Webster's Dictionary 1913

11314

Substitution

Sub′sti‐tu″tion (?), n. [L. substitutio: cf. F. substitution.] 1. The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agen...

11315

Substitutional

Sub′sti‐tu″tion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted. — Sub′sti‐tu″tion‐al‐ly, adv.

11316

Substitutionary

Sub′sti‐tu″tion‐a‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional.

11317

Substitutive

Sub″sti‐tu′tive (?), a. [Cf. F. substitutif, L. substitutivus conditional.] Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted. Bp. Wil...

11318

Substract

Sub‐stract″ (?), v. t. [F. suostraire; L. subtus below (from sub under) + trahere to draw. See Substract.] To subtract; to withdraw. Barrow.

11319

Substraction

Sub‐strac″tion (?), n. [OF. substraction, F. soustraction. See Subtract.] 1. Subtraction; deduction.2. (Law) See Subtraction, 3.

11320

Substractor

Sub‐stract″or (?), n. 1. One who subtracts.2. A detractor; a slanderer. Shak.

11321

Substrate

Sub″strate (?), n. A substratum.

11322

Substrate (2)

Sub″strate, a. Having very slight furrows.

11323

Substrate (3)

Sub‐strate″ (?), v. t. [L. substratus, p. p. of substrahere. See Substratum.] To strew or lay under anything.The melted glass being supported by the substrated sand. Boyle.

11324

Substratum

Sub‐stra″tum (?), n.; pl.Substrata (#). [L. substratus, p. p. of substernere to strew under; sub under + sternere to strew. See Stratum.] 1. That which is laid or spread under; ...

11325

Substruct

Sub‐struct″ (?), v. t. [See Substruction.] To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation.He substructs the religion of Asia as the base. Emerson.

11326

Substruction

Sub‐struc″tion (?), n. [L. substructio, fr. substruere, substructum, to build beneath; sub under + struere to build.] (Arch.) Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary s...

11327

Substructure

Sub‐struc″ture (?), n. [Pref. sub- + structure.] 1. (Arch.) Same as Substruction.2. An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.

11328

Substylar

Sub‐sty″lar (?), a. Pertaining to the substyle.

11329

Substyle

Sub″style′ (?), n.(Dialing) A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it pa...

11330

Subsulphate

Sub‐sul″phate (?), n.(Chem.) A sulphate with an excess of the base.

11331

Subsulphide

Sub‐sul″phide (?), n.(Chem.) A nonacid compound consisting of one equivalent of sulphur and more than one equivalent of some other body, as a metal.

11332

Subsultive

Sub‐sul″tive (?), a. Subsultory. Berkley.

11333

Subsultory

Sub‐sul″to‐ry (?), a. [L. subsilire, subsultum, to spring up; sub under + salire to leap.] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. — Sub‐sul″to‐ri‐ly, adv.Flippancy...

11334

Subsultus

‖Sub‐sul″tus (?), n. [NL. See Subsultory.] (Med.) A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion.

11335

Subsumable

Sub‐sum″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being subsumed. J. B. Stallo.

11336

Subsume

Sub‐sume″ (?), v. t. [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.] To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any o...

11337

Subsumption

Sub‐sump″tion (?), n. 1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another.The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of that of which we were conscious under this notio...

11338

Subsumptive

Sub‐sump″tive (?), a. Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. Coleridge.

11339

Subtangent

Sub‐tan″gent (?), n.(Geom.) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.

11340

Subtartarean

Sub′tar‐ta″re‐an (?), a. Being or living under Tartarus; infernal. “Subtartarean powers.” Pope.