a. [ Homo- + 1st deme, 2. ] (Biol.) A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of incommoded. [ Obs. ] Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ by shortening from modulator-demodulator. ] An electronic device that converts electronic signals into sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary telephone lines; also called