5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Person \Per"son\, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF.
persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a
personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through;
per + sonare to sound. See {Per-}, and cf. {Parson}.]
1. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or
manifestation of individual character, whether in real
life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an
assumed character. [Archaic]
His first appearance upon the stage in his new
person of a sycophant or juggler. --Bacon.
No man can long put on a person and act a part.
--Jer. Taylor.
To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst
thou known thyself aright. --Milton.
How different is the same man from himself, as he
sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a
friend! --South.
2. The bodily form of a human being; body; outward
appearance; as, of comely person.
A fair persone, and strong, and young of age.
--Chaucer.
If it assume my noble father's person. --Shak.
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined.
--Milton.
3. A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal
or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or
child.
Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is
a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and
reflection. --Locke.
4. A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any
person present.
5. A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
6. (Theol.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions
of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost);
an hypostasis. ``Three persons and one God.'' --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.
7. (Gram.) One of three relations or conditions (that of
speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being
spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence
also to the verb of which it may be the subject.
Note: A noun or pronoun, when representing the speaker, is
said to be in the first person; when representing what
is spoken to, in the second person; when representing
what is spoken of, in the third person.
8. (Biol.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the
compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in
the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. --Haeckel.
True corms, composed of united person[ae] . . .
usually arise by gemmation, . . . yet in sponges and
corals occasionally by fusion of several originally
distinct persons. --Encyc. Brit.
{Artificial}, or {Fictitious}, {person} (Law), a corporation
or body politic. --blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tangent \Tan"gent\, n. [L. tangens, -entis, p. pr. of tangere to
touch; akin to Gr. ? having seized: cf. F. tangente. Cf.
{Attain}, {Contaminate}, {Contingent}, {Entire}, {Tact},
{Taste}, {Tax}, v. t.] (Geom.)
A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion
of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the
point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for
example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle
produced. See {Trigonometrical function}, under {Function}.
{Artificial}, or {Logarithmic}, {tangent}, the logarithm of
the natural tangent of an arc.
{Natural tangent}, a decimal expressing the length of the
tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity.
{Tangent galvanometer} (Elec.), a form of galvanometer having
a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent
of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional
to the strength of the current.
{Tangent of an angle}, the natural tangent of the arc
subtending or measuring the angle.
{Tangent of an arc}, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of
a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct,
passing from the center through the other extremity o.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Artificial \Ar`ti*fi"cial\, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium:
cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.]
1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human
skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial
heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier
than life. --Shak.
2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
``Artificial tears.'' --Shak.
3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as,
artificial grasses. --Gibbon.
{Artificial arguments} (Rhet.), arguments invented by the
speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the
like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs.
--Johnson.
{Artificial classification} (Science), an arrangement based
on superficial characters, and not expressing the true
natural relations species; as, ``the artificial system''
in botany, which is the same as the Linn[ae]an system.
{Artificial horizon}. See under {Horizon}.
{Artificial light}, any light other than that which proceeds
from the heavenly bodies.
{Artificial lines}, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived
as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which,
by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable
exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc.
{Artificial numbers}, logarithms.
{Artificial person} (Law). See under {Person}.
{Artificial sines}, {tangents}, etc., the same as logarithms
of the natural sines, tangents, etc. --Hutton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
artificial
adj 1: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers";
"artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond";
"artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: {unreal}]
[ant: {natural}]
2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: {contrived}, {hokey},
{stilted}]
3: not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital
processes
From eng-fra [engfra]:
artificial
[ɑːtifiʃl]
affecté, artificiel
artificiel