Part 1771

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Cetic</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ce"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a whale.</def>

<h1>Cetin</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ce"tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cetus</ets> whale.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.</def>

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<h1>Cetological</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Ce`to*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to cetology.</def>

<h1>Cetologist</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Ce*tol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>One versed in cetology.</def>

<h1>Cetology</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Ce*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ whale + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>c\'82tologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.</def>

<h1>Cetraric</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Ce*trar"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (<spn>Cetaria Islandica</spn>).</def>

<cs><col>Cetraric acid</col>. <cd>See <er>Cetrarin</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cetrarin</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Cet"ra*rin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Cetraria</ets> Islandica, the scientific name of Iceland moss.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (<spn>Cetraria Islandica</spn>). It consists of several ingredients, among which is <i>cetraric acid</i>, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.</def>

<h1>Cetyl</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Ce"tyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ whale + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A radical, <chform>C16H33</chform>, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.</def>

<h1>Cetylic</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Ce*tyl"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.</def>

<cs><col>Cetylic alcohol</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also <altname>cetyl alcohol</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ceylanite</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Cey"lan*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>Ceylan</ets> Ceylon.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called <altname>pleonaste</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ceylonite</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Ceylonese</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Cey`lon*ese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Ceylon.</def> -- <def2><tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <def>A native or natives of Ceylon.</def></def2>

<h1>C.G.S.</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>C.G.S.</hw> <def>An abbreviation for <er>Centimeter</er>, <er>Gram</er>, <er>Second</er>. -- applied to a system of units much empoyed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.</def>