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pancratic, a.|pænˈkrætɪk|
[ad. L. type *pancratic-us (in adv. pancraticē; Sp. pancratico, F. pancratique), irreg. f. παγκράτιον, or f. Gr. παγκρατής all-powerful + -ic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the pancratium; hence, fully disciplined or exercised in mind, having a universal mastery of accomplishments.
a1660Hammond Serm. Jer. xxxi. 18 Wks. 1683 IV. 488 Advanced and arrived already to a spiritual height, to a full pancratick habit, fit for combats and wrastlings. 1731Bailey, Pancratick, all-powerful, almighty. 1820Ann. Reg. ii. 1296 The evolutions and manœuvres of the old Pancratic contests. 1848Lowell Biglow P., Notices Indep. Press, The advantages of a pancratic or pantechnic education.
2. Of an eye-piece: Capable of adjustment to many degrees of power.
1831Brewster Optics xliii. 363 It..has more recently been brought out as a new invention,..under the name of the Pancratic Eye Tube. 1878Lockyer Stargazing 113 This arrangement is called Dollond's Pancratic eyepiece. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 654/1 Pankratic Microscope..has a sliding tube containing the eye-piece, by which its distance from the object glass may be changed, and various degrees of enlargement..obtained without change of glasses. |