See Also: HOUR measure of time(law)
neuter(dictionary)
Neuter(medicine)
neuter 1, adjective(dictionary)
neuter 2, verb(dictionary)
E Measure(law)
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Measure(medicine)

HOUR measure of time (law) and Neuter (medicine)


HOUR measure of time (law)


HOUR measure of time. The space of sixty minutes, or the twenty-fourth part of a natural day. Vide Date; Fraction; and Co. Litt. 135; 3 Chit. Pr. 110. of a natural day. Vide Date; Fraction; and Co. Litt. 135; 3 Chit. Pr. 110.

Neuter (medicine)


neuter


1. Neither the one thing nor the Other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. "In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter." (South)

2. Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender. Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.

3. <biology> Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter.

Origin: L, fr. Ne not + uter whether; akin to E. Whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither.

1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral. "The world's no neuter; it will wound or save." (Young)

2. A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. An intransitive verb.

3. <biology> An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the Garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

Source: Websters Dictionary