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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: adenoviral - ad inf.</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="adenoviral"> adenoviral, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like an adenovirus. </DL> <A NAME="adenovirus"> adenovirus, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of viruses that attack mucous tissues, especially of the respiratory tract. </DL> <A NAME="adenylcyclase"> adenyl cyclase,<DL COMPACT><DD> an enzyme that converts adenosine triphosphate into adenosine monophosphate or cyclic AMP. </DL> <A NAME="adenylicacid"> adenylic acid,<DL COMPACT><DD> an acid composed of adenine, ribose, and phosphoric acid, formed in the body from red blood corpuscles and muscle tissue but derived from adenosine. </DL> <A NAME="adephagous"> adephagous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with a suborder of beetles that prey on other insects, such as the tiger beetles. <DD> 2. voracious; predatory. </DL> <A NAME="adept"> adept, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. very skillful; expert. Ex. an adept tennis player. She is adept in music. (SYN) proficient. <DD>noun 1. a thoroughly skilled person; an expert. Ex. He is an adept in working out crossword puzzles. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) an alchemist. adv. adeptly. noun adeptness. </DL> <A NAME="adequacy"> adequacy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> state or condition of being adequate; as much as is needed for a particular purpose; sufficiency. Ex. The adequacy of treatment with antibiotics is being tested. </DL> <A NAME="adequate"> adequate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. as much as is needed for a particular purpose; sufficient; enough. Ex. His wages are adequate to support his family. (SYN) requisite. <DD> 2. suitable or competent. Ex. He is quite adequate for the job. (SYN) satisfactory. adv. adequately. noun adequateness. </DL> <A NAME="adermin"> adermin, noun. =pyridoxine.</DL> <A NAME="adestefideles"> Adeste Fideles,<DL COMPACT><DD> "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (a hymn often sung as a Christmas carol). </DL> <A NAME="adeundem(gradum)"> ad eundem (gradum),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) to the same (standing), applied to the admission without examination of a student transferring from one college or university to another. </DL> <A NAME="adeux"> a deux,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) of, for, or between two (people) only. Ex. a dinner a deux. </DL> <A NAME="adextra"> ad extra,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) in an outward direction. </DL> <A NAME="adextremum"> ad extremum,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) at last; finally. </DL> <A NAME="adf"> ADF (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. aircraft direction finder. <DD> 2. automatic direction finder. </DL> <A NAME="adfected"> adfected, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) containing different powers of an unknown quantity; compounded. </DL> <A NAME="adfin"> ad fin.,<DL COMPACT><DD> ad finem. </DL> <A NAME="adfinem"> ad finem,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) to or at the end. </DL> <A NAME="adgloriam"> ad gloriam,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) for glory. </DL> <A NAME="adgustum"> ad gustum,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) to the taste; to one's liking. </DL> <A NAME="adh"> ADH,<DL COMPACT><DD> antidiuretic hormone. </DL> <A NAME="adharma"> adharma, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Hinduism.) wrong behavior; injustice; unrighteousness. </DL> <A NAME="adhere"> adhere, intransitive verb, -hered, -hering.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to stick fast; remain attached (to). Ex. Mud adheres to your shoes. Paint adheres best to a clean, dry surface. (SYN) cling. <DD> 2. to hold closely or firmly (to). Ex. He adheres to his ideas even when they are proved wrong. We adhered to our plan in spite of the storm. (SYN) cleave, persevere. <DD> 3. to be devoted or attached (to); be a follower or upholder; give allegiance (to a party, leader, or belief). Ex. Many people adhere to the church of their parents. <DD> 4. (Obsolete.) to agree. noun adherer. </DL> <A NAME="adherence"> adherence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a holding to and following closely; steady observance or maintenance. Ex. The coach insisted on rigid adherence to the rules. <DD> 2. attachment or devotion (to a party, leader, or belief); faithfulness. <DD> 3. a sticking fast; adhesion. </DL> <A NAME="adherent"> adherent, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a faithful supporter; follower. Ex. Surrealism still has its numerous adherents (New Yorker). <DD>adj. 1. sticking fast; clinging; attached. <DD> 2. (Botany.) adnate. adv. adherently. </DL> <A NAME="adhesion"> adhesion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a sticking fast (to anything); an adhering; attachment. <DD> 2a. a following and supporting; faithfulness; adherence. <DD> b. (Figurative.) agreement; assent; Ex. To that treaty Spain and England gave ... adhesion (Macaulay). (SYN) concurrence. <DD> 3. (Physics.) the molecular attraction exerted between the surfaces of unlike bodies in contact, such as a solid