| inductothermy | Artificial fever production by means of electromagnetic induction. Origin: induction + G. Therme, heat (05 Mar 2000) |
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| inductrical | <physics> Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indue | 1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on. "The baron had indued a pair of jack boots." (Sir W. Scott) 2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities. "Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies." (Dryden) "Indued with intellectual sense and souls." (Shak) Origin: Indued; Induing Alternative forms: endue] [L. Induere to put on, clothe, fr. OL. Indu (fr. In- in) + a root seen also in L. Exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin of an animal, slough, induviae clothes. Cf. Endue to invest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indulge | 1. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain; when said of a habit, desire, etc., to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations; when said of a person: to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure. "Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly." (Atterbury) 2. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request. "Persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners." (Jer. Taylor) "Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!" (Pope) It is remarked by Johnson, that if the matter of indulgence is a single thing, it has with before it; if it is a habit, it has in; as, he indulged himself with a glass of wine or a new book; he indulges himself in idleness or intemperance. See Gratify. Origin: L. Indulgere to be kind or tender to one; cf. OIr. Dilgud, equiv. To L. Remissio, OIr. Dligeth, equiv. To L. Lex, Goth. Dulgs debt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indulgence | 1. The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control. "If I were a judge, that word indulgence should never issue from my lips." (Tooke) "They err, that through indulgence to others, or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything less." (Hammond) 2. An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification. "If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly." (Rogers) 3. Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory. Origin: L. Indulgentia: cf. F. Indulgence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indulgent | Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent. "The indulgent censure of posterity." (Waller) "The feeble old, indulgent of their ease." (Dryden) Origin: L. Indulgens, -entis, p. Pr. Of indulgere: cf. F. Indulgent. See Indulge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indulgential | Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indulin -50415 | A blue quinone-imine dye related to nigrosin; occasionally used as a stain in histology and bacteriology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induline | <chemistry> Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, coloured blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet. A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts. Synonym: aniline black. Origin: Perh. Fr. Indigo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indulinophil | Indulinophile Taking an indulin stain readily. Origin: indulin + G. Philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |
| indument | <zoology> Plumage; feathers. Origin: L. Indumentum a covering. See Indue, and cf. Induement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indumentum | The epidermal appendages (for example hairs or scales), collectively. (09 Oct 1997) |
| induplicate | Folded inwards so that the outer faces of the margins are in contact. (09 Oct 1997) |
| induplicative | <botany> Having induplicate sepals or petals in aestivation. Having induplicate leaves in vernation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indurate | 1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air. 2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate. Origin: Indurated; Indurating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Indian Health Service |
The federal agency charged with administering the health programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN), who are enrolled members of federally recognized Indian tribes.
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| independent variable |
a variable the values of which can be manipulated, set, and changed without reference to any dependent variable. In instructional design the independent variables are typically those associated with program events, antecedent events, subsequent events, and arrangements.
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| induced mutation |
A mutation that results from treatment with mutagens.
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| inducer |
A chemical or environmental agent for bacterial operons that brings about the transcription of an operon.
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| induction |
The synthesis of a gene product (or products) in response to the action of an inducer, that is, a chemical or environmental agent.
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| IND | valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico |
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| IND | sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa |
| IND | monetary unit in India |
| IND | keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret |
| IND | leaves eaten as cooked greens |
| IND | Asiatic mustard used as a potherb |
| IND | the 3rd largest ocean |
| IND | European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit |
| IND | any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts |
| IND | erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers |
| IND | European annual grown for forage |
| IND | North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers |