The anharmonic functionor ratioof four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad): where the segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.

Anhelation
(An`he*la"tion) n. [L. anhelatio, fr. anhelare to pant; an (perh. akin to E. on) + halare to breathe: cf. F. anhélation.] Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill.

Anhele
(An*hele") v. i. [Cf. OF. aneler, anheler. See Anhelation.] To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager [Obs.]

They anhele . . . for the fruit of our convocation.
Latimer.

Anhelose
(An"he*lose) a. Anhelous; panting. [R.]

Anhelous
(An*he"lous) a. [L. anhelus.] Short of breath; panting.

Anhima
(||An"hi*ma) n. [Brazilian name.] A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

Angulate
(An"gu*late An"gu*la`ted) a. [L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular.] Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

Angulate
(An"gu*late) v. t. To make angular.

Angulation
(An`gu*la"tion) n. A making angular; angular formation. Huxley.

Angulo-dentate
(An"gu*lo-den"tate) a.. [L. angulus angle + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.

Angulometer
(An"gu*lom"e*ter) n. [L. angulus angle + -meter.] An instrument for measuring external angles.

Angulose
(An"gu*lose`) a. Angulous. [R.]

Angulosity
(An`gu*los"i*ty) n. A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]

Angulous
(An"gu*lous) a. [L. angulosus: cf. F. anguleux.] Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.]

Held together by hooks and angulous involutions.
Glanvill.

Angust
(An*gust") a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.] Narrow; strait. [Obs.]

Angustate
(An*gus"tate) a. [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow.] Narrowed.

Angustation
(An`gus*ta"tion) n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.

Angustifoliate
(An*gus`ti*fo"li*ate) Angustifolious
(An*gus`ti*fo"li*ous) a. [L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright.

Angustura bark
(An`gus*tu"ra bark`) See Angostura bark.

Angwantibo
(||An`gwan*ti"bo) n. (Zoöl.) A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

Anhang
(An*hang") v. t. [AS. onhangian.] To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Anharmonic
(An`har*mon"ic) a. [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. 'an priv. + harmonic.] (Math.) Not harmonic.


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