Part 6223

<hw>Kar*ma"thi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat.</def>

<h1>Karn</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Karn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cornish. Cf. <er>Cairn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See <er>Cairn</er>.</def>

<h1>Karob</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka"rob</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Carat</er>.]</ety> <def>The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths.</def>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Karpholite</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar"pho*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ rice straw + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>carpholithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.</def>

<h1>Karreo</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar*reo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Karroos</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.</def> <altsp>[Also <asp>karoo</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><mcol><col>The Great Karroo</col>, &or; <col>The Karroo</col></mcol>, <cd>a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.</cd></cs>

<h1>Karstenite</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar"sten*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Anhydrite</er>.</def>

<h1>Karvel</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar"vel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Carvel</er>, and <er>Caravel</er>.</def>

<h1>Karyokinesis</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a nut, kernel + <?/ to move.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to <i>karyostenosis</i>. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the <i>daughter nuclei</i>. Called also <altname>mitosis</altname>. See <cref>Cell development</cref>, under <er>Cell</er>.</def>

<h1>Karyokinetic</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar`y*o*ki*net"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; <as>as, <ex>karyokinetic</ex> changes of cell division</as>.</def>

<h1>Karyomiton</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar`y*om"i*ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., Gr. (<?/) a nut + (<?/) a thread.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the <i>nucleus</i> of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to <i>kytomiton</i>, or the network in the <i>body</i> of the cell.</def>

<i>W. Flemming.</i>

<h1>Karyoplasma</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar`y*o*plas"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> a num + <?/ a thing molded.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to <i>kytoplasma</i>, the protoplasm of the cell.</def>

<h1>Karyostenosis</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a nut, kernel + <?/ a being straitened.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the <i>karyostenotic</i> mode of nuclear division.</def>

<h1>Kasack</h1> <Xpage=809>

<hw>Ka*sack"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Cossack</er>.</def>