Brachium
(||Brach"i*um) n.; pl. Bracchia [L. brachium or bracchium, arm.] (Anat.) The upper arm; the
segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
Brachman
(Brach"man) n. [L. Brachmanae, pl., Gr. .] See Brahman. [Obs.]
Brachycatalectic
(Brach`y*cat`a*lec"tic) n. [Gr. brachy`s short + to leave off; cf. incomplete.] (Gr. &
Last. Pros.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.
Brachycephalic
(Brach`y*ce*phal"ic Brach`y*ceph"a*lous) , a. brachy`s short + head.]—> (Anat.) Having
the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; — in distinction from dolichocephalic.
Brachycephaly
(Brach`y*ceph"a*ly Brach`y*ceph"a*lism) , n. [Cf. F. Brachycéphalie] . (Anat.) The
state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.
Brachyceral
(Bra*chyc"er*al) a. [Gr. brachy`s short + horn.] (Zoöl.) Having short antennæ, as certain
insects.
Brachydiagonal
(Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal) a. [Gr. brachy`s short + E. diagonal.] Pertaining to the shorter
diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal.
Brachydiagonal
(Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal), n. The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
Brachydome
(Brach`y*dome) n. [Gr. brachy`s short + E. dome.] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to the
shorter lateral axis. See Dome.
Brachygrapher
(Bra*chyg"ra*pher) n. A writer in short hand; a stenographer.
He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon.
Gayton.
Brachygraphy
(Bra*chyg"ra*phy) n. [Gr. brachy`s short + -graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie.] Stenography.
B. Jonson.
Brachylogy
(Bra*chyl"o*gy) n. [Gr. : brachy`s short + discourse: cf. F. brachylogie.] (Rhet.) Conciseness
of expression; brevity.
Brachypinacoid
(Brach`y*pin"a*coid) n. [Gr. brachy`s short + E. pinacoid.] (Crytallog.) A plane of an
orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal)
axis.
Brachyptera
(||Bra*chyp"te*ra) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. short-winged; brachy`s short + feather, wing.] (Zoöl.)
A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
Brachypteres
(||Bra*chyp"te*res) n.pl. [NL. See Brachyptera. ] (Zoöl.) A group of birds, including auks,
divers, and penguins.
Brachypterous
(Bra*chyp"ter*ous) a. [Gr. : cf. F. brachyptère.] (Zoöl.) Having short wings.
Brachystochrone
(Bra*chys"to*chrone) n. [Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra`chistos shortest
(superl. of brachy`s short) + time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.) A curve, in which a body, starting
from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter
time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a
vacuum, the same as the cycloid.
Brachytypous
(Brach"y*ty`pous) a. [Gr. short + stamp, form.] (Min.) Of a short form.
