Euclidian space(Geom.), the kind of space to which the axioms and definitions of Euclid, relative to straight lines and parallel lines, apply; — called also flat space, and homaloidal space.

Eucopepoda
(||Eu`co*pep"o*da) n. pl. [NL. See Eu- and Copepoda.] (Zoöl.) A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans.

Eucrasy
(Eu"cra*sy) [Gr. well-tempered; e'y^ well + to mix, temper: cf. F. eucrasie.] (Med.) Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness. Quincy.

Euctical
(Euc"tic*al) Expecting a wish; supplicatory. [R.]

Sacrifices . . . distinguished into expiatory, euctical, and eucharistical.
Bp. Law.

Euchroite
(Eu"chro*ite) n. [See Euchroic.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in transparent emerald green crystals. It is hydrous arseniate of copper.

Euchrone
(Eu"chrone) n. (Chem.) A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic.

Euchymy
(Eu"chy*my) n. [Gr. well + juice liquid. See Chyme.] (Med.) A good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.

Euclase
(Eu"clase) n. [Gr. well, easily + to break. Cf. F. euclase, G. euklas. See named from its brittleness.] (Min.) A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina.

Euclid
(Eu"clid) n. A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general.

Euclidian
(Eu*clid"i*an) n. Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid.


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