Septic vs Infectious - What's the difference?
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Of or pertaining to sepsis.
Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
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,
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 ,
(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 ,
* 2003 , Antonio Campillo, Santiago Encinas, Two Dimensional Complete Ideals'', Luchezar L. Avramov, et al. (editors), ''Commutative Algebra: Interactions with Algebraic Geometry: International Conference ,
(mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank.
* 2011 , Roger Rees, Out of Calamity: Stories of Trauma Survivors ,
* 2012 , John Righten, The Benevolence of Rogues ,
(pathology, of an illness) Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.
(pathology, of a person) Able to infect others.
(of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
(informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
As a noun septic
is (uk|australia|new zealand|cockney rhyming slang) ; an american.As an adjective infectious is
(pathology|of an illness) transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.septic
English
(wikipedia septic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* septick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- septic tank''; ''septic system
Noun
(en noun)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.
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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* * *Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)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.
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 + 6 + 1 =43 points and it is the singular set of a foliation of degree 6.
Adjective
(-)Etymology 3
Short form of Cockney rhyming slang .Alternative forms
* SepticNoun
(en noun)unnumbered page,
- “Didn?t enjoy the septics ,” he says jokingly about the Americans.
page 97,
- “What?s the septics ? Achilles heel?” I said using the slang septic tank, meaning Yank.
infectious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Cancer is not infectious .
- More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent.
- Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious .
- Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious .
- Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.