| Ge | Symbol for germanium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| gean | <botany> A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in colour. Origin: F. Guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG. Wihsila, G. Weichsel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| geanticlinal | <geology> An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; opposed to geosynclinal. Origin: Gr. The earth + E. Anticlinal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gear | 1. Clothing; garments; ornaments. "Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear." (Spenser) 2. Goods; property; household stuff. "Homely gear and common ware." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) 3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material. "Clad in a vesture of unknown gear." (Spenser) 4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping. 5. Warlike accouterments. 6. Manner; custom; behavior. 7. Business matters; affairs; concern. "Thus go they both together to their gear." (Spenser) 8. <mechanics> A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe. Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear. 9. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. "That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man." (Latimer) Bever gear. See Bevel gear. Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise. Expansion gear, to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc); to put in, or out of, working relation. Origin: OE. Gere, ger, AS. Gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. Gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. Garawi, garwi ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf. Garb dress. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gearing | 1. Harness. 2. <machinery> The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; especially, a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. Frictional gearing. See Frictional. Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. Spur gearing, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gecarcinian | <zoology> A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera. Origin: Gr. Earth + crab. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gecko | Origin: Cf. F. & G. Gecko; so called from the sound which the animal utters. <zoology> Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| geckotian | <zoology> A gecko. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Gedoelstia | A genus of nasal botflies (family Oestridae) that includes the species Gedoelstia cristata and Gedoelstia haessleri which parasitise wildebeest, hartebeeste, and other African antelopes, and may also cause an ophthalmomyiasis in sheep and humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gedoelstiosis | Infection of herbivores and rarely man with larvae of flies of the genus Gedoelstia, causing ophthalmomyiasis in humans. Synonym: bulging eye disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geep | <zoology> The first chimera made in the U.S., created in 1985 at UC Davis. This animal is a cross between a goat and a sheep, the skeletal structure of its legs and skull are goatlike, but it has the general build of a sheep. Its coat is curly wool with scattered patches of short stiff hair. (06 Mar 1998) |
| gefarnate | <chemical> 5,9,13-trimethyl-4,8,12-tetradecatrienoic acid 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl ester. A water insoluble terpene fatty acid used in the treatment of gastrointestinal ulcers; it facilitates the healing and function of mucosal tissue. Pharmacological action: anti-ulcer agents. Chemical name: 4,8,12-Tetradecatrienoic acid, 5,9,13-trimethyl-, 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl ester, (E,E,E)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| Gehrig, Henry Louis | <person> U.S. Baseball player; 1903-1941, victim of Lou Gehrig's disease. See: Lou Gehrig's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold. Geic acid. <chemistry> See Humin. Origin: Gr. Earth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Geigel's reflex | In the female, a contraction of the muscular fibres at the upper edge of Poupart's ligament on gently stroking the inner side of the thigh; analogue of the cremasteric reflex in males. (05 Mar 2000) |