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contenJing partics
en~bli!h
one
or
more
ubilt~tors.
10
judge of and lerminale lheir difTerence in an amicable
\Vay.
COMPUNCTION, in Iheology, an inward grief of
mind, ror
havio~
ofTcncled God.
COMPUTATION, in a general fenfe, Ihe
m~nner
of
enimalin~
lime, weighls, meafure, moneys, or quan–
liries
01'
any kinel .
CO ARION, or CONOlb F. s, a name for Ihe pineal
gland . See Vol.
l.
p.
286.
CONATUS, a term frequendy ufed in philofophyand
malhenmics, defined by fome 10 be a quantilY of 010-
tion, nOI capable of being exprefTed by any lime, or
lenglh; as Ihe
conaluJ rmdcndi ah axe
InD/ IIJ,
is Ihe
endeavour which
~
body, movcd circularly, makes 10
recede, or Ay ofl' from Ihe centreor axis .of ilSmotion.
Sce MEC HAN ICS.
CONCATENATlON, a term chieAy ufed in
fpe~king
of Ihe mUlual dependence of fecond caufes upon each
ólher.
COI CAVE. an appellarionufed infpeaking of lheinner
furface of hollow bodies, bUI more efpecially of fp,he–
rical ones.
CON
CAVE
GLASIES, fuch as are ground hollow, and
are
ufu~lIy
of a fpherica l figure, Ihough Ihey may be
of any olher, as pmbolical,
&e.
AII objeéls feen
\hrotlgh conca,e glafTes, appear crea and dimini!hed.
S e OPTICS.
CONCE TR TlON, in general, fignifies Ihe brin&–
ing Ihings nealer acenter. Hence Ihe panicles of fah,
in
fe~·water,
are f. id 10 be concentrated; Ihat is,
brought nearer each other, by enpoming the watery
palt. See CHHII!HV.
CONCE TRIC, in mathematics, fometbing that has
Ihe fame common center with another: il lIands in
oppofition 10 excentric.
·
,
CONCEPTlON, among phyficians,
&c.
denoles Ihe
firn fornlallon of an embryo in Ihe womb of its pa–
renl, who from Ihat lime becomes pregnant. See
GENERATION.
CON CEPTIOS, in logic. See ApPREHENSJON.
CON CEPT10~,
io geography, a city of Chili, in Soulh
America, fituated on lhe Pacific Ocean, in
79°
W.
long. and
37·
S. lat.
CONCEPTioN is alfo the capital of the province of Ve–
ragua, io Mexico, aboul 100 miles weH of POrto
Bello:
W.
long.
83°,
anel N.lal. 10°.
CONCERT, or CONCUTO, in mufic, a namber or
company of muficians, playing or finging the fame piece
of mufic or fong al Ihe fame lime. See Mu sle.
CO CERT
ATO
inlimales Ihe piece of mufic 10 be
compofed in fuch a manner, as Ihat all Ihe pam may
ha'e Iheir recitativos, be il for IIVO, three, four, or
more voices or innrumems.
CO
CERTO GROSS I, the graM
chol ~'
VI
a conCerl,
or
Ihore places where all the fereral pans perform or
pla
'
logelher.
CO.
CH -\, .in zoo,ogy. a fynonime of Ihe II'TILUS,
SOL
EN,
Cío:.
See Ihefe anicle5.
CONCII A, in
~oalomy.
See 01.
1.
p.
297.
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CONCllOm, in geometry, the
na~le
of a curve, gi,en
it
~y
liS inventor icomedes. 8ce F,.UXIONS.
CO CHYLl A, a gCllml name for all kinds of pmi–
fied fllclls, as limpels, eochlea, nnutili, concha:, le.
p.dts.
&c.
CONCINNOUS
i"/"vah,
in mufic, are
fu~h
as arelíl
for mlllic, nexl to, and incombiMtion with concords;
being neither
Ncry
agrecablc, nor difagrmble inthem·
felves, but having a good efTea. as by their oppofition
!bey htiglmn themore efTemial principiesof pleafure;
or as by their mixture and combinalion wilh them,
Ihey produce a variety
necefT~ ry
to our being belltr
pldcd.
CON CINNOUS
fjflcm,
in mufic. A fyfiem is faid to be
concinnous, or divided concipnoufly, \Vhen il! pam,
confidercd as fimple inlervals, are concinnous; and
are befides placed in fueh an order between the ex–
tremes, as Ihal the fucceffioo of founds, from one ex'
treme to the other" may have an agreeable efl'ea.
CO CLAVE, Ihe place in which the cardinal, of Ihe
Romi!h church mm, aod are !hut up, in order to the
elcainn of a pope.
. Theconclave is arange of fmall cells, ten fee! fqum,
made of \Vajnrcot : thele are numbered, and drawnfor
by lot. They lIand in a line along the galleries and
hlll or the Vatican, IVilh a linall fpace between caeh.
Every'cell has Ihe arms of thecardinal oyer il. 'I1te
conclave is not 6xed 10 any one determinate place, for
the coonitutions of the church allow the cardinal! tO
make choice of fuch a place for the conclave
a~
they
Ihink mon coovenienl
i
yel it i, generally held
lO
the
Vaticano
The conclave is very firialy guarded by Ir?Ops:
neither the cardinals, nor any perfon !hut up
lO
Ihe
conclave, are fpoke 10, bUI al the hours all?wed of,
and Ihen in Italian or Latin; even the prov,fions for
Ihe conclave are examined, Ihat no Iwers be con,eyed
by thal means fromIhe minillers of foreign powers,.or
other perfons who may have ao interell in the e1eélion
of the pomifl'.
.
CONCLAVE is alfo ufed for the all'embly, or meeung, of
Ihe cardinals !hUI up, ror Ihe eleaion of a
p~pe.
CONCLUSION, in logic, the confequence or
Judgmen~
drawn from whal \Vas afTerted in the premlll'cs; or the
previous judgments in reafoning, gaincd from com–
bining Ihe extreme ideas belween IbeOlfelves.
CONCOCTlON,
10
medicine, the change which loe
food undergoes iD Ihe lIomach,
&e.
tObecome chy\e.
See CHVU.
.
COI COMITANT, fomething Iha! accon/paoles or
goes along IVith aootber.
8'
CONCORD, in grammar, Ihat
pan
of conflra
'00
called fynlax, in which tbe words of a fenlence
2gr~e
;
Ihal is, in wh,ch nouns are pUl in Ibe rame gen erJ
number, aod cafe ; and I'erbs in the fame number
10
perfon IVith nouns and pronouns.
Cos coRO, in mufic, the relation of tIVO
(oun~s 1~llf:~e
always
agrmbl~
to !he ear, whether apphed
10
•
cdlion or confonance. See
1
VI
Ic.
B'bl
CONCORDA
CE,
a ron or dlaionary ofth e
l
.1.
e
g,
exp UOID