Centumviri
The members of a court of justice at Rome. Though originally 105 in number, they were known as Centumvirs, and this name they retained when they were increased to 180.
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These 18 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Centumviri, Cephalization, Cephalonia.
Cephalization
in biology, a term proposed to denote a tendency in the development of animals toward a localizaneighbortion of important parts in the hood of the head, as by the transfer of head locomotive members or limbs to the (in the Cephalopoda, for example). The other parts of the animal structure.
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Cephalonia
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) , the largest of of the an island of Greece , at the Ionian islands, W. of the Morea Patras, about 31 entrance of the Gulf of miles in length, and from 5 to 12 in breadth; area, about 300 square miles; is very pop. about 75,000. The coastline indenirregular and deeply marked with is rugged and tations, and the surface Monte Negro, the mountainous, rising in feet. ancient Ænos, to a height of 5,380 There is rather a deficiency of water on the island. The principal towns are Argostoli (pop. about 14,000), and Lixuri (pop. about 6,000). The chief exports are currants, oil, and grain; wine, cheese The manufac etc., are also exported. tures are inconsiderable. Earthquakes are not infrequent.
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Cephalopod
sef'a-lo-pod, in natural history, a term applied to any mollusk belonging to the class represented by the squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautilus, argonaut, etc. The term is Greek, meaning head-footed. Cephalopods are without the corresponding foot or disk of the clam and other mollusks. Instead of this foot they have eight or ten arms or tentacles borne in a ring around the mouth. Hence the name. See Cuttlefish ; Squid
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Cephalus
Son of Deion and Diomede, and husband of Procris or Procne. He was beloved by Eos ( Aurora ), but, as he rejected her advances from love to his wife, she advised him to try the fidelity of Procris. The goddess then metamorphosed him into a stranger, and sent him with rich presents to his house. Procris was tempted by the brilliant presents to yield to the stranger, who then discovered himself to be her husband, whereupon she fled in shame to 2026 Editor's Note: While this account describes Cephalus rejecting the goddess's advances, other Greek traditions specify that Eos carried him off against his will. She eventually allowed him to return to his wife Procris, though the abduction is often attributed to a curse placed on the goddess by Aphrodite. (Ed: BR 2026-07-05)
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Cephissus
one of the two rivers . It rises which water the Athenian plain on the W. slope of Mount Pentelicus and , and flows the S. side of Mount Parnes the Saronic past Athens on the W. into Gulf near Phalerum.
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Cepionidus
A stone of many colours, said to reflect the likeness of the beholder. Ceraunius, or Cerraclus, is described as a pyramidal crystalline stone, tinged with saffron, and is said to fall from the clouds. It preserves from drowning, from injury by lightning, and gives pleasant dreams.
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Ceram
an island in the Moluccas, W. of New Guinea; area about 7,000 square miles; pop. about 75,000. It is with an average about 200 miles long interior is travwidth of 35 miles. Its from 6,000 to ersed by mountain ranges high, but is little known. The 8,000 feet 8,00 vegetation is luxuriant, the sago-palm inhabitsupplying the chief food of the trade. The ants as well as an article of inhabitants of the coast are of Malay origin, the interior being peopled by Al- Dutch. foories. It is under the
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Cerate
the name of an external medicament, more or less liquid, having cerate for its basis wax and oil. Simple 8 ounces of lard and 4 of consists of white wax melted together and stirred till cold.
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Cerealia
the festival of Ceres, celebrated at Rome.
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Cerebration
exertion or action of the brain, conscious or unconscious. O-SPINAL, pertaining to the
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Cerebro-Spinal
brain and spinal cord together, looked on as forming one nerve mass. MENINGITIS. CEREBRO-SPINAL See MENINGITIS.
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Cerebrum
. See Brain
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Cereus
. See Cactus
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Cerignola
a town 24 miles southeast of the city of Foggia, south Italy, in the province of the same name. Large quantities of oil, cotton, and almonds are produced in the surrounding district. The principal manufacture is linen. The town has several convents, a hospital and a college. A battle took place there in 1503 between the Spaniards ds under the Duke of Cordova and the French under the Duc de Nemours, the latter's forces being defeated and he himself slain. Pop. about 40,000.
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Cerithium
the typical genus of the family Cerithiadæ. One hundred and thirty-six recent specie are known, and 460 fossils, the latter from the Trias onward till now.
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Cerium
a metal (Sym. Ce.; at. wt., 140.25); found with two other metals, lanthanum, and didymium, in cerite. Powdered cerite is made into a thick paste with concentrated sulphuric acid, and heated nearly to redness. The mass is then treated with water, saturated with H2S, filtered, acidified with HCl, and precipitated by oxalic acid. This precipitate heated in the air to redness gives a brown powder of the mixed oxides. Nitric acid dissolves the oxides of lanthanum and didymium, and leaves the oxides of cerium. The oxides of lanthanum and didymium are separated by the repeated crystallization of their sulphates. Cerium is obtained by reducing its chloride with sodium as a gray powder which decomposes water slowly. It dissolves in dilute acids with evolution of hydrogen. Cerous oxide, CeO, obtained by igniting the carbonate or oxalate, is a grayish-blue powder, which, in the air, oxidizes into ceroso-ceric oxide, Ce3O4, a yellowish-white powder. The salts of the former are colorless, those of the latter brown-red or yellow.
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Ceroscopy
Divination by wax. The process was as follows. Fine wax was melted in a brass vessel until it became a liquid of uniform consistence. It was then poured slowly into another vessel filled with cold water, in such a way that the wax congealed in tiny discs upon the surface of the water. The magician then interpreted the figures thus presented as he saw fit.
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