 2. Unready in speech. Baxter.
Hesitantly Hes"i·tant·ly adverb With hesitancy or doubt.
Hesitate Hes"i·tate intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Hesitated ;
present participle & verbal noun Hesitating .] [ Latin
haesitatus , past participle of
haesitare , intens. from
haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Confer
Aghast ,
Gaze ,
Adhere .]
1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Pope. 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Syn. -- To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
Hesitate Hes"i·tate transitive verb To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [ Poetic & R.]
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
Pope.
Hesitatingly Hes"i·ta`ting·ly adverb With hesitation or doubt.
Hesitation Hes`i·ta"tion noun [ Latin
haesitatio : confer French
hésitation .]
1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.
Hesitative Hes"i·ta·tive adjective Showing, or characterized by, hesitation. [ He said] in his mild, hesitative way.
R. D. Blackmore.
Hesitatory Hes"i·ta·to·ry adjective Hesitating. R. North.
Hesp Hesp noun [ Confer Icelandic
hespa a hasp, a wisp or skein. See
Hasp .]
A measure of two hanks of linen thread. [ Scot.] [ Written also
hasp .]
Knight.
Hesper Hes"per noun [ See
Hesperian .]
The evening; Hesperus.
Hesperetin Hes·per"e·tin noun (Chemistry) A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
Hesperian Hes·pe"ri·an adjective [ Latin
hesperius , from
hesperus the evening star, Greek ... evening, ... ... the evening star. Confer
Vesper .]
Western; being in the west; occidental. [ Poetic]
Milton.
Hesperian Hes·pe"ri·an noun A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [ Poetic]
J. Barlow.
Hesperian Hes·pe"ri·an adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidæ , or skippers. --
noun Any one of the numerous species of Hesperidæ ; a skipper.
Hesperid Hes"per·id adjective & noun (Zoology) Same as 3d Hesperian .
Hesperidene Hes·per"i·dene noun [ See
Hesperidium .]
(Chemistry) An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.
Hesperides Hes·per"i·des noun plural [ Latin , from Greek ....]
1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides . 2. The garden producing the golden apples. It not love a Hercules,
Still climbing trees in the Hesperides ?
Shak.
Hesperidin Hes·per"i·din noun [ See
Hesperidium .]
(Chemistry) A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Hesperidium Hes`pe·rid"i·um noun [ New Latin So called in allusion to the golden apples of the Hesperides. See
Hesperides .]
(Botany) A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.
Hesperornis Hes`pe·ror"nis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... western + ..., ..., a bird.]
(Paleon.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.
Hesperus Hes"pe·rus noun [ Latin See
Hesper .]
1. Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper. 2. Evening. [ Poetic]
The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star
Of Hesperus .
Milton.
Hessian Hes"sian adjective Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. Hessian boots , or
Hessians ,
boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. Thackeray. --
Hessian cloth , or
Hessians ,
a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. --
Hessian crucible .
See under Crucible . --
Hessian fly (Zoology) ,
a small dipterous fly or midge ( Cecidomyia destructor ). Its larvæ live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
Hessian Hes"sian noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse. 2. A mercenary or venal person. [ U. S.] » This use is a relic of the patriot hatred of the Hessian mercenaries who served with the British troops in the Revolutionary War.
3. plural See Hessian boots and cloth , under Hessian , adjective
Hessite Hess"ite noun [ After H.
Hess .]
(Min.) A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.
Hest Hest noun [ Anglo-Saxon
h...s , from
h...tan to call, bid. See
Hight , and confer
Behest .]
Command; precept; injunction. [ Archaic] See
Behest . "At thy
hest ."
Shak. Let him that yields obey the victor's hest .
Fairfax. Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full.
Tennyson.
Hestern, Hesternal Hes"tern, Hes·ter"nal adjective [ Latin
hesternus ; akin to
heri yesterday.]
Pertaining to yesterday. [ Obsolete] See Yester , adjective Ld. Lytton.
Hesychast Hes"y·chast noun [ Greek ... hermit, from ... to be still or quiet, from ... still, calm.]
One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. Brande & C.
Hetairism, Hetarism He·tair"ism, Het"a·rism noun [ Greek ... a companion, a concubine, fem. of ... a comrade.]
A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common. H. Spencer. --
Het`a*ris"tic adjective
Hetchel Hetch"el transitive verb Same as Hatchel .
Hete Hete transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Hete , later
Het .]
Variant of Hote . [ Obsolete]
But one avow to greate God I hete .
Chaucer.
Heterœcious Het`er·œ"cious adjective [
Hetero- + Greek ... house.]
(Botany) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus ( Puccinia graminis ), and certain other parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with autœcious . --
Het`er*œ"cism noun
Heteracanth Het"er·a·canth adjective [
Hetero- + Greek ... a spine.]
(Zoology) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.
Heterarchy Het"er·arch`y noun [
Hetero- +
-archy .]
The government of an alien. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Heterauxesis Het`e·raux·e"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... the other + ... growth.]
(Botany) Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
Hetero- Het"er·o- [ Greek "e`teros other.] A combining form signifying other , other than usual , different ; as, hetero clite, hetero dox, hetero gamous.
Heterocarpism Het`er·o·car"pism noun [
Hetero- + Greek ... fruit.]
(Botany) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpæa , in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
Heterocarpous Het`er·o·car"pous adjective (Botany) Characterized by heterocarpism.
Heterocephalous Het`er·o·ceph"a·lous adjective [
Hetero- + Greek ... head.]
(Botany) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Heterocera Het`e·roc"e·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... other + ... horn.]
(Zoology) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennæ variable in form.
Heterocercal Het`er·o·cer"cal adjective [
Hetero- + Greek ... tail.]
(Anat.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
Heterocercy Het"er·o·cer`cy noun [
Hetero- + Greek ... a tail.]
(Anat.) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Heterochromous Het`er·o·chro"mous adjective [
Hetero- + Greek ... color.]
(Botany) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
Heterochronism, Heterochrony Het`er·och"ro·nism, Het`er·och"ro·ny noun [ Greek ... of different times; ... other + ... time.]
(Biol.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.
Heteroclite Het"er·o·clite adjective [ Latin
heteroclitus , Greek ...; ... other + ... to lean, incline, inflect: confer French
hétéroclite .]
Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Heteroclite Het"er·o·clite noun 1. (Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension. 2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. Howell.
Heteroclitic, Heteroclitical Het`er·o·clit"ic, Het`er·o·clit"ic·al adjective [ See
Heteroclite .]
Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
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