| Evans, Robert | <person> U.S. Physician, *1912. See: Evans' syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| evaporate | To cause or undergo evaporation. Synonym: volatilise. (05 Mar 2000) |
| evaporation | 1. A change from liquid to vapor form. 2. Loss of volume of a liquid by conversion into vapor. Synonym: volatilization. Origin: L. E, out, + vaporare, to emit vapor (05 Mar 2000) |
| evaporator | An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| evaporometer | <physics> An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer. Origin: L. Evaporare to evaporate: cf. F. Evapormetre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| evapotranspiration | <botany> Loss of water by evaporation from the soil and transpiration from plants. (11 Nov 1997) |
| evapotranspiratlon | The water released from plants as they grow. The evapouration of water from plant surfaces and adjacent soil. (05 Dec 1998) |
| evasion | The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. "Thou . . . By evasions thy crime uncoverest more." (Milton) Synonym: Shift, subterfuge, shuffling, prevarication, equivocation. Origin: L. Evasio: cf. F. Evasion. See Evade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eve | 1. Evening. "Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze." (Thomson) 2. The evening before a holiday, from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. Not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event. "On the eve of death. <zoology>" Eve churr, the European goatsucker or nightjar. Synonym: night churr, and churr owl. See: Even. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| evection | 1. The act of carrying up or away; exaltation. 2. <astronomy> An inequality of the moon's motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1 deg 20'. The libration of the moon. Origin: L. Evectio a going up, fr. Evehere to carry out; e out + vehere to carry: cf. F evection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| even | 1. Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct. 2. Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper. 3. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit. "And shall lay thee even with the ground." (Luke xix. 44) 4. Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain. "To make the even truth in pleasure flow." (Shak) 5. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. "I know my life so even." 6. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. "His even servant." 7. Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers. "Whether the number of the stars is even or odd." (Jer. Taylor) On even ground, with equal advantage. On even keel, in a level or horizontal position. Origin: AS. Efen. Efn; akin to OS. Eban, D. Even, OHG. Eban, G. Efen, Icel. Jafn, Dan. Jevn, Sw. Jamn, Goth. Ibns. Cf. Anent, Ebb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| even skipped | <genetics> A pair rule gene of Drosophila. (18 Nov 1997) |
| even-pinnate | <botany> Said of compound leaves having an even number of leaflets, this is usually easily determined because there is a terminal pair. (09 Oct 1997) |
| even-year runs | <zoology> Populations of fish returning to spawning grounds in even-numbered years. (09 Oct 1997) |
| evening | 1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum. "In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose." (Milton) Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. 2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening Prayer. <botany> " Evening flower, an American singing bird (Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill. Its colour is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called because it sings in the evening. Evening primrose. See Primrose. The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically, the planet Venus; called also Vesper and Hesperus. During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also evening stars. See Morning Star. Origin: AS. Afnung. See even, and cf. Eve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |