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<h1>Eucopepoda</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eu`co*pep"o*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Eu-</er> and <er>Copepoda</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans.</def>

<h1>Eucrasy</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eu"cra*sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/, wellcempered; <?/ well + <?/ to mix, temper: cf. F. <ets>eucrasie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness.</def>

<i>Quincy.</i>

<h1>Euctical</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Euc"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to pray, wish.]</ety> <def>Expecting a wish; supplicatory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Sacrifices . . . distinguished into expiatory, <b>euctical</b>, and eucharistical. <i>Bp. Law.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eudemon, Eud\'91mon</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>Eu*de"mon</hw>, <hw>Eu*d\'91"mon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ well, good + <?/ one's demon.]</ety> <def>A good angel.</def>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Eudemonics, Eud\'91monics</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>Eu`de*mon"ics</hw>, <hw>Eu`d\'91*mon"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ conducive to happiness. See <er>Eudemonism</er>.]</ety> <def>That part of moral philosophy which treats of happiness; the science of happiness; -- contrasted with <i>aretaics</i>.</def>

<i>J. Grote.</i>

<h1>Eudemonism, Eud\'91monism</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>Eu*de"mon*ism</hw>, <hw>Eu*d\'91"mon*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a thinking happy, fr, <?/ blessed with a good genius, happy; <?/ well, good + <?/ one's demon of genius. See <er>Demon</er>.]</ety> <def>That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.</def>

<h1>Eudemonist, Eud\'91monist</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>Eu*de"mon*ist</hw>, <hw>Eu*d\'91"mon*ist</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who believes in eudemonism.</def>

<blockquote>I am too much of a <b>eud\'91monist</b>; I hanker too much after a state of happiness both for myself and others. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eudemonistic, Eud\'91monistic</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>Eu*de`mon*is"tic</hw> , <hw>Eu*d\'91`mon*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to eudemonism.</def>

<h1>Eudemonistical, Eud\'91monistical</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>Eu*de`mon*is"tic*al</hw>, <hw>Eu*d\'91`mon*is"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Eudemonistic.</def>

<h1>Eudialyte</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eu*di"a*lyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ well easily + <?/ to dissolve. So called because easily dissolvable in acids.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.</def>

<h1>Eudiometer</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eu`di*om"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ fair, clear weather, fr. <?/ fine, clear ( said of the air or weather) + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ediom\'8atre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.</def>

<note>&hand; It usually consists of a finely graduated and calibrated glass tube, open at one end, the bottom; and having near the top a pair of platinum wires fused in, to allow the passage of an electric spark, as the process involves the explosion and combustion of one of the ingredients to be determined. The operation is conducted in a through of mercury, or sometimes over water. Cf. <er>Burette</er>. <i>Use's ediometer</i> has the tube bent in the form of the letter. U.</note>