Word Meanings - STIGMATA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

pl. of Stigma.

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• STIGMATIC; STIGMATICAL
  Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata. Stigmatic geometry, or Stigmatics, that science in which the correspondence of index and stigma is made use of to establish geometrical proportions. (more info) 1. Marked with a stigma, or with something
• STIGMATIST
  One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds. See Stigma, 8.
• STIGMATA
  pl. of Stigma.
• STIGMATOSE
  See STIGMATIC
• STIGMATICALLY
  With a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity.
• STIGMATIZATION
  The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8. (more info) 1. The act of stigmatizing.
• STIGMARIA
  The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
• STIGMATIC
  1. A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment. Bullokar. 2. A person who is marked or deformed by nature. Shak.
• STIGMATIZE
  1. To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers. That . . . hold out both their ears with such delight and ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored through in witness of their own voluntary and beloved
• STIGMA
  That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower. (more info) 1. A mark made with a burning
• ANASTIGMATIC
  Not astigmatic; --said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.
• ASTIGMATIC
  Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.
• TRISTIGMATIC; TRISTIGMATOSE
  Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. Gray.
• PTEROSTIGMA
  A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.
• ASTIGMATISM
  A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistictness of vision. Note: The term is applied especially to the defect causing