(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
anticonservatively
anticorrosively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
arthrosynovitis
arthrosynovitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
associativity
associativity
noun
(algebra) The condition of being associative.
(programming) The property of an operator which determines how it is grouped with operators of the same precedence in the absence of parentheses.
assortatively
assortatively
adv
In an assortative way.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
bolshevistically
chemosensitivity
chemosensitivity
noun
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a microbial sample to the effects of an antimicrobial drug.
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a tumour to the effects of an anticancer drug.
civilisatory
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
coextensively
coextensively
adv
To the same extent.
cognoscitively
cognoscitively
adv
In a cognoscitive manner.
collectivistically
collectivistically
adv
In a collectivistic manner.
combustively
commiseratively
commiseratively
adv
In a commiserative manner.
compassivity
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compositively
compositively
adv
In a compositive manner.
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
consecutively
consecutively
adv
In a consecutive manner; without interruption.
consentively
conservatively
conservatively
adv
In a conservative manner
consideratively
constitutively
constitutively
adv
(biochemistry, of a metabolic process) at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand
in a constitutive manner
constructively
constructively
adv
In a constructive manner
consultatively
consultatively
adv
In a consultative manner.
consultively
consummatively
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contradistinctively
contradistinctively
adv
in contradistinction
contrastively
contrastively
adv
In a contrastive manner.
controversially
controversially
adv
In a controversial manner.
conversationally
conversationally
adv
In a conversational manner
conversibility
convulsibility
corrosivity
corrosivity
noun
Corrosiveness, especially when related to water.
cosovereignty
cosovereignty
noun
joint sovereignty; a situation where there is more than one sovereign over a territory
costively
costively
adv
In a costive manner.
cryptovolcanism
cytomegalovirus
cytomegalovirus
noun
(virology) Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
declivitously
demonstratively
demonstratively
adv
In a demonstrative manner.
dermosynovitis
disadvantageously
disadvantageously
adv
In a disadvantageous manner.
discoverability
discoverability
noun
The condition of being discoverable
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
dissolvability
dissolvability
noun
Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
dissolveability
dorsiventrality
dorsiventrality
noun
The quality of being dorsiventral.
dorsiventrally
dorsiventrally
adv
Alternative form of dorsoventrally
dorsoventrality
dorsoventrality
noun
Alternative form of dorsiventrality
dostoyevski
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
erosivity
erosivity
noun
A measure of the potential ability of soil, regolith, or other weathered material to be eroded by rain, wind, or surface runoff.
evolutionistically
evolutionistically
adv
In an evolutionistic manner
expositively
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
extorsively
extorsively
adv
In an extorsive manner; extortionately.
extroversively
extroversively
adv
In an extroversive manner.
fortyfives
galvanoplastically
galvanoplastically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, galvanoplasty.
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
hygroexpansivity
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperemotiveness
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
hypersalivation
hypersalivation
noun
(medicine) An excessive flow of saliva
hypervenosity
hyperviscosity
hyperviscosity
noun
Increased viscosity, especially of the blood.
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hyposensitive
hyposensitive
adj
Having abnormally low sensitivity.
hyposensitivity
hyposensitivity
noun
A lower than normal sensitivity (to a stimulus or an allergen).
hypotensive
hypotensive
adj
Having hypotension.
Producing hypotension.
noun
A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.
A person with hypotension.
Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.
hypotensives
hypotensives
noun
plural of hypotensive
hypovitaminosis
hypovitaminosis
noun
(biology, medicine) vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
inconsecutively
inconversibility
indissolvability
inobservantly
inobservantly
adv
In an inobservant manner.
inobtrusively
inobtrusively
adv
In an inobtrusive manner.
insectivory
insectivory
noun
The activity of eating insects
The condition of being an insectivore
insolvability
intrasynovial
intrasynovial
adj
(anatomy) Within the synovial sac of a joint, or the synovial sheath of a tendon
intravenously
intravenously
adv
(medicine) In an intravenous manner; by means of intravenous injection.
introspectively
introspectively
adv
In an introspective manner.
introversibility
introversively
introversively
adv
In an introversive manner.
investigatory
investigatory
adj
Aimed at investigating; investigative.
irresolvability
irresolvability
noun
the quality of being irresolvable
koussevitzky
laryngovestibulitis
magnetostrictively
magnetostrictively
adv
By means of or in terms of magnetostriction.
misadventurously
misadventurously
adv
In a misadventurous manner.
motivelessly
motivelessly
Adverb
Without a motive.
myristicivora
myristicivorous
nervosity
nervosity
noun
(rare) The state of being nervous; nervousness.
nivosity
nonacquisitively
nonadministratively
nonadventitiously
nonassertively
nonassertively
adv
In a nonassertive way.
nonassociatively
nonassociatively
adv
In a nonassociative fashion.
noncausatively
noncausatively
adv
In a noncausative manner.
noncommiseratively
nonconsecutively
nonconsecutively
adv
In a manner that is not consecutive.
nonconstructively
nonconsumptively
noncontroversially
nonconversationally
nondemonstratively
nondescriptively
nondescriptively
adv
In a way that is not descriptive.
nondestructively
nondestructively
adv
In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.