Part 134

5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.

Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic.

Ce*ment" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cemented; p. pr. & vb. n. Cementing.] [Cf. F. cimenter. See Cement, n.] 1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. Bp. Burnet.

2. To unite firmly or closely. Shak.

3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.

Ce*ment", v. i. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. S. Sharp.

Ce*ment"al (?), a. Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes. R. Owen.

Cem`en*ta"tion (?), n. 1. The act or process of cementing.

2. (Chem.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.

Ce*ment"a*to*ry (?), a. Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.

Ce*ment"er (?), n. A person or thing that cements.

Cem`en*ti"tious (?), a. [L. caementitius pertaining to quarry stones. See Cement, n. ] Of the nature of cement. [R.] Forsyth.

Cem`e*te"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cemetery. "Cemeterial cells." [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cem"e*ter*y (?), n.; pl. Cemeteries (&?;). [L. cemeterium, Gr. &?; a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. &?; to put to sleep.] A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

Ce*nan"thy (?), n. [Gr. &?; empty + &?; a flower.] (Bot.) The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

Ce*na"tion (?), n. [L. cenatio.] Meal-taking; dining or supping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Cen"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. cenatorius, fr. cenare to dine, sup, fr. cena, coena, dinner, supper.] Of or pertaining to dinner or supper. [R.]

The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment. Sir T. Browne.

Cen"o*bite (?), n. [L. coenobita, fr. Gr. koino`bios; koino`s common + bi`os life: cf. F. cÚnobite.] One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. Gibbon.

{ Cen`o*bit"ic (?), Cen`o*bit"ic*al (?) } a. [Cf. F. cÚnobitique.] Of or pertaining to a cenobite.

Cen"o*bi*tism (?), n. The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. Milman.

Ce*nog"a*my (s&esl;*n&obreve;g"&adot;*m&ybreve;), n. [Gr. koino`s common + ga`mos marriage.] The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

Cen"o*taph (s&esl;n"&osl;*t&adot;f), n. [Gr. kenota`fion; keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: cf. F. cÚnotaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden.

A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay.

Cen"o*taph`y (?), n. A cenotaph. [R.]

Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. Macaulay.

Ce`no*zo"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; recent + &?; life.] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also cŠnozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology.

&fist; This word is used by many authors as synonymous with Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included.