and a liquid. <DD> 4a. the growing together of body tissues that are normally separate, as a result of inflammation or after certain kinds of surgery. <DD> b. Often, adhesions. one of the bands or fibers of new tissue by which this is accomplished. <DD> 5. (Botany.) adnation. <DD> 6. (Anthropology.) the association of two apparently unrelated aspects of culture in a functional relationship, for example when the making of pottery by hand is considered to be woman's work. </DL> <A NAME="adhesional"> adhesional, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with adhesion. </DL> <A NAME="adhesive"> adhesive, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. (U.S.) sticky tape used especially to hold bandages in place; adhesive tape. <DD> 2. glue, paste, or other substance for sticking things together. <DD> 3. a gummed postage stamp. Ex. The design, by the French artist Pierre Gandon, shows the Arc de Triomphe, with a mass of flowers in the foreground, but this busy 15 fr. adhesive has been criticised by the experts as being "too busy" (Sunday Times). <DD>adj. 1. sticking and holding fast; adhering easily. (SYN) sticky. <DD> 2. coated with glue, paste, or other sticky substance. Ex. an adhesive label. (SYN) gummed. adv. adhesively. noun adhesiveness. </DL> <A NAME="adhesivetape"> adhesive tape,<DL COMPACT><DD> a strip of cloth coated on one surface with a sticky substance, used especially for holding bandages in place. </DL> <A NAME="adhibit"> adhibit, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to attach; affix. <DD> 2. to apply as a remedy. <DD> 3. to take in; let in; admit. </DL> <A NAME="adhibition"> adhibition, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of adhibiting; applying, especially as a remedy. </DL> <A NAME="adhoc"> ad hoc,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) for a specific purpose; special. Ex. an ad hoc committee. Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the ecological surveys already undertaken (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="adhominem"> ad hominem,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD> 1. appealing to a person's prejudices or emotions rather than to his power to reason. Ex. an argument ad hominem. <DD> 2. (literally) to the man. </DL> <A NAME="adi"> ADI (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> acceptable daily intake (of a drug, radioactivity, etc.). </DL> <A NAME="adiabat"> adiabat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a line or curve showing graphically the relationship of pressure and volume or of temperature and entropy of a fluid during an adiabatic process. </DL> <A NAME="adiabatic"> adiabatic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) <DD> 1. occurring without loss or gain of heat. <DD> 2. of or having to do with a change of volume of a gas during which no heat enters or leaves it. adv. adiabatically. </DL> <A NAME="adiabaticgradient"> adiabatic gradient or rate,<DL COMPACT><DD> the rate at which a parcel of air becomes cooler or warmer as it gains or loses altitude, respectively, estimated to be approximately 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit per 1,000 feet, or 1 degree centigrade (Celsius) per 100 meters. </DL> <A NAME="adiantum"> adiantum, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several ferns having delicate wedge-shaped leaflets on slender, black stems, and marginal clusters of spore cases, such as the maidenhair fern. </DL> <A NAME="adiaphora"> adiaphora, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> things neither good nor bad; nonessentials in faith or conduct. </DL> <A NAME="adiaphoresis"> adiaphoresis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> reduction or absence of perspiration. </DL> <A NAME="adiaphoretic"> adiaphoretic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. capable of reducing or preventing perspiration. <DD>noun any agent or drug that reduces or prevents perspiration. </DL> <A NAME="adiaphorism"> adiaphorism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> religious indifference or moderation. </DL> <A NAME="adiaphorist"> adiaphorist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person characterized by indifference or moderation, especially in religious matters. </DL> <A NAME="adiaphorous"> adiaphorous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> neither good nor bad; indifferent. </DL> <A NAME="adiathermancy"> adiathermancy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> imperviousness to radiant heat. </DL> <A NAME="adiathermanous"> adiathermanous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) impervious to radiant heat; not diathermanous. </DL> <A NAME="adiathermic"> adiathermic, adjective. =adiathermanous.</DL> <A NAME="adidas"> Adidas or adidas, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a type of athletic equipment, especially footwear and garments. </DL> <A NAME="adidem"> ad idem,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) to the same thing or effect; in agreement. Ex. The essence of a binding agreement is that the parties are ad idem--that their minds are at one (Sunday Times). </DL> <A NAME="adieu"> adieu, interjection, noun, pl. adieus, adieux.<DL COMPACT><DD> good-by; farewell. Ex. to make one's adieus. </DL> <A NAME="adinf"> ad inf.,<DL COMPACT><DD> ad infinitum. </DL> <A HREF="adinfini.dic">NEXT</A>