{ } n. [ OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al-Khowārezmī of Khowārezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja'far Mohammed ben Musā, author of a work on arithmetic early in the 9th century, which was translated into Latin, such books bearing the name algorismus. The spelling with th is due to a supposed connection with Gr. &unr_; number. ] 1. The art of calculating by nine figures and zero; computation with Arabic figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the Arabic system of numeration.
Syn. -- decimal system [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem; a set of procedures guaranteed to find the solution to a problem.
Syn. -- algorithmic rule, algorithmic program [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an algorithm. recursive [ 1913 Webster ]

2. definitively solvable by a finite number of steps; -- said of mathematical or logical problems. Contrasted with heuristic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ F. allégorique, L. allegorius, fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Allegory. ] Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. “An allegoric tale.” Falconer. “An allegorical application.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. Max Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. allegoriste. ] One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allegorized p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing. ] [ Cf. F. allégoriser, fr. L. allegorizare. ] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To use allegory. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Amphigory. ] Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a category. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The scriptures by a multitude of categorical and intelligible decisions . . . distinguish between the things seen and temporal and those that are unseen and eternal. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute. A. Marvell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. placed in a category. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a loud resonant repeating noise.
Syn. -- clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash, crash, jangle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ a. [ L. frigorificus; frigus, frigoris, cold + facere to make: cf. F. frigorifique. ] Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.

Gongorism, that curious disease of euphuism, that broke out simultaneously in Italy, England, and Spain. The Critic.

The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hôtel Rambouillet. J. A. Symonds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ An African word; found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian. ] (Zool.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

or /mhw>, n., (Naut.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. Gregorianus, fr. Gregorius Gregory, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. grégorien. ] Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gregorian calendar, the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582, including the method of adjusting the leap years so as to harmonize the civil year with the solar, and also the regulation of the time of Easter and the movable feasts by means of epochs. See Gregorian year (below). --
Gregorian chant (Mus.), plain song, or canto fermo, a kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called “the Great”) in the 6th century. --
Gregorian modes, the musical scales ordained by Pope Gregory the Great, and named after the ancient Greek scales, as Dorian, Lydian, etc. --
Gregorian telescope (Opt.), a form of reflecting telescope, named from Prof. James Gregory, of Edinburgh, who perfected it in 1663. A small concave mirror in the axis of this telescope, having its focus coincident with that of the large reflector, transmits the light received from the latter back through a hole in its center to the eyepiece placed behind it. --
Gregorian year, the year as now reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus, every year, of the current reckoning, which is divisible by 4, except those divisible by 100 and not by 400, has 366 days; all other years have 365 days. See Bissextile, and Note under Style, n., 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + categoric. ] (Biol.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. paregoricus, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; addressing, encouraging, soothing; para` beside + &unr_; an assembly: cf. F. parégorique. See Allegory. ] Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. fa`ntasma a phantasm + 'agora` an assembly, fr. 'agei`rein to gather: cf. F. phantasmagorie. ] 1. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images. “This mental phantasmagoria.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Pythagoricus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. pythagorique. ] See Pythagorean, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] The doctrines taught by Pythagoras. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Pythagoras made numbers the basis of his philosophical system, as well physical as metaphysical. The doctrine of the transmigration of souls (metempsychosis) is associated closely with name of Pythagoras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pythagorized p. pr. & vb. n. Pythagorizing ] [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To speculate after the manner of Pythagoras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rigorisme. ] 1. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severity, as of style, or the like. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Ethics) Strictness in ethical principles; -- usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical latitudinarianism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. rigoriste. ] One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; to speak. Cf. Allegory. ] Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vigor strength. ] An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting. [ 1913 Webster ]