Sekirov Dictionary

septic

/ˈsɛp.tɪk/

adjective 4
noun 5
forms 4

adjective4

Of or pertaining to sepsis.
Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
Of the seventh degree or order.

noun5

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A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
- The question is whether there are any spatial differences in how septics impact water quality, and whether these spatial variations should be considered when regulating septic improvement or removal. — 2008
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(slang, offensive) An American, a Yank.
- Typical septic. Can't understand why the rest of the world thinks he's a fuck-knuckle. — 1998
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(old-fashioned) A person who has sepsis.
- Acid-base balance data revealed moderately abnormal metabolic balance for both septics and nonseptics (in either direction) with normal respiratory balance or mild alkalosis. — 1983
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A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
- But, in the prosecution of this subject, he had met with very few real septics; and found many substances, commonly accounted such, of a quite opposite nature. — 1750
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A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
- Enriques states that it is possible to construct a family of septics with a singular curve of degree 7 and genus 4 having a triple point that degenerates to the above configuration[…]. — 2002

forms

Septics · septics · more septic · most septic

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