| perfect | 1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct. "My strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Cor. Xii. 9) "Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun." (Shak) "I fear I am not in my perfect mind." (Shak) "O most entire perfect sacrifice!" (Keble) "God made thee perfect, not immutable." (Milton) 2. Well informed; certain; sure. "I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms." (Shak) 3. <botany> Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; said of flower. Perfect cadence, a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave. <mathematics> Perfect number, a tense which expresses an act or state completed. Synonym: Finished, consummate, complete, entire, faultless, blameless, unblemished. Origin: OE. Parfit, OF. Parfit, parfet, parfait, F. Parfait, L. Perfectus, p.p. Of perficere to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see Per-) + facere = to make, do. See Fact. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| perfect flower | <botany> A flower with both essential and accessory organs. (13 Nov 1997) |
| perfect stage | A mycological term used to describe the sexual life cycle phase of a fungus in which spores are formed after nuclear fusion. Synonym: teleomorph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perfect state | In fungi, that portion of the life cycle in which spores are formed after nuclear fusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetic solution | A vinegar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amaranth solution | A 1% solution of amaranth (trisodium naphthol sulfonic acid), a synthetic vivid red dye, stable in acid and intensified in sodium hydroxide solution; used as a red or pink colourant in liquid pharmaceuticals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aqueous solution | <chemistry> A solution in which water is the dissolving medium or solvent. (09 Jan 1998) |
| barium solution | A liquid containing barium sulfate, which shows up on X-rays. It outlines organs of the body so they can be seen on X-ray film. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Benedict's solution | <chemistry> An aqueous solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate, and copper sulfate which changes from its normal blue colour to orange, red, or yellow in the presence of a reducing sugar such as glucose. See: Benedict's test for glucose. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Burow's solution | A preparation of aluminium subacetate and glacial acetic acid, used for its antiseptic and astringent action on the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gallego's differentiating solution | A dilute solution of formaldehyde and acetic acid used in a modified Gram stain to differentiate and enhance the basic fuchsin binding to Gram-negative microorganisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gey's solution | A salt solution usually used in combination with naturally occurring body substances (e.g., blood serum, tissue extracts) and/or more complex chemically defined nutritive solution's for culturing animal cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glucose solution, hypertonic | Solution that is usually 10 percent glucose but may be higher. An isotonic solution of glucose is 5 percent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| volumetric solution | A solution made by mixing measured volumes of the components. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical solution | See: solution. (05 Mar 2000) |