Part 95

||Com`po`tier" (kôN`p`ty"), n.; pl. Compotiers (F. ty"). [F.] A dish for holding compotes, fruit, etc.

Com"pound con*trol". (Aëronautics) A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.

Com*pressed" yeast. A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.

Com*pres"sion pro*jec"tile. A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.

Comp"to*graph (?), n. [F. compter to count + -graph.] A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum.

Comp*tom"e*ter (?), n. [See Count; -meter.] A calculating machine; an arithmometer.

Con"cen*tra`tor, n. (Firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.

{ Concert of Europe, or European concert}. An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the (European) Eastern Question.

Concert of the powers. An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question.

{ Con*ces`sion*aire" (?), ||Con`ces`sion`naire" (?) }, n. [F. concessionnaire.] The beneficiary of a concession or grant.

Con*ces"sion*a*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. -ries (&?;). A concessionaire.

||Con`cier`ge*rie" (?), n. [F.] 1. The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor.

2. A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in Paris.

Con"cord bug"gy (k"krd). [From Concord, New Hampshire, where first made.] A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs.

Con"dor (kn"dr; in defs. 2 & 3, kn"dr), n. 1. (Zoöl.) The California vulture. [Local, U. S.]

2. A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold, and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also colon.

3. A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is no longer coined.

Con*duct"ance (kn*dk"tans), n. [Conduct, v. + -ance.] (Elec.) Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm.

Conductance is an attribute of any specified conductor, and refers to its shape, length, and other factors. Conductivity is an attribute of any specified material without direct reference to its shape or other factors.

Sloane's Elec. Dict.

Con"duit sys"tem. (Elec.) A system of electric traction, esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in an underground conduit, from which the current is "picked up" by a plow or other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive. Hence Conduit railway.

Cone clutch. (Mach.) A friction clutch with conical bearing surfaces.

Cone"flow`er (?), n. Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone-shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

Cone"-nose`, n. A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidæ, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.

{ Con`es*to"ga wag`on or wain (?) }. [From Conestoga, Pennsylvania.] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.

Con*fec"tion*ers' sug`ar. A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, esp. suited to confectioners' uses.

Con*fed"er*a*cy, n. (Amer. Hist.) With the, the Confederate States of America.

||Con*fet"ti (?), n. pl.; sing. -fetto (&?;). [It. Cf. Comfit.] Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections; also, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons, often used by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc.