*gono*

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to the office of an agonothete. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; a begetting. ] Relating to both parents. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; = &unr_; double + &unr_; an angle. ] Having two angles. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. biological science applied to study the relation between workers and their environments.
Syn. -- biotechnology, bioengineering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Gonoblastidium. ] (Zool.) A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gonoblastidia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; to bud. ] (Zool.) A blastostyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring + E. calyx, ] (Zool.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; to separate. ] (a) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism. (b) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs. (c) In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; semen, the genitals + NL. & E. coccus. ] (Med.) A microorganism (Neisseria gonnorrhoeae) of the genus Neisseria (formerly Micrococcus), found in the secretion in gonorrhea, and constituting the cause of this disease. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ From Yiddish, prob. fr. Heb. gannābh thief. ] A pickpocket or thief. [ Also spelled ganef, gonif, and goniff. ] [ Eng. Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring, seed + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Zool.) A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. gonorrhoea, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; that which begets, semen, the genitals + &unr_; to flow: cf. F. gonorrhée. ] (Med.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap. It is caused by infection with the bacterium Neiseria gonorrheae, and is commonly transmitted by sexual intercourse. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring + -some body. ] (Zool.) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gonothec&unr_; [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; box. ] (Zool.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring + E. zooid. ] (Zool.) A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by heterogony. -- Het`er*og"o*nous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Homogeneous. ] (Bot.) Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; beard. ] (Zool.) Having the two webs equal in breadth; -- said of feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pentagonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Polygon + -metry. ] The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of the principles of trigonometry to the case of polygons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Polygonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, one who is marked, or one who marks (&unr_; to mark with a pointed instrument, to prick) + -mancy. ] Divination by writing on the bark of a tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; triangle + &unr_; horn. ] (Zool.) Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of goats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Trigon; Odonto. ] See Trituberculy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ }[ Cf. F. trigonométrique. ] Of or pertaining to trigonometry; performed by the rules of trigonometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

--Trig`o*no*met"ric*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Trigonometrical curve, a curve one of whose coordinates is a trigonometric function of the other. --
Trigonometrical function. See under Function. --
Trigonometrical lines, lines which are employed in solving the different cases of plane and spherical trigonometry, as sines, tangents, secants, and the like. These lines, or the lengths of them, are trigonometrical functions of the arcs and angles to which they belong. --
Trigonometrical survey. See under Survey. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. -tries [ Gr. &unr_; a triangle + -metry: cf. F. trigonométrie. See Trigon. ] 1. That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A treatise in this science. [ 1913 Webster ]

Analytical trigonometry, that branch of trigonometry which treats of the relations and properties of the trigonometrical functions. --
Plane trigonometry, and
Spherical trigonometry, those branches of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles and spherical triangles respectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trigonus, Gr. &unr_;. See Trigon. ] Same as Trigonal. [ 1913 Webster ]