n. [ Cf. F. antichambre. ] 1. A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal. Todd & Bowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) (a) A space inclosed or reserved at the entrance to the choir, for the clergy and choristers. (b) Where a choir is divided, as in some Spanish churches, that division of it which is the farther from the sanctuary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + technic. ] Without technical or artistic knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as bioengineering. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_; art. ] A corruption or corrupt state of art. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Catechise. ] Relating to or consisting in, asking questions and receiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

Socrates introduced a catechetical method of arguing. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a catechetical manner; by question and answer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of the tannic acids (C15H14O6), extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, catechinic acid, cyanidol, and catechuin. It is a flavonoid found generally in higher woody plants, and is used in dyeing and tanning. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ LL. catechizatio. ] The act of catechising. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Catechised p. pr. & vb. n. Catechising. ] [ L. catechizare, Gr. &unr_;, equiv. to &unr_; to resound, sound a thing into one's ears, impress it upon one by word of mouth; &unr_; + &unr_; to sound, &unr_; a sound. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who catechises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catechismus, fr. Gr. See Catechise. ] 1. A form of instruction by means of questions and answers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Larger Catechism,
The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catechista, fr. Gr. ] One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a catechist or to a catechism. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Catechise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ . ] any of a group of chemicals having a benzene ring substituted with two hydroxyl groups in ortho position, especially ortho-dihydroxybenzene itself (C6H6O2), also called pyrocatechol, used in photography and as a reagent. [ PJC ]

n. [ catechol + amine. ] any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland. They function as nerotransmitters in the sympathetic nervous system. Also, any structurally related chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ See Cashoo. ] (Chem.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. Ure. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to catechu or its derivatives. See catechin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catechumenus, Gr. kathchoy`menos instructed, from kathchei^n. See Catechise. ] (Eccl.) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A catechumen. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; useful + &unr_; art. ] The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not involving high technology; using long-established technology. Opposite of high-tech. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. mataiotechni`a; ma`taios vain + te`chnh art, science. ] Any unprofitable science. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as mnemonic.
Syn. -- mnemonic, mnemotechnic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; memory + &unr_; art: cf. F. mnémotechnie. ] Mnemonics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The manipulation or construction of objects with sizes in the nanometer range or smaller. Objects of the size of molecules may be moved and placed in specific locations using laser tweezers or an atomic force microscope. See nanotechnology. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; as, nontechnical aspects of the job; nontechnical training. Opposite of technical.
Syn. -- untechnical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. comprehensible to the general public; not requiring specialized training to be understood; as, written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language.
Syn. -- lay, plain, popular, unspecialized, untechnical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus including the tiger snakes.
Syn. -- genus Notechis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'o`noma + &unr_; art. ] Prognostication by the letters of a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Paleo- + technic. ] Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. “The paleotechnic men of central France.” D. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Pan-, and Technic. ] A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.; sing. Petechia [ NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. pétéchie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. pitta`kion a label, plaster. ] (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pétéchial, LL. petecchialis. ] (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiæ; spotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Petechial fever, a malignant fever, accompanied with livid spots on the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Philo- + Gr. te`chnh an art: cf. F. philotechnique. ] Fond of the arts. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. poly`technos; poly`s many + te`chnh an art: cf. F. polytechnique. ] Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; as, a polytechnic institute; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Polytechnic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of the mechanic arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + catechu. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol series, found in various plants; -- so called because first obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also catechol, oxyphenol. etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pyrotechnist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See Fire, Technical. ] Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pyrotechnical sponge. See under Sponge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pyrotechnist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks. Steevens. [ 1913 Webster ]