Ter`ri*to"ri*al wa"ters. (Internat. Law) The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt (often called the marine belt or territorial sea) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.
Perhaps it may be said without impropriety that a state has theoretically the right to extend its territorial waters from time to time at its will with the increased range of guns. Whether it would in practice be judicious to do so . . . is a widely different matter . . . . In any case the custom of regulating a line three miles from land as defining the boundary of marginal territorial waters is so far fixed that a state must be supposed to accept it in absence of express notice.
W. E. Hall.
||Ter"ti*um quid (?). [L.] A third somewhat; something mediating, or regarded as being, between two diverse or incompatible substances, natures, or positions.
{ Tes"la coil, Tes"la trans*form"er } (?). [After N. Tesla, American electrician.] (Elec.) A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer.
Teth"er-ball`, n. A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a string from an upright pole, the object of each side being to wrap the string around the pole by striking the ball in a direction opposite to the other.
{ Tet*raz"ine (?), n. Also -in }. [Tetrazo- + -ine.] (Chem.) A hypothetical compound, C2H2N4 which may be regarded as benzene with four CH groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties.
Tet*raz"ole (?), n. [Tetrazo- + -ole.] (Org. Chem.) A crystalline acid substance, CH2N4, which may be regarded as pyrrol in which nitrogen atoms replace three CH groups; also, any of various derivatives of the same.
Tet"rose (?), n. [Tetra- + - ose.] (Chem.) A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol.
Tex"as Leagu"er (?). [From the Texas (baseball) League.] (Baseball) A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder. [Cant]
Text hand. A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.
||Thal*loph"y*ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Thallophyte.] (Bot.) A phylum of plants of very diverse habit and structure, including the algæ, fungi, and lichens. The simpler forms, as many blue-green algæ, yeasts, etc., are unicellular and reproduce vegetatively or by means of asexual spores; in the higher forms the plant body is a thallus, which may be filamentous or may consist of plates of cells; it is commonly undifferentiated into stem, leaves, and roots, and shows no distinct tissue systems; the fronds of many algæ, however, are modified to serve many of the functions of the above- named organs. Both asexual and sexual reproduction, often of a complex type, occur in these forms. The Thallophyta exist almost exclusively as gametophytes, the sporophyte being absent or rudimentary. By those who do not separate the Myxophyta from the Tallophyta as a distinct phylum the latter is treated as the lowermost group in the vegetable kingdom.
Thal"lo*phyte (?), n. [Gr. &?; young shoot + -phyte.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. -- Thal`lo*phyt"ic (#), a.
||Thal"weg` (?), n. [G., fr. thal valley + weg way. See Dale; Way.] (Physiography) (a) A line following the lowest part of a valley, whether under water or not. (b) The line of continuous maximum descent from any point on a land surface, or that cutting all contours and angles.
||Tha"na (tä"nä), n. [Written also tana, tanna.] [Hind. thn.] A police station. [India] Kipling.
The"ism (th"z'm), n. [NL. & E. thea tea + -ism.] (Med.) The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea.
Ther*man"ti*dote (?), n. [Gr. &?; heat + E. antidote.] A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [India]
Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play?
Kipling.
{ Ther`mo*an`æs*the"si*a or -an`es*the"si*a } (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch.
Ther`mo*bar"o*graph (?), n. (Physics) An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.
Ther`mo*ba*rom"e*ter, n. A siphon barometer adapted to be used also as a thermometer.
Ther`mo*chro"ic (?), a. [Thermo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, color.] Pert. to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays.
Ther"mo*cou`ple (?), n. A thermoelectric couple.
Ther"mo*cur`rent (?), n. (Physics) A current developed or set in motion by heat; specif., an electric current, in a heterogeneous circuit, due to differences of temperature between the junctions of the substances of which the circuit is composed.
Ther"mo*din (?), n. [G., fr. Gr. &?; heat.] (Pharm.) A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc.
{ Ther`mo*e*lec"tric couple or pair } (?). (Elec.) A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.
Ther"mo*gram (?), n. (Physics) The trace or record made by means of a thermograph.
Ther*mog"ra*phy (?), n. [Thermo- + -graphy.] Any process of writing involving the use of heat.
Ther`mo*junc"tion (?), n. (Elec.) A junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.
Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cence (?), n. (Physics) Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. -- -lu`mi*nes"cent (#), a.
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Ther`mo*lyt"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to thermolysis.
Ther`mo*mo"tor (?), n. A heat engine; a hot-air engine.
Ther`mo*neu*ro"sis (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) (a) A neurosis caused by exposure to heat. (b) A neurosis causing rise or fall of a body's temperature.
Ther`mo*neu*tral"i*ty (?), n. (Chem.) Neutrality as regards heat effects.
Ther`mo*phil"ic (?), a. [Thermo- + Gr. &?; loving + -ic.] Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria.
Ther"mo*phone (?), n. [Thermo- + phone.] 1. A portable form of telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.
2. A telephone involving heat effects, as changes in temperature (hence in length) due to pulsations of the line current in a fine wire connected with the receiver diaphragm.
Ther"mo*phore (?), n. [Thermo- + Gr. &?; -bearing, fr. &?; to bear.] An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.
Ther`mo*reg"u*la`tor (?), n. (Physics) A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.
Ther`mo*si"phon (?), n. An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.
Ther`mo*sta"ble (?), a. [Thermo- + stable fixed.] (Physiol. Chem.) Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55° C. without loss of special properties; -- said of immune substances, etc.
Ther`mo*tac"tic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or retaining to thermotaxis.
Ther"mo*tank (?), n. [Thermo- + ank.] A tank containing pipes through which circulates steam, water, air, or the like, for heating or cooling; -- used in some heating and ventilation systems.
Ther`mo*tax"is (?), n. [NL.; thermo- + Gr. &?; an arranging.] (Physiol.) (a) The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat. (b) Determination of the direction of locomotion by heat.
Ther`mo*ten"sile (?), a. Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with the temperature.
Ther`mo*ther"a*py (?), n. [Thermo- + therapy.] (Med.) Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air.
Ther*mot"o*nus (?), n. [NL.; thermo- + tonus.] (Plant Physiol.) A condition of tonicity with respect to temperature.
The"roid (?), a. [Gr. qh`r, qhro`s, wild beast + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling a beast in nature or habit; marked by animal characteristics; as, theroid idiocy.
Thig`mo*tac"tic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to thigmotaxis.
||Thig`mo*tax"is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; touch + &?; an arranging.] (Physiol.) The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, and thus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance.
When the movement is away from the touching body, it is negative thigmotaxis; when towards it, positive thigmotaxis.
{ Thing, ||Ting } (?), n. [Dan. thing, ting, Norw. ting, or Sw. ting.] In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See Legislature, Norway.