abapical
English
Alternative forms
- ab'apical[1]
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /aˈbapɪkl/
- (US) IPA(key): /æˈbæpɪk(ə)l/, [æˈbæpɪkɫ̩]
Audio (Canada): (file)
Adjective
abapical (not comparable)
- (biology) Of or pertaining to something at its lowest point; designating the part opposite to the apex. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1][2]
- 1946—Cushman, Joseph A. (1946). Upper Cretaceous Framinifera of the Gulf Coastal Region of the United States and Adjacent Areas. Professional Paper 206. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. p. 70 – via Google Books.
- The deck, which is not far below the aperture, has a narrow indentation on the abapical side and a wider indentation on the adapical side.
- 1973—Henderson, R A (March 1973). "Clarence and Raukumara Series (Albian—?Santonian) Ammonoidea from New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3 (1): 86. Retrieved 3 February 2016 – via Google Books.
- The two abapical rows of tubercles of available specimens show a complete range of variation from completely separated to almost completely coalesced.
- 1946—Cushman, Joseph A. (1946). Upper Cretaceous Framinifera of the Gulf Coastal Region of the United States and Adjacent Areas. Professional Paper 206. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. p. 70 – via Google Books.
Antonyms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abapical”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
- ^ Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th edition, via Google Books.