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Asyla
pl.
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of Asylum
Asylum
n.
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A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
Asylum
n.
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Any place of retreat and security.
Asylum
n.
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An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
Asymmetral
a.
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Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical.
Asymmetric
a.
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Alt. of Asymmetrical
Asymmetrical
a.
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Incommensurable.
Asymmetrical
a.
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Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical.
Asymmetrous
a.
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Asymmetrical.
Asymmetry
n.
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Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry.
Asymmetry
n.
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Incommensurability.
Asymptote
n.
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A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.
Asynartete
a.
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Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
Asyndetic
a.
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Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.
Asyndeton
n.
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A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.
Asystole
n.
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A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
Asystolism
n.
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The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole.
At
prep.
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Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at.
At
prep.
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A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.
At
prep.
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The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.
At
prep.
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The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.
At
prep.
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The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80¡; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
At
prep.
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The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
At
prep.
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The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
At
prep.
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Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.
Atabal
n.
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A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors.
Atacamite
n.
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An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.
Atafter
prep.
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After.
Ataghan
n.
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See Yataghan.
Atake
v. t.
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To overtake.