a. [ L. assiduatus, p. p. of assiduare to use assiduously. ] Unremitting; assiduous. [ Obs. ] “Assiduate labor.” Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. deciduus. See Deciduous. ] (Anat.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To degrade; to reduce in rank. [ Obs. ] Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Dividuous. ] Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By dividing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dyad. ] A union of two; duality. [ R. ] Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dualis, fr. duo two. See Two. ] Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here you have one half of our dual truth. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dualisme. ] State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as: (a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit. (Theol.) (b) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil. (c) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate. (d) (Physiol.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dualiste. ] 1. One who believes in dualism; a ditheist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who administers two offices. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dualistic system or
Dualistic theory (Chem.), an old theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and possessed of opposite chemical or electrical affinities; -- superseded by later developments in chemical bonding theory, especially quantum mechanics. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ L. dualitas: cf. F. dualité. ] The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. & Ir. ] A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; two + -archy. ] Government by two persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf; F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Gradual, n. ] Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. [ 1913 Webster ]

Creatures animate with gradual life
Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Grail a gradual. ] 1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A series of steps. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being gradual; gradualness. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a gradual manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In degree. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Human reason doth not only gradually, but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gradualness of this movement. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer. H. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Graduated pos>p. pr. & vb. n. Graduating ] [ Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. [ 1913 Webster ]

He graduated at Oxford. Latham. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See Grade, n. ] 1. One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A graduated cup, tube, flask, or cylinder; a glass measuring container used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Graduate, n. & v. ] Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate
and subordinate stages. Tatham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; -- of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids. See graduated cylinder, etc., below. [ PJC ]

Graduated cylinder,
Graduated flask,
Graduated tube,
Graduated bottle,
Graduated cap,
Graduated glass a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. --
Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being a graduate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. graduatio promotion to a degree: cf. F. graduation division into degrees. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Indeciduous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Having no decidua; nondeciduate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. individuus indivisible; pref. in- not + dividuus divisible, fr. dividere to divide: cf. F. individuel. See Divide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

United as one individual soul. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

That individuals die, his will ordains. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal. (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as individualize. [ chiefly Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. individualisme. ] [ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality of being individual; individuality; personality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as individualism. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The principle, policy, or practice of maintaining individuality, or independence of the individual, in action; the theory or practice of maintaining the independence of individual initiative, action, and interests, as in industrial organization or in government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a person who pursues independent thought or action. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism. London Athenæum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. exhibiting marked individuality{ 3 } in thought and action; as, an individualistic way of dressing.
Syn. -- individualist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Individualities [ Cf. F. individualité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

They possess separate individualities. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. individualization. ] The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Individualized p. pr. & vb. n. Individualizing ] [ Cf. F. individualiser. ] To mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality; to give distinctive character to; to make distinctive; to enable differentiation from others of similar type; -- of properties of things. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The peculiarities which individualize and distinguish the humor of Addison. N. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to render (a product or service) suitable to each individual person by varying to some degree its characteristics; to personalize.
Syn. -- personalize, individualize, make personal, make more personal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. To consider individually; to mention each individual. [ PJC ]

n. One who individualizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself; as, every person must apply individually for admission. “Individually or collectively.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

How should that subsist solitarily by itself which hath no substance, but individually the very same whereby others subsist with it? Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an inseparable manner; inseparably; incommunicably; indivisibly; as, individually the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Omniscience ], an attribute individually proper to the Godhead. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Individual. ] Undivided. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Individuated p. pr. & vb. n. Individuating. ] To distinguish from others of the species; to endow with individuality; to divide into individuals; to discriminate.
Syn. -- individualize. [ 1913 Webster ]

The soul, as the prime individuating principle, and the said reserved portion of matter as an essential and radical part of the individuation, shall . . . make up and restore the same individual person. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Life is individuated into infinite numbers, that have their distinct sense and pleasure. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. individuation. ] The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, individuates. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Padua, in Italy + F. soie silk; or cf. F. pou-de-soie. ] A rich and heavy silk stuff. [ Written also padesoy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. post- + graduate. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a college; graduate. -- n. A student who pursues such studies.

☞ Most careful writers consider the word graduate to be the proper word to use in this sense. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Residue. ] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. --
Residual error. (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b). --
Residual figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. --
Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under Remanent. --
Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. --
Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. --
Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as √(a-b). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them. [ 1913 Webster ]