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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Apophysis
Britannica 11thAPOPHYSIS (Gr. dir64>urts, offshoot), a bony protuberance, in human physiology; also a botanical term for the swelling of the spore-case in certain mosses.
Vol. 2, pp. 195-195
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Astrophysics
Britannica 11thASTROPHYSICS, the branch of astronomical science which treats of the physical constitution of the heavenly bodies. So long as these bodies could be known to men only as points or disks of light in the sky, no such science was possible. Even later, when the tel
Vol. 2, pp. 819-819
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Apotheosis
Britannica 11thAPOTHEOSIS (Gr. faofttovv, to make a god, to deify), literally deification. The term properly implies a clear polytheistic conception of gods in contrast with men, while it recognizes that some men cross the dividing line. It is characteristic of polytheism to
Vol. 2, pp. 206-207
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