Meaning of STIGMATIC
| Pronunciation: | | stig'matik
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- [n] a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)
- [adj] pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)
- [adj] pertaining to or resembling of having stigmata
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| | Synonyms: | | anastigmatic, stigmatist |
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| | See Also: | | human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | |
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\Stig*mat"ic\, n.
1. A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded;
one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment. [R.]
--Bullokar.
2. A person who is marked or deformed by nature. --Shak.
\Stig*mat"ic\, Stigmatical \Stig*mat"ic*al\, a. [See
{Stigma}.]
1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to
character.
2. Impressing with infamy or reproach. [R.]
3. (Bot., Anat., etc) Of or pertaining to a stigma or
stigmata.
{Stigmatic geometry}, or {Stigmatics}, that science in which
the correspondence of index and stigma (see {Stigma}, 7)
is made use of to establish geometrical proportions.
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