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Ichthy-o.logy, 'X8us, icllthus, a fish. A treatise on the
lIature and properties of fish.
Log-arithm, from ap16j.tos, arithm'&s, nurilbcr, signifies
" the ratio of numbers," or a number in proportion
with another. Logarithms are numbers in arithmetical
progression, which answer, term for term, to other
numb,ers which arc in geometrical progression.
Logo-griphus, i'ptrpos, griph'&s, or 7pl7rOf, gripos, a net.
A kind of riddle, proposed to students for solution,
in order to exercise and improve the mind.
Logo-metrical, from 7\0705, [j)gos, a ratio, and J1.ETpOV,
melron, a lneasurc'. The logometrical scale is a scale
fer the measuring of ratios.
lIfeno-logy, /-''lV, men, a month. A register of months.
Meteoro-logy. Sec METEOR. : ;J['I~ /' fJ . -
l\:lono.loguc, p.ovos, munos, single. A soliloquy; the
part of a drama in which a person speaks to himself.
lIfono-poly-logne, 'lI"OAVS, p~lus, many. The title given
by Mr. Matthews to an entertainment in which he
performs several characters.
lIfytho-logy, /-,u80s, mutMs, a fable. An explanation of
the fabulons history of the heathen divinities.
Necro-Iogy, v."pos, ntfkr~$, dead. An acconnt of persons
who are dead.
Nco-logy, PfOS, n{f()s, new. The formation of new words.;
or a new application of old words.
Noso-Iogy, from "ocros, n~s~$, a disease, signifies literally
a treatise or discourse on diseases. The term;
however, has been appropriated to a methodical
arrangement of diseases.
Dno-logy, avos, vn~$, an ass. A foolish way of talking.
Onto-Iog)~, 01lTOS, ()lltos, gen. of '-'v, on, a being. The
science which considers the various distinctions and
affections of beings.