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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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interr any nem fudemene trom orters betore made; ) DISDIAPASONT, a Perm in Mutick, denocine
er erhiereby ire can interr or conclude one chins a double Fighch or Pitreench
from anorher.
DISCRETE Or Disjunct Proporrion, is when
che Ratio berween cvo Pairs oF NVumbers Oc
DISEMBOGVE, when a Stip passeth ouc oE
the Monch oF lome Culph, they CaII. ic Disem
boguins. They Cay al(0oF a River, thac at luch a
Ouantiey is che Came, buc chere is noc the same (Place, or alter ic hach run (0 many Lcapues, ir
Proporrion berween all che 4 Numbers. Thus il) disemborues ir selE into chie Sea
thele Numbers, 6. 8: : 3. 4 are considered;
the Pario becween rhe Arst Pair 6 and 8 is che
Pame as char berrveen 3 and q, and cheretore chesc
Numbers are proporrional; buc ris onty directly
ex disjunctly; For 6 is nor 108 25 8 10 3, ThaFIS,
DISSONCT Proporrion, che lame wich Dis.
crete: Wtich sec
DISTONCTIVE Propositions, are chole wtere.
in the Disjunctire, Conjunctire (or) is found; 25
cicher che Sun mores aboue the Parth, Or che
the Proporrion is broken os berrcen 8 and 3, and F arth abour the Sun. Den are puided cicher by
is noc continued aIl alons, as ic is in these follon-
ins, Which are called Continued Proportionals, vie
6, 12. 24 3
BIECRE LE Ouanricy, is Tuch as is nOr contin-
ed and joined rogether, 25 Number; Whose Parts
being distinct. Vnirs cannor De uniced into onc
Continuum; For in a Continuum chere are no actu-
al decerminare Parrs, betore Dirision, bur chey
are porentially Intinice; Wwheretore ic is ulually
Interest or Fear
DISLOCATION, che Tame wich Luxarion et
purrins a Limb, or any Bone ot che Body our ol
Toint.
DISMES, Decimae, are Tyches, and signisie che
rench parr oF all che Fruirs ot the Barch, Or Pams
and prosirable Bealts oF ir, or oF Mens L abOUF.
DISMODNIT, in ihe common Milicary ule, is
to unhorle, as ro dismonnt the Caraley; buc chey
and trusy laid, that Continued Ouantity is divisible call ie also Dismountins of Cannon; Wvhen they are
in Insinitum.
DISCRETIVE Propositions, are those vhere va-
rious Judgmenrs are made, and denored by che
Parricles (but, nosmithstandins) or words of che
likee nature, cirher express d or understood; thus
Forrune may deprive me os myWealth, but not es
my Vireuc. They rho cross the Sca, change only theit
Country, but not their Disposition; arc called Dis-
cretive Propositions.
chrown oft che Carriages, and are broken, or any
Fhorle rendred untur for Service
DISPART, a Term in Cunnery, Ggnifvine che
Terrins a Mark on the Muzzle Rins ot a Piece ob
Ordnance, or thereabours; (0 char a Sighr. Line
caken uxon che Top of che Base Rins against che
Touch hole, by che Mark set on Or near the NuZ
2lC, may be parallel co che AXis of the Concave
Cxlinder. The common may ot doins which, is.
DISCOS, amons the Romans, was a round ro catre rhe rro Diamerers ot che Bale Rins and
Ouoit ot Mecalor Scone, abour a Foor in Diame
cer, which. in Ancient Exercises chey chre in
che Air ro Mew cheir Screngch: AI(othey BaVC
che lame Name 1o a round Shield consecrated e0
ehe Memory ot lome Famous Fero, and huns ux
in the Temples ot cheir 60d5 25 a Trophy for
some grear Action. From the Figure of cither or
Wwhich, bur racher trom che former, comes our
word so much in use amons AAronomers, viZ. chc
Diste oF che Sun or Moon; by wwtich chey mean
the Round oE rhe PlanetS BOdY aS IE aPPCAFSLC
15
DoeOo. l ulea os ea Boranuto, le denore
the midale, plain, and Aat parr ot some Llovers.
such a5 Caltha, Flos Solis, _c. because ris in Fi
sure likre che anciene Discus: And chey reckon tvo
Kinds ot Plans wich a Discous Flover.
T. Such as hare che tloiver compounded, and
the Secd pappous, buc che Lcares and Scalks arc
noc milter wrten broken.
ot the place nhere che Dispart is to Aand, and di
vide che Difference berween them inro tvo equal
parrs; one of wrhich rill be che Lensch oF che
Dispart, Wrhich is sec on che Cun wich Wax Or
Pirch, or factned chere ich a plece oF Tmine or
Mariin: Buc an Instrumene may be made ro do
it ro aII Possible nicery
DISPENSATORIE, is a Book used by Apothe
caries, wherein all Medicines, ac lcaA rhe mott
ulual, are concained and preseribed, rhar chey
may be prepared in the Shops alI che Veas
round.
BISPLAVED, ihe Term in Becalery sor an
Fagle in an crect posture, and her Wines spread
abread.
DISPONDEDS, is tHe FoOT OL a Larin Verse
consistins oE Four Syllables, and chole all lonp. as
Concludentes; Cochar ehis is a Composicion of Lwo
Sponde s.
BISEOSTTION: Sec Mechod. Yt Archire
2. The Corymbiserous Plants, Wohole Flowersare cture they call che just placins oF all che severat
compounded inco a Discous Fioure, buc cheir
Secds are nor pappons: Or che tormer kind are
the Fleabanes, Karmeeds, Groundsells, ecc. and 0
che larter are Daisies, Chamemile, Tansie, Worm
vood, eC.
DISCOSSTON, hach. rvo Senses amOnB Wet
cers; Comerimes ir signities rhe cleaF CTCALIHS OF
Parrs oF an Fdifice accordins ro cheir proper Oc.
der Disposition.
DTSOOTSTTIONI, an Enquiry into cheNature,
Kinds, and Circumstances oF any Problem, Oue
Rion, or Topick, in order eo gain a riphe Xorion,
and ro discourse cleariy ot ir
DISSEISTNT, (in Law) Ggnities an unlawful
handlins ot ans parricular Poine or Problem, (0 dilporsestins a Mam of his Land, Tenement, or0
as chereby che word imprus le sne n cel
disticuleles ich which ic ls batraliea; ana thus
ther immorable or incorvoral RiBhr.
DISSFISTN apon Disseisin, is ihere che Dissei
ve Cay such a Poine vas ell discussed vhen ir sor is disseissed by anocher
Wwas Well creared ot and eleared up. Buc,
DISCOSSION, is allo used in a Medical Sense,
DISSEMTNTATE Vacuum: Sec Vacuur
DISSTMTLAR CcaveS, are the cwo Arst Leaves
for che dispersins che Macrer OE any Pumour ox oF any Planc ac ics hest Moorins our of cheCround;
Sivellins in che Body; and cheretore che Surge.
and are (0 called becaule they ulvally are of dif
Ons. detine Discussion ro be an Fracuarion ot some ferent form from the common Leaves ol the
chin Matrer sathered in any Parr, by insensible provn Plane. These DF. Crem observes robe no-
Evaporation; and ehis is procured by che Nacu- Thing bur che very Lobes ot che secd, expanded
al Heat beins eneceated by provet edicires. and chus adranced. Nheie ule is for iheproed