adaxial
English
Etymology
Adjective
adaxial (not comparable)
- (botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
- […] it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.
- (developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
- In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
on the side that is towards the axis or central line
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
adaxial (strong nominative masculine singular adaxialer, not comparable)
- adaxial
Declension
Positive forms of adaxial (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist adaxial | sie ist adaxial | es ist adaxial | sie sind adaxial | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | adaxialer | adaxiale | adaxiales | adaxiale |
| genitive | adaxialen | adaxialer | adaxialen | adaxialer | |
| dative | adaxialem | adaxialer | adaxialem | adaxialen | |
| accusative | adaxialen | adaxiale | adaxiales | adaxiale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der adaxiale | die adaxiale | das adaxiale | die adaxialen |
| genitive | des adaxialen | der adaxialen | des adaxialen | der adaxialen | |
| dative | dem adaxialen | der adaxialen | dem adaxialen | den adaxialen | |
| accusative | den adaxialen | die adaxiale | das adaxiale | die adaxialen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein adaxialer | eine adaxiale | ein adaxiales | (keine) adaxialen |
| genitive | eines adaxialen | einer adaxialen | eines adaxialen | (keiner) adaxialen | |
| dative | einem adaxialen | einer adaxialen | einem adaxialen | (keinen) adaxialen | |
| accusative | einen adaxialen | eine adaxiale | ein adaxiales | (keine) adaxialen | |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.dak.siˈaw/ [a.dak.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.dakˈsjaw/ [a.dakˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐˈksjal/ [ɐ.ðɐˈksjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐˈksja.li/ [ɐ.ðɐˈksja.li]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: a‧da‧xi‧al
Adjective
adaxial m or f (plural adaxiais)
Spanish
Adjective
adaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaxiales)