Pro*me"the*an (?), n. (Old Chem.) (a) An apparatus for automatic
ignition. (b) A kind of lucifer match.
Pro*me"the*us (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, from &?; to have forethought
for.] (Class. Myth.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and
Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in
knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means
of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury
to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his
liver.
{ Prom"i*nence (?), Prom"i*nen*cy (?), } n. [L. prominentia: cf. F.
prominence. See Prominent. ]
1. The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from
something; conspicuousness.