Antimonic
(An`ti*mon"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; — said of those compounds
of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.
Antimonious
(An`ti*mo"ni*ous) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; — said of those
compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious
acid.
Antimonite
(An"ti*mo*nite`) n.
1. (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.
2. (Min.) Stibnite.
Antimoniureted
(An`ti*mo"ni*u*ret`ed) a. (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted
hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]
Antimony
(An"ti*mo*ny) n. [LL. antimonium, of unknown origin.] (Chem.) An elementary substance,
resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to
the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature.
It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which
are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native
gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the sti`mmi of the Greeks, a sulphide
of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and
valentinite are native oxides of antimony.
Antinational
(An`ti*na"tion*al) a. Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.
Antinephritic
(An`ti*ne*phrit"ic) a. (Med.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.
— n. An antinephritic remedy.
Antinomian
(An`ti*no"mi*an) a. [See Antimony.] Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the
doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
Antinomian
(An`ti*no"mi*an), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation,
the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians
originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535. Mosheim.
Antinomianism
(An`ti*no"mi*an*ism) n. The tenets or practice of Antinomians. South.
Antinomist
(An*tin"o*mist) n. An Antinomian. [R.] Bp. Sanderson.
Antinomy
(An*tin"o*my) n.; pl. Antinomies [L. antinomia, Gr. against + law.]
1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent
antinomy is doubtful.
De Quincey.
2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.
As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute.
Milton.
