septic
see also: Septic
Adjective

septic

  1. Of or pertaining to sepsis.
  2. Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
  3. Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
    septic tank; septic system
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  • Spanish: séptico
Noun

septic (plural septics)

  1. A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
    • 1750, John Pringle, Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction, in 1809, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume X: 1750—1755, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TOU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=%22septics%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=hdJnQDWmPg&sig=18bXqiM4WQ63H4DcNPk086ZoRGc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z4M_UJ6ULoyRiQfguICYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22septics%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 86],
      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.
  2. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
    • 2008, Alexey Voinov, Systems Science and Modeling for Ecological Economics, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Nol8DOt-qe8C&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=%22septics%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=Ixjm5KlIqM&sig=6UhpCjEDHCALP8jlDhCOunbPynA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z4M_UJ6ULoyRiQfguICYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22septics%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 244],
      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.
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  • septic drain
  • septic drainfield
  • septic field
  • septic system
  • septic tank
Noun

septic (plural septics)

  1. (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
    • 2002, Ingrid C. Bauer, Fabrizio Catanese, Roberto Pignatelli, Canonical Rings of Surfaces Whose Canonical System has Base Points, Ingrid C. Bauer, et al. (editors) Complex Geometry: Collection of Papers Dedicated to Hans Grauert, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5JcuwWqVx7UC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=%22septics%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=wktGDvLKgh&sig=WeVRFYM9lgSokbqtdqPFUhOtC04&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z4M_UJ6ULoyRiQfguICYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22septics%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 66],
      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 […] .
    • 2003, Antonio Campillo, Santiago Encinas, Two Dimensional Complete Ideals, Luchezar L. Avramov, et al. (editors), Commutative Algebra: Interactions with Algebraic Geometry: International Conference, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TnkbCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA71&dq=%22so+that+the+intersection+of+two+septics+S%27+consists+of%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22so%20that%20the%20intersection%20of%20two%20septics%20S'%20consists%20of%22&f=false page 71],
      Now consider the two septics C = U7i=1Ci, D = U7i=1Di and note that for i = 1,2,3,4,5,6 the lines Ci and Di are parallel, so that the intersection of two septics S' consists of 66[sic] + 6 + 1 = 43 points and it is the singular set of a foliation of degree 6.
Adjective

septic (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.
Noun

septic (plural septics)

  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank.
    • 2011, Roger Rees, Out of Calamity: Stories of Trauma Survivors, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-nuxB6le8M8C&pg=PT68&lpg=PT68&dq=%22septics%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=h5kGHWrhJg&sig=qg1oludRmFSHIJ2jqKdoa_4zcFg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z4M_UJ6ULoyRiQfguICYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22septics%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page],
      “Didn′t enjoy the septics,” he says jokingly about the Americans.
    • 2012, John Righten, The Benevolence of Rogues, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jBPBxOskyZwC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=%22septics%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=qkPP5PAnSa&sig=4EEZwdYLrySvAlWVyjcjVuhw0TI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z4M_UJ6ULoyRiQfguICYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22septics%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 97],
      “What′s the septics′ Achilles heel?” I said using the slang septic tank, meaning Yank.

Septic
Noun

septic (plural septics)

  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Cockney rhyming slang) Alternative form of septic; an American.
    • 1992 February, The Brit Pack, Spin, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yLVeu01ciK8C&pg=PT42&lpg=PT42&dq=%22septics%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=fjAkh5rSaQ&sig=HVSkIIAx8icWJuaFGYzBBTxs7II&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9og_UJjKD5OhiQeRioHICQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22septics%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 41],
      Not only didn′t he want to tour he didn′t even want “Septics” (“Septic Tanks,″ meaning Yanks) to buy his records.
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