Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume CCe·tol"o·gy (?), n. [Gr. ? whale + -logy: cf. F. cétologie.] The description or natural history of cetaceous animals. Ce·trar"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica). -- Cetraric acid. See Cetrarin. Cet"ra·rin (?), n. [From Cetraria Islandica, the scientific name of Iceland moss.] (Chem.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance. Ce"tyl (?), n. [Gr. ? whale + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti. Ce·tyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti. -- Cetylic alcohol (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also cetyl alcohol. Cey"lan·ite (?), n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.] Cey`lon·ese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Ceylon. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Ceylon. C. G. S. An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time. C. G. T. An abbreviation for Confédération Générale du Travail (the French syndicalist labor union). Cha (chä), n. [Chin. ch'a.] [Also chaa, chais, tsia, etc.] Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia. |