| kinetogenesis | An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements. Synonym: kinescope. Origin: Gr. Movable + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| kinetogenic | Causing or producing motion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinetoplasm | <cell biology> The highly contractile part of a cells cytoplasm. (09 Oct 1997) |
| kinetoplast | <cell biology> Mass of mitochondrial DNA, usually adjacent to the flagellar basal body, in flagellate protozoa. (18 Nov 1997) |
| kinetoplastida | An order of flagellate protozoa. Characteristics include the presence of one or two flagella arising from a depression in the cell body and a single mitochondrion that extends the length of the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| kinetoscope | <instrument> An apparatus for taking serial photographs to record movement. Origin: kineto-+ G. Skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinetosome | <cell biology> Basal body of cilium: used mostly of ciliates. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (18 Nov 1997) |
| kinety | <biology> A row of kinetosomes and associated kinetodesmata in a ciliate protozoan. (18 Nov 1997) |
| king | 1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. "Ay, every inch a king." "Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle." (Burke) "There was a State without king or nobles." (R. Choate) "But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east" (Thomson) 2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts. 3. A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds. 4. The chief piece in the game of chess. 5. A crowned man in the game of draughts. 6. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament. King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote preeminence or superiority in some particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture. Apostolic king.See Apostolic. King-at-arms, or King-of-arms, the chief heraldic officer of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of great authority. His business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz, Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent. King auk, a large species of vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general colour is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly coloured with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while feeding. King wood, a wood from Brazil, called also violet wood, beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of Dalbergia. See Jacaranda. Origin: AS. Cyng, cyning; akin to OS. Kining, D. Koning, OHG. Kining, G. Konig, Icel. Konungr, Sw. Koning, OHG. Kuning, Dan. Konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. The root of E. Kin; cf. Icel. Konr a man of noble birth. See Kin. A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| king charles spaniel | <zoology> A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The colour is usually black and tan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| King unit | The quantity of phosphatase that, acting upon disodium phenylphosphate in excess, at pH 9 for 30 min, liberates 1 mg of phenol. Synonym: King-Armstrong unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| king's evil | The historic designation for scrofula (tuberculosis, lymph node). The disease is so called from the belief that it could be healed by the touch of a king. This term is used only for historical articles using the name "king's evil", and is to be differentiated from scrofula as lymph node tuberculosis in modern clinical medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| King-Armstrong unit | The quantity of phosphatase that, acting upon disodium phenylphosphate in excess, at pH 9 for 30 min, liberates 1 mg of phenol. Synonym: King-Armstrong unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kingbird | <zoology> 1. A small American bird (Tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also called king birds. 2. The king tody. See King. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kingcup | <botany> The common buttercup. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kinesthesia |
the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc kinesthesis: the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
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| kinetic |
relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; "kinetic energy" characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime" energizing: supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor
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a type of developmental spondylolisthesis in chickens in which the sixth thoracic vertebra is deformed and downwardly rotated; pressure on the spinal cord can cause posterior paralysis.
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| kinematic viscosity |
absolute viscosity divided by the density of the fluid; measured in stokes as the time for an exact quantity of liquid to flow by gravity through a capillary tube. Symbol n.
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| kinetochore |
The kinetochore is the protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to the mitotic spindle during mitosis.The kinetochore contains two regions: an inner kinetochore, which is tightly associated with the centromere DNA; and an outer kinetochore, which interacts with microtubules. Even the simplest kinetochores consist of more than 45 different proteins. ...
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| kin | the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion |
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| kin | a theory that gases consist of small particles in random movement |
| kin | a theory that gases consist of small particles in random movement |
| kin | a theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases |
| kin | the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies |
| kin | a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape |
| kin | (trade name) a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter |
| kin | the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle |
| kin | people descended from a common ancestor |
| kin | (chess) the weakest but the most important chessman |
| kin | one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king |
| kin | (checkers) a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward |