Anaclastics
(An`a*clas"tics) n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; — commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit.

Anacœnosis
(||An`a*cœ*no"sis) n. [Gr. fr. to communicate; up + to make common, common.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

Anacoluthic
(An`a*co*lu"thic) a. Lacking grammatical sequence.An`a*co*lu"thic*al*ly adv.

Anacoluthon
(||An`a*co*lu"thon) n. [Gr. not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + following.] (Gram.) A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

Anaconda
(An`a*con"da) n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zoöl.) A large South American snake of the Boa family which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Anacreontic
(A*nac`re*on"tic) a. [L. Anacreonticus.] Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey.

Anacreontic
(A*nac`re*on"tic), n. A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

Anacrotic
(An`a*crot"ic) a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism.

Anacrotism
(A*nac"ro*tism) n. [Gr. up, again + a stroke.] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.

Anacrusis
(||An`a*cru"sis) n. [Gr. fr. to push up or back; + to strike.] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

Anadem
(An"a*dem) n. [L. anadema, Gr. fr. to wreathe; up + to bind.] A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath. Drayton. Tennyson.

Anadiplosis
(||An`a*di*plo"sis) n. [L., fr. Gr. + to double, twofold, double.] (Rhet.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunesmisfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

Anadrom
(An"a*drom) n. [Cf. F. anadrome.] (Zoöl.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

Anadromous
(A*nad"ro*mous) a. [Gr. running upward; + a running, to run.]

1. (Zoöl.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; — said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.

Anæmia
(||A*næ"mi*a) a. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anaimi`a; 'an priv. + a'i^ma blood.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

Anæmic
(A*næm"ic) a. Of or pertaining to anæmia.

Anaërobic
(An*a`ë*rob"ic) a. (Biol.) Relating to, or like, anaërobies; anaërobiotic.


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