*tita*

v. t. [ L. de- + quantitas, -atis. See Quantity. ] To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Entity. ] Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances. Ellis. -- En"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See Jactancy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Latitant. ] Act or state of lying hid, or lurking. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. latitans, pr. of latitare to lie hid, to lurk, v. intens. fr. latere to be hid: cf. F. latitant. ] Lying hid; concealed; latent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., he lies hid. ] (O. Eng. Law) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. latitatio. ] A lying in concealment; hiding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. meta- + titanic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titanium analogous to metasilicic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Nictate. ] To wink; to nictate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nictitating membrane (Anat.), a thin membrane, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball; the third eyelid; the haw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of winking. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) A suite; a set of variations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. quantitatif. ] Relating to quantity. -- Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Quantitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which determines the amount or quantity of each ingredient of a substance, by weight or by volume; -- contrasted with qualitative analysis. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. ratis a raft; cf. L. ratitus marked with the figure of a raft. ] (Zool.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Ratitae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., a coming out. ] 1. The air sung by any of the principal characters in an opera on entering. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A closing voluntary; a postlude. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Titanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Titan physical difficulties of his enterprise. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of titanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A massive crane with an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. The name of a large ocean liner which hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage from England to New York in 1912, with the loss of hundreds of lives. Also, the name of several movies made about the incident. [ PJC ]

a. Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. titanique. ] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

titanic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, Ti(OH)4, obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also normal titanic acid. By extension, any one of a series of derived acids, called also metatitanic acid, polytitanic acid, etc. --
Titanic iron ore. (Min.) See Menaccanite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Titanium + -ferous: cf. F. titanifère. ] Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous magnetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. titanite; -- so called from containing titanic acid. ] (Min.) See Sphene. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a titanitic mineral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. Titani or Titanes, Gr. &unr_;, the sons of the earth. ] (Chem.) An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a Titan + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_; a beast. ] (Paleon.) A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]