(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.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
anticipatively
anticipatively
adv
In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
antiexpressively
antihypertensive
antihypertensive
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antihypertensives
antihypertensives
noun
plural of antihypertensive
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antiprojectivity
aparavidya
appellatively
appellatively
adv
(grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
applausively
applausively
adv
In an applausive manner.
applicatively
applicatively
adv
In an applicative manner.
appointively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
apprehensively
apprehensively
adv
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
approvability
approvably
approvably
adv
In an approvable manner; in a manner that is able to be approved.
approvedly
approvedly
adv
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
appulsively
appulsively
adv
By appulsion.
aspersively
aspersively
adv
In an aspersive manner.
asphyxiative
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
avoyership
capacitativly
capacitively
capacitively
adv
(physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance
captivately
captivatingly
captivatingly
adv
In a captivating manner.
captivity
captivity
noun
(obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
The state of being captive.
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
compassivity
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
computatively
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
cooperatively
cooperatively
adv
In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
copulatively
copulatively
adv
In a copulative manner.
corporatively
cryptovalence
cryptovalency
cryptovolcanic
cryptovolcanism
depravedly
depravedly
adv
In a depraved manner.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprecatively
deprecatively
adv
In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates
depreciatively
depreciatively
adv
In a depreciative manner.
deputatively
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
developmentally
developmentally
adv
In terms of development.
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
dispensatively
dispensatively
adv
By dispensation.
disputatively
disputatively
adv
In a disputative manner.
dissipativity
dissipativity
noun
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
evaporatively
evaporatively
adv
In an evaporative manner
Regarding evaporation
evaporativity
evaporativity
noun
The quality or degree of being evaporative.
everyplace
everyplace
adv
(US, informal) everywhere
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
explanatively
explanatively
adv
In an explanative manner.
explicatively
explicatively
adv
In an explicative way.
exploitatively
exploitatively
adv
In an exploitative manner.
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
galvanoglyph
galvanoglyphy
galvanoglyphy
noun
glyphography
galvanography
galvanography
noun
A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.
The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
galvanoplastically
galvanoplastically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, galvanoplasty.
galvanoplasty
galvanoplasty
noun
The process of galvanizing, of coating with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
galvanopsychic
galvanopsychic
adj
(historical) Of or relating to a psychoanalysis technique using a galvanometer to measure the patient's responses to certain words.
galvanoscopy
galvanoscopy
noun
The use of galvanism in physiological experiments.
galvanotherapy
galvanotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by means of galvanism
galvvanoscopy
guptavidya
hygroexpansivity
hyperactive
hyperactive
adj
having an increased state of activity
having attention deficit disorder (no longer used by the scientific community)
hyperactively
hyperactively
adv
In a hyperactive manner.
hyperactives
hyperactivities
hyperactivities
noun
plural of hyperactivity
hyperactivity
hyperactivity
noun
The quality of being hyperactive; excessive and pathological movement and restlessness
hyperaggressive
hyperaggressive
adj
Extremely aggressive
hyperaggressiveness
hyperaggressiveness
noun
The state or quality of being hyperaggressive.
hyperaggressivenesses
hypercivilization
hypercivilization
noun
The state of being hypercivilized.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperovaria
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
hyperreactive
hyperreactive
adj
Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus
hyperreverential
hypersalivation
hypersalivation
noun
(medicine) An excessive flow of saliva
hyperspeculative
hyperspeculative
adj
Extremely speculative.
hyperspeculatively
hyperspeculativeness
hypersuperlative
hypersuperlative
adj
(rare) Above and beyond what is superlative; super-superlative.
hypervascular
hypervascular
adj
Extremely vascular; having many blood vessels.
hypervascularity
hypervascularity
noun
Excessive vascularity.
hyperventilate
hyperventilate
verb
(intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.
hyperventilation
hyperventilation
noun
(medicine) the state of breathing faster or deeper than necessary
hypervigilant
hypervigilant
adj
In a state of hypervigilance.
hypervigilantly
hypervigilantly
adv
In a hypervigilant manner
hypervigilantness
hypervitalization
hypervitalize
hypervitalized
hypervitalizing
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
hypoactivity
hypoactivity
noun
The condition of being hypoactive
hypothecative
hypothecative
adj
hypothecatory
hypovalve
hypovalve
noun
The hypotheca of a diatom
hypovanadate
hypovanadic
hypovanadious
hypovanadous
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.
impartivity
impassively
impassively
adv
In an impassive manner.
impassivity
impassivity
Noun
The state of being impassive.
impavidity
impavidity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being impavid.
impavidly
impavidly
adv
fearlessly
imperativally
imperatively
imperatively
adv
In an imperative manner.
imperceivably
imperceivably
adv
imperceptibly
imperviability
imperviability
noun
The quality of being imperviable.
implicatively
implicatively
adv
In an implicative way.
imprevalency
impreventability
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation