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‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + &unr_; to speak; part. pass. &unr_;. ] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to transmit + -meter. ] A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; work + -meter. ] (Physics) A device for measuring, or an instrument for indicating, energy expended or work done; a dynamometer. -- Er`go*met"ric a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See Bridegroom. ] A man. [ Obs. ] P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud. ] The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Hebrew measure. See Homer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gun.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Indigo + -meter. ] An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. lo`gos word, ratio + me`tron measure. ] (Chem.) Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A molecule composed of a small number of linked monomer units; a short polymer; -- compounds called oligomers have less than one hundred monomer units and usually less than thirty. Oligomers of increasing length are called dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer, etc. In colloquial laboratory jargon, they may also be referred to as nine-mer, ten-mer, eleven-mer, twelve-mer, etc., especially for oligomers of greater than eight units. [ PJC ]

a. [ Oligo- + Gr. me`ros part. ] (Bot.) Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; voice + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring vocal sounds. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of a prolegomenon; preliminary; introductory; prefatory. [ 1913 Webster ]