Dialectically
(Di`a*lec"tic*al*ly) adv. In a dialectical manner.
Dialectician
(Di`a*lec*ti"cian) n. [Cf. F. dialecticien.] One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.
Dialectics
(Di`a*lec"tics) n. [L. dialectica Gr. (sc. ): cf. F. dialectique.] That branch of logic which
teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the
science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.
Dialectics was defined by Aristotle to be the method of arguing with probability on any given problem,
and of defending a tenet without inconsistency. By Plato, it was used in the following senses:
1. Discussion by dialogue as a method of scientific investigation. 2. The method of investigating the
truth by analysis. 3. The science of ideas or of the nature and laws of being — higher metaphysics.
By Kant, it was employed to signify the logic of appearances or illusions, whether these arise from accident
or error, or from those necessary limitations which, according to this philosopher, originate in the constitution
of the human intellect.
Dialectology
(Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy) n. [Dialect + -logy.] That branch of philology which is devoted to the
consideration of dialects. Beck.
Dialector
(Di`a*lec"tor) n. One skilled in dialectics.
Dialing
(Di"al*ing) n.
1. The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials. [Written also dialling.]
2. A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which
they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor.
Dialist
(Di"al*ist), n. A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.
Diallage
(||Di*al"la*ge) n. [NL., fr. Gr. interchange, change, fr. to interchange.] (Rhet.) A figure by
which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.
Diallage
(Di"al*lage) n. [Gr. change, alluding to the change and inequality of luster between the natural
joints of the mineral.] (Min.) A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in
certain igneous rocks.
Diallel
(Di"al*lel) a. Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; — opposed to parallel. [Obs.] Ash.
Diallyl
(Di*al"lyl) n. (Chem.) A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl
radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series.
Dialogical
(Di`a*log"ic*al) a. [Gr. belonging to discourse.] Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical. Burton.
Dialogically
(Di`a*log"ic*al*ly), adv. In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith.
Dialogism
(Di*al"o*gism) n. [Gr. fr. : cf. F. dialogisme. See Dialogue.] An imaginary speech or
discussion between two or more; dialogue. Fulke.
Dialogist
(Di*al"o*gist) n. [L. dialogista: cf. F. dialogiste.]
1. A speaker in a dialogue.
2. A writer of dialogues. P. Skelton.
