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Definition of Ekistic
1. ekistics [adj] - See also: ekistics
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ekistic
Literary usage of Ekistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical Catechism: With Notes, Illustrations, and Experiments by Samuel Parkes (1816)
"... in air,§ rtly in the state of ekistic vapour. think it of consequence that
those who have the care ..."
2. Applied Mechanics: An Elementary General Introduction to the Theory of by James Henry Cotterill (1890)
"217- Bending beyond the ekistic Limit.—Since wrought iron and steel are nearly
perfectly elastic when the stress applied is not too great, it follows that ..."
3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1825)
"Dec. 9. For Improvements in the Cast-Steel Manufacture. T<* J. -THOMPSON, Pimlico.
Dec. 9. For ekistic Stoppers to Regulate Chains and other Cables. ..."
4. A Treatise on the Steam-engine by John Scott Russell (1841)
"... or fifty pounds off an aperture of not more than a square inch in extent, that
is technically called steam of the ekistic prestane of three, four, Jive, ..."
5. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1825)
"... magnetism, electricity, the experiments upon the rarefaction and weight of
the air, and those upon ekistic bodies, might employ their idle hours, ..."
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