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Definition of Gutta
1. n. A drop.
Definition of Gutta
1. Noun. (architecture) A small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gutta
1. a drop of liquid [n -TAE]
Medical Definition of Gutta
1.
1. A drop.
2. One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; called also campana, and drop. Gutta serena [L, lit. Serene or clear drop.
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Literary usage of Gutta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"gutta percha of various grades of quality but also other inferior products ...
The value of gutta percha cannot therefore be correctly gauged from the value ..."
2. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"At 266° gutta-percha melts. At higher heats it boils and undergoes partial ...
gutta-percha is a bad conductor of heat, but the best insulating substance ..."
3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1881)
"Thus the resistance of gutta-percha is about twenty times as great at 0CC as at
24CC. Messrs. Bright and Clark have found that the following formula gives ..."
4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"gutta-percha, purified by treating it with water and hydrochloric acid, is dissolved
... Comminuted gutta-percha is treated with cold ether, or with boiling ..."
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