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<cs><col>Subaltern genus</col> <fld>(Logic)</fld>, <cd>a genus which may be a species of a higher genus, as the genus denoted by <i>quadruped<i>, which is also a species of <i>mammal<i>.</cd> -- <col>Summum genus</col> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Logic)</fld>, <cd>the highest genus; a genus which can not be classed as a species, as <i>being<i> .</cd></cs>

<h1>Genys</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Ge"nys</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the under jaw.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Conys</er>.</def>

<h1>Geocentric, Geocentrical</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw><hw>Ge`o*cen"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ge`o*cen"tric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ center: cf. F. <ets>g\'82ocentrique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to <i>heliocentric</i>, as seen from the sun; <as>as, the <ex>geocentric</ex> longitude or latitude of a planet</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having reference to the center of the earth.</def>

<cs><col>Geocentric latitude</col><cd> (of place) the angle included between the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of the equator, in distinction from <i>geographic<i> latitude. It is a little less than the geographic latitude.</cd></cs>

<h1>Geocentrically</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Ge`o*cen"tric*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a geocentric manner.</def>

<h1>Geocronite</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Ge*oc"ro*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ Saturn, the alchemistic name of lead: cf. G. <ets>geokronit</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic.</def>

<h1>Geocyclic</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Ge`o*cyc"lic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ circle .]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; <as>as, a <ex>geocyclic</ex> machine</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Circling the earth periodically.</def>

<h1>Geode</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Ge"ode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>g\'82ode</ets>, L. <ets>geodes</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ earthlike; <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The cavity in such a nodule.</def>

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<h1>Geodephagous</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge`o*deph"a*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, earth + <?/ eating one's fill; gluttonous.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.</def>

<h1>Geodesic, Geodesical</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw><hw>Ge`o*des"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ge`o*des"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>g\'82od\'82sique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to geodetic.</def>

<h1>Geodesic</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge`o*des"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A geodetic line or curve.</def>

<h1>Geodesist</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge*od"e*sist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in geodesy.</def>

<h1>Geodesy</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge*od"e*sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ to divide: cf. F. <ets>g\'82od\'82sie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.</def>

<h1>Geodetic, Geodetical</h1> <Xpage=621>