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||Cťn`es*the"sis (? or ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + &?; sensation.] (Physiol.) Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.

Cťn"o*bite (? or ?), n. See Cenobite.

||Cť*nť"ci*um (? or ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + &?; house.] (Zo÷l.) The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.

Cť*nog"a*my (?), n. [Gr. &?;; koino`s common + &?; marraige.] The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]

Cťn"o*sarc (? or ?), n. [Gr. koino`s common + &?;, &?;, flesh.] (Zo÷l.) The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea.

||Cť*nu"rus (?), n. [NL. fr. Gr. koino`s common + &?; tail.] (Zo÷l.) The larval stage of a tapeworm (TŠnia cťnurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.

&fist; This bladder worm has on its surface numerous small heads, each of which, when swallowed by a dog, becomes a mature tapeworm in the dog's intestine.

Co*e"qual (?), a. [L. coaequalis; co- + aequalis equal.] Being on an equality in rank or power. -- n. One who is on an equality with another.

In once he come to be a cardinal, He'll make his cap coequal with the crown. Shak.

Co`e*qual"i*ty (?), n. The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.

Co*e"qual*ly (?), adv. With coequality.

Co*erce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coerced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coercing.] [L. coŰrcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to press together. See Ark.] 1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. Burke.

Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort. Ayliffe.

2. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.

3. To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.

Syn. -- To Coerce, Compel. To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be resisted. The term aplies equally to physical and moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled adverse circumstances; compelled by parental affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense of checking or restraining by force; as, to coerce a bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It has now gained a positive sense., viz., that of driving a person into the performance of some act which is required of him by another; as, to coerce a man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this sense (which is now the prevailing one), coerce differs but little from compel, and yet there is a distinction between them. Coercion is usually acomplished by indirect means, as threats and intimidation, physical force being more rarely employed in coercing.

Co"er"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of being coerced.

-- Co*er"ci*ble*ness, n.

Co*er"cion (?), n. [L. coercio, fr. coercere. See Coerce.] 1. The act or process of coercing.

2. (Law) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. "Coactus volui" (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion. Wharton.

Co*er"ci*tive (?), a. Coercive. "Coercitive power in laws." Jer. Taylor.

Co*er"cive (?), a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

-- Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n.

Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. Bp. Warburton.

Coercive or Coercitive force (Magnetism), the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol.

The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. S. Thompson.

Cť`ru*lig"none (?), n. [L. coeruleus cerulean + lignum wood + E. quinone.] (Chem.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.

Co`es*sen"tial (?), a. Partaking of the same essence. -- Co`es*sen"tial*ly, adv.