(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
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.
applicatively
applicatively
adv
In an applicative manner.
appointively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
approvability
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
asphyxiative
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
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.
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptivity
noun
the ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
compassivity
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
competitively
competitively
adv
In a competitive manner.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
compositively
compositively
adv
In a compositive manner.
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
computatively
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
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
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
cryoprotective
cryoprotective
adj
That provides cryoprotection
cryptovalence
cryptovalency
cryptovolcanic
cryptovolcanism
deceptively
deceptively
adv
Actually but not apparently.
Apparently but not actually.
In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.
deceptivity
deceptivity
noun
(rare) Something that deceives.
The quality of being deceptive.
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
descriptively
descriptively
adv
In a descriptive manner.
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
developmentally
developmentally
adv
In terms of development.
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
dispensatively
dispensatively
adv
By dispensation.
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
disputatively
disputatively
adv
In a disputative manner.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
dissipativity
dissipativity
noun
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
divinityship
divinityship
noun
The skill or knowledge of divinity.
The status of being divine.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
eruptivity
eruptivity
noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
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.
exceptively
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.
expletively
expletively
adv
In an expletive way.
explicatively
explicatively
adv
In an explicative way.
exploitatively
exploitatively
adv
In an exploitative manner.
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
expositively
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
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.
galvanotherapy
galvanotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by means of galvanism
guptavidya
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
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
hypercivilization
hypercivilization
noun
The state of being hypercivilized.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
hyperemotively
hyperemotiveness
hyperemotivity
hyperemotivity
noun
The quality of being hyperemotive.
hyperinvolution
hypernutritive
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
hyperreactive
hyperreactive
adj
Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus
hyperreverential
hypersalivation
hypersalivation
noun
(medicine) An excessive flow of saliva
hypersensitive
hypersensitive
adj
Excessively sensitive; easily offended.
Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen.
hypersensitiveness
hypersensitiveness
noun
The state of being hypersensitive.
hypersensitivenesses
hypersensitivities
hypersensitivities
noun
plural of hypersensitivity
hypersensitivity
hypersensitivity
noun
Any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy; hypersensation.
The state of being easily offended or hurt.
hyperspeculative
hyperspeculative
adj
Extremely speculative.
hyperspeculatively
hyperspeculativeness
hypersuperlative
hypersuperlative
adj
(rare) Above and beyond what is superlative; super-superlative.
hypertensive
hypertensive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
noun
A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.
A person with hypertension.
hypertensives
hypertensives
noun
plural of hypertensive
hypervascularity
hypervascularity
noun
Excessive vascularity.
hypervelocity
hypervelocity
adj
Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
noun
(astronomy) A velocity greater than escape velocity.
A hypersonic velocity.
A very high velocity.
hypervenosity
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
hyperviscosity
hyperviscosity
noun
Increased viscosity, especially of the blood.
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
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
hypothecative
hypothecative
adj
hypothecatory
hypovanadate
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.