Trope
71a|ze|o|trope — «uh ZEE uh trohp», noun. Chemist. a mixture of two or more substances which, at a certain proportion and at a certain pressure, boils at a constant temperature and, in distillation or partial evaporation, retains the same composition in the vapor …
72chro|ma|trope — «KROH muh trohp», noun. 1. an arrangement in a magic lantern, stereopticon, or other light projector for producing effects similar to those of a kaleidoscope. 2. a device consisting of a disk on which circular arcs of bright colors are so placed… …
73em|me|trope — «EHM uh trohp», noun. a person having emmetropia …
74he|li|o|trope — «HEE lee uh trohp, HEEL yuh », noun, adjective. –n. 1. any one of a group of herbs or shrubs with clusters of small, sweet smelling, purple or white flowers; turnsole. It belongs to the borage family. 2. the common valerian. 3. any plant whose… …
75hem|i|trope — «HEHM ee trohp», adjective, noun. –adj. having two similar parts or halves, one of which is turned half way round upon the other, as of a compound or twin crystal. –n. a hemitrope crystal. ╂[< French hémitrope < hémi hemi + Greek trópos… …
76rhe|o|trope — «REE uh trohp», noun. a device for reversing the direction of an electric current …
77ster|e|o|trope — «STEHR ee uh trohp, STIHR », noun. an optical device based on the same principle as a zoetrope but fitted with a stereoscope, giving solidity to the figures in motion. ╂[< stereo + Greek tropos turned] …
78zo|e|trope — «ZOH uh trohp», noun. an optical instrument consisting of a cylinder open at the top, with a series of slits in the circumference, and a series of figures representing successive positions of a moving object arranged along the inner surface,… …
79zo|o|trope — «ZOH uh trohp», noun. = zoetrope. (Cf. ↑zoetrope) …
80Metasememe — Trope (rhétorique) Un trope (substantif masculin), du grec τρόπος : tropos ( tour ), ou un métasémème dans le vocabulaire du Groupe µ, est une figure de style ou figure de rhétorique, de signification destinée à embellir un texte ou à le… …
