| 释义 |
geniculated, ppl. a.|dʒɪˈnɪkjʊleɪtɪd|
[f. geniculate a. + -ed1.]
= geniculate a. Of a twin crystal (see quot. 1805–17).
1657Physical Dict., Geniculated, kneed, or knobbed, or full of joynts. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 31 The Water-Spider. She hath two hairy geniculated horns, knotted or joynted at several divisions like Knot-grass. 1728Woodward Fossils ii. 1 A Piece of some geniculated Plant seeming to be part of a Sugar-Cane. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 226 Geniculated..when it is composed of two prisms, which are united at one end, and form a kind of knee. 1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 862/1 The antennæ..are usually geniculated. 1882Sladen in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XVI. No. 91. 238 The other [spine] rather longer but much less robust..and rather geniculated sideways. |