Part 410

<h1>Anachronous</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An*ach"ro*nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>An*ach"ro*nous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Anaclastic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*clas"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to bend back and break; to reflect (light); <?/ + <?/ to break.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; <as>as, <ex>anaclastic</ex> curves</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Springing back, as the bottom of an <i>anaclastic</i> glass.</def>

<cs><col>Anaclastic glass</col>, <cd>a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.</cd></cs>

<h1>Anaclastics</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*clas"tics</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called <i>dioptrics</i>.</def>

<i>Encyc. Brit.</i>

<h1>Anac\'d2nosis</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*c\'d2*no"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, to communicate; <?/ up + <?/ to make common, <?/ common.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.</def>

<i>Walker.</i>

<h1>Anacoluthic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*co*lu"thic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lacking grammatical sequence.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>An`a*co*lu"thic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Anacoluthon</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*co*lu"thon</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, not following, wanting sequence; <?/ priv. + <?/ following.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.</def>

<h1>Anaconda</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*con"da</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of Ceylonese origin?]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large South American snake of the Boa family <spn>(Eunectes murinus)</spn>, which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent <spn>(Python tigris)</spn> of Ceylon.</def>

<h1>Anacreontic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A*nac`re*on"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Anacreonticus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.</def>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Anacreontic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A*nac`re*on"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.</def>

<h1>Anacrotic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*crot"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to anachronism.</def>

<h1>Anacrotism</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A*nac"ro*tism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, up, again + <?/ a stroke.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.</def>

<h1>Anacrusis</h1> <Xpage=52>