||Hy`po*ster"num (?), n.; pl. L. Hyposterna (#), E. Hyposternums (#).
||[Pref. hypo- + sternum.] (Anat.) See Hypoplastron.
{ Hy"po*stome (?), ||Hy*pos"to*ma (?), } n. [NL. hypostoma, fr. Gr.
"ypo` beneath + &?; mouth.] (Zoˆl.) The lower lip of trilobites,
crustaceans, etc.
Hy*pos"tro*phe (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to turn round or
back; &?; under + &?; to turn.] (Med.) (a) The act of a patient turning
himself. (b) A relapse, or return of a disease.
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Hy"po*style (?), a. [Gr. &?; resting on pillars; &?; under + &?; a
pillar.] (Arch.) Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns;
-- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.
Hy`po*sul"phate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of hyposulphuric acid.
Hy`po*sul"phite (?), n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of what was formerly called
hyposulphurous acid; a thiosulphate. [Obs.] (b) A salt of
hyposulphurous acid proper.
Hy`po*sul*phur"ic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Pertaining
to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the
sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid.
Hyposulphuric acid, an acid, H2S2O6, obtained by the action of
manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery
solution and in its salts; -- called also dithionic acid. See
Dithionic.
Hy`po*sul"phur*ous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + sulphurous.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state
of oxidation.
Hyposulphurous acid. (a) Thiosulphuric acid. [Obs.] (b) An acid, H2SO2,
obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. It is not obtained in the
free state, but in an orange-yellow water solution, which is a strong
reducing and bleaching agent. Called also hydrosulphurous acid.
||Hy`po*tar"sus (?), n.; pl. Hypotarsi (#). [NL. See Hypo-, and
||Tarsus.] (Anat.) A process on the posterior side of the
||tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process. --
||Hy`po*tar"sal (#), a.
{ Hy*pot"e*nuse (?), Hy*poth"e*nuse (?) }, n. [L. hypotenusa, Gr. &?;,
prob., subtending (sc. &?;), fr. &?; to stretch under, subtend; &?;
under + &?; to stretch. See Subtend.] (Geom.) The side of a
right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.
Hy*poth"ec (?), n. [F. hypothËque. See Hypotheca.] (Scot. Law) A
landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking
(cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for
payment of rent.
||Hy`po*the"ca (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; a thing subject to some
||obligation, fr. &?; to put under, put down, pledge. See Hypothesis.]
||(Rom. Law) An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over
||to his creditor in security of his debt.
It differed from pledge in regard to possession of the property subject
to the obligation; pledge requiring, simple hypotheca not requiring,
possession of it by the creditor. The modern mortgage corresponds very
closely with it. Kent.
Hy*poth"e*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hypothecated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Hypothecating (?).] [LL. hypothecatus, p. p. of hypothecare to
pledge, fr. L. hypotheca pledge, security. See Hypotheca.] (Law) To
subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without
delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery
of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to
make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear.
He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue.
Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.
Macaulay.
Hy*poth`e*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. hypothecatio.] 1. (Civ. Law) The act or
contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor
has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may
cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt.
This is a right in the thing, or jus in re. Pothier. B. R. Curtis.
There are but few cases, if any, in our law, where an
hypothecation, in the strict sense of the Roman law, exists; that
is a pledge without possession by the pledgee.
Story.
In the modern civil law, this contract has no application to movable
property, not even to ships, to which and their cargoes it is most
frequently applied in England and America. See Hypothecate. B. R.
Curtis. Domat.
2. (Law of Shipping) A contract whereby, in consideration of money
advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo
is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety.
It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry.
This term is often applied to mortgages of ships.
Hy*poth"e*ca`tor (?), n. (Law) One who hypothecates or pledges anything
as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
{ Hy*poth"e*nal (?), Hy*poth"e*nar (?), } a. [Pref. hypo- + thenar.]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand
above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the
forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.
Hy*poth"e*nar (?), n. (Anat.) The hypothenar eminence.