Part 1334

<hw><hw>Brach`y*ce*phal"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Brach`y*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ short + <?/ head.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from <i>dolichocephalic</i>.</def>

<h1>Brachycephaly, Brachycephalism</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw><hw>Brach`y*ceph"a*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Brach`y*ceph"a*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>Brachyc\'82phalie</ets>]</ety> . <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.</def>

<h1>Brachyceral</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bra*chyc"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ short + <?/ horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having short antenn\'91, as certain insects.</def>

<h1>Brachydiagonal</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ short + E. <ets>diagonal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.</def>

<cs><col>Brachydiagonal axis</col>, <cd>the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brachydiagonal</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.</def>

<h1>Brachydome</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Brach`y*dome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ short + E. <ets>dome</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See <er>Dome</er>.</def>

<h1>Brachygrapher</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bra*chyg"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer in short hand; a stenographer.</def>

<blockquote>He asked the <b>brachygrapher</b> whether he wrote the notes of the sermon. <i>Gayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brachygraphy</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bra*chyg"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ short + <ets>-graphy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>brachygraphie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Stenograhy.</def>

<i> B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Brachylogy</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bra*chyl"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ :<?/ short + <?/ discourse: cf. F. <ets>brachylogie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Conciseness of expression; brevity.</def>

<h1>Brachypinacoid</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Brach`y*pin"a*coid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ short + E. <ets>pinacoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crytallog.)</fld> <def>A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.</def>

<h1>Brachyptera</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bra*chyp"te*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ short-winged; short + <?/ feather, wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.</def>

<h1>Brachypteres</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bra*chyp"te*res</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Brachyptera</er>. ]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.</def>

<h1>Brachypterous</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bra*chyp"ter*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ :cf. F. <ets>brachypt\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having short wings.</def>