DIONYSIUS LARDNER
\dˌa͡ɪənˈɪsɪəs lˈɑːdnə], \dˌaɪənˈɪsɪəs lˈɑːdnə], \d_ˌaɪ_ə_n_ˈɪ_s_ɪ__ə_s l_ˈɑː_d_n_ə]\
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An Irish physicist; born in Dublin, April 3, 1793; died at Naples, April 29, 1859. He wrote several notable mathematical treatises; and edited, himself being one of the chief contributors, an "Encyclopedia" (132 vols., 1829-46). Among his other writings are: "Manual of Electricity", etc. (2 vols., 1841); "Treatise on Heat" (1844); "The Steam Engine" (1852); "Natural Philosophy and Astronomy" (3 vols., 1851-52)
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
Nearby Words
- dionysiac
- dionysian
- dionysianus, (f.)
- dionysiscus
- dionysius
- Dionysius Lardner
- dionysius the elder
- dionysus
- dionæa
- dioon
- diophantine