Part 539

<hw>Ap"o*deme</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>apo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ body.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.</def>

<h1>Apodes</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap"o*des</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., masc. pl. See <er>Apoda</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See <er>Apneumona</er>.</def>

<h1>Apodictic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*dic"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Apodeictic</er>.</def>

<h1>Apodixis</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*dix"is</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Full demonstration.</def>

<h1>Apodosis</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*pod"o*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to give back; <?/ from, back again + <?/ to give.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the <i>result</i>, and thus distinguished from the <i>protasis</i> or clause which expresses a <i>condition</i>. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the <i>protasis</i>, and the latter the <i>apodosis</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; Some grammarians extend the terms <i>protasis</i> and <i>apodosis</i> to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional.</note>

<h1>Apodous</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap"o*dous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>(#), <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Apodal; apod.</def>

<h1>Apodyterium</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*pod`y*te"ri*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to strip one's self.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Arch.)</fld> <def>The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.</def>

<h1>Apogaic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*ga"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ far from the earth.]</ety> <def>Apogean.</def>

<h1>Apogamic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*gam"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to apogamy.</def>

<h1>Apogamy</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*pog"a*my</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>apo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ marriage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or o\'94spore.</def>

<i>De Bary.</i>

<h1>Apogeal</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*ge"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Apogean.</def>

<h1>Apogean</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*ge"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Connected with the apogee; <as>as, <ex>apogean</ex> (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee</as>.</def>

<h1>Apogee</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap"o*gee</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ from the earth; <?/ from + <?/, <?/, earth: cf. F. <ets>apog\'82e</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.</def>

<note>&hand; Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth.</note>