- Body of troops - Body of troops in close formation - A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files
close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx
varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. - Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any
combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a
union. - A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. - One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the
metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. - A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
- Ankle and heel bones collectively - The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot
between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short
bones. - A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the
eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and
tarsal plate. - The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists
of form two to five joints.
- That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb
between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human
foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
- Having the same relative position, proportion, value,
or structure. - Corresponding in relative position and proportion. - Having the same relative proportion or value, as the
two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. - Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type
or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology,
3. - Being of the same typical structure; having like
relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the
hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond
in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type
structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
- Setting agent - Setting substance - Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal
tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a
nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but
formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of
various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments,
etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water,
and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of
calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its
nutritious qualities are of a low order. - Same as Gelatin.