Word Meanings - AESTHO-PHYSIOLOGY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The science of sensation in relation to nervous action. H. Spenser.
Related words: (words related to AESTHO-PHYSIOLOGY)
- RELATIONSHIP
The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason. - SENSATION
An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, - ACTION
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of - ACTIONABLE
That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable. - SENSATIONALISM
The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism. 2. The practice or methods of sensational - NERVOUSLY
In a nervous manner. - RELATIONAL
1. Having relation or kindred; related. We might be tempted to take these two nations for relational stems. Tooke. 2. Indicating or specifying some relation. Relational words, as prepositions, auxiliaries, etc. R. Morris. - SENSATIONALIST
An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism. 2. One who practices sensational writing or speaking. - NERVOUS
1. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope. 2. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer. 3. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated - ACTIONABLY
In an actionable manner. - NERVOUSNESS
State or quality of being nervous. - SENSATIONAL
1. Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves. 2. Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge. 3. Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; - ACTIONARY; ACTIONIST
A shareholder in joint-stock company. - RELATION
1. The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events. relation doth well figure them. Bacon. 2. The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended - SPENSERIAN
Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faƫrie Queene." - ACTIONLESS
Void of action. - RELATIONIST
A relative; a relation. - SCIENCE
1. Knowledge; lnowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. If we conceive God's or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, . . . his science or sight from all - REACTIONIST
A reactionary. C. Kingsley. - MISRELATION
Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall. - MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon. - REDACTION
The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest. - CHYLIFACTION
The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process. - FACTION
One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus. 2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, - DISTRACTION
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in - PRESCIENCE
Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J. Edwards. - REFACTION
Recompense; atonemet; retribution. Howell. - COLLIQUEFACTION
A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion. The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon. - DIRECT ACTION
See BELOW - UNDERACTION
Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode. The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts necessary or convenient to carry on the main design. Dryden. - ABSTRACTION
The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or - SUBSTRACTION
See 3 (more info) 1. Subtraction; deduction. - SUBTRACTION
The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities. (more info) 1. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part. - EXACTION
1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my - DISPENSER
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.