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/jeuh nik'yeuh lay"sheuhn/, n.1. the state of being geniculate.2. a geniculate formation.[1605-15; < LL geniculation- (s. of geniculatio) a kneeling < L geniculat(us) (see GENICULATE) + -ion- -ION]
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Geniculation — Ge*nic u*la tion, n. [L. geniculatio a kneeling.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of kneeling. [R.] Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being bent abruptly at an angle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
géniculation — [ʒenikylɑsjɔ̃] n. f. ÉTYM. 1866, Littré; dér. sav. du lat. geniculum, dimin. de genu « genou ». → Géniculé. ❖ ♦ Didact. Courbure en forme de genou … Encyclopédie Universelle
geniculation — /jeuh nik yeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. the state of being geniculate. 2. a geniculate formation. [1605 15; < LL geniculation (s. of geniculatio) a kneeling < L geniculat(us) (see GENICULATE) + ion ION] … Useful english dictionary
géniculation — (jé ni ku la sion) s. f. Terme didactique. Courbure en manière de genou. ÉTYMOLOGIE Géniculé … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
geniculation — n. kneeling, act of bending down on the knee or knees; state of being geniculate … English contemporary dictionary
geniculation — /dʒənɪkjəˈleɪʃən/ (say juhnikyuh layshuhn) noun 1. geniculate state. 2. a geniculate formation. {Late Latin geniculātio a bending of the knee} …
Genicŭlum — (lat.), 1) Diminutivum von Genu, das Knie; daher Geniculation, Kniebeugung, Fußfall; 2) (Bot.), das Gelenk, die Verbindungsstelle zweier Glieder eines gegliederten Pflanzentheiles, die bald durch eine Einschnürung, bald durch eine Anschwellung… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
orthocerous condition — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In some adult Coleoptera, antennae showing no sign of geniculation, the scape being longer than succeeding segments, and the club loose and three segmented; see gonatocerous condition … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
chiela — Chirocerate (Subclass Copepoda): Used of male antennules with one very swollen, thick walled segment and with only one segment distal to the geniculation [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004] … Crustacea glossary
haplocerate — (Subclass Copepoda): Used of weakly modified male antennules, with only slightly swollen middle segments and with a variable number of segments distal to the geniculation [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004] … Crustacea glossary
