‖n. [ Gr. 'apotomh` a cutting off, fr. 'apote`mnein to cut off; 'apo` from + te`mnein to cut. ] 1. (Math.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between √2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Mus) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Epitomes [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. &unr_; to cut into, cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. épitome. See Tome. ] 1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ An ] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.
n.; pl.Epitomes [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. &unr_; to cut into, cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. épitome. See Tome. ] 1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ An ] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.
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