(anatomy) The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals.

plural of canon bit

(obsolete, rare) The part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.

(printing, dated) Synonym of canon.

(music) A canon with two simultaneous themes.

(psychology, zoology) A fundamental precept of comparative animal psychology, stating that an animal's activity should not be interpreted in terms of higher psychological processes if it can be fairly interpreted in terms of simpler developmental processes.

plural of minor canon

(Christianity) A cleric in orders, attached to a cathedral and having the duty of assisting the canons in singing divine service.

(logic) Disjunctive normal form with the additional property that all of the terms of the sum contain the same literals, so that the terms differ from each other only in their patterns of complementation (of their literals).

(logic) Conjunctive normal form with the additional property that all of the terms of the product contain the same literals, so that the terms differ from each other only in their patterns of complementation (of their literals).