Ad`hi*bi"tion (&?;), n. [L. adhibitio.] The act of adhibiting; application; use. Whitaker.
||Ad hom"i*nem (&?;). [L., to the man.] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.
Ad*hort" (&?;), v. t. [L. adhortari. See Adhortation.] To exhort; to advise. [Obs.] Feltham.
Ad`hor*ta"tion (&?;), n. [L. adhortatio, fr. adhortari to advise; ad + hortari to exhort.] Advice; exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham.
Ad*hor"ta*to*ry (&?;), a. Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.] Potter.
Ad`i*a*bat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; not passable; 'a priv. + &?; through + &?; to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv.
Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.
Ad`i*ac*tin"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. a- not + diactinic.] (Chem.) Not transmitting the actinic rays.
||Ad`i*an"tum (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, maidenhair; 'a priv. + &?; to wet.] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
Ad`i*aph"o*rism (&?;), n. Religious indifference.
Ad`i*aph"o*rist (&?;), n. [See Adiaphorous.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.
Ad`i*aph`o*ris"tic (&?;), a. Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley.
Ad`i*aph"o*rite (&?;), n. Same as Adiaphorist.
Ad`i*aph"o*rous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; different; &?; through + &?; to bear.] 1. Indifferent or neutral. Jer. Taylor.