emboîtementn.

/ɒmˈbwatmɒ̃/

Etymology: French; < emboîter to enclose in a box, < en- in + boîte box.

1. Anatomy. The fitting of a bone into another.

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1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 192 This kind of ‘emboitement’ of the occipital in the parietal vertebra.

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2. Biology. Used by Buffon to describe the hypothesis of the generation of living things, according to which successive generations are produced by the successive development of living germs which lie one within the other ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

3. The closing up of a number of men in order to secure the front rank from injury. (In modern dictionaries.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	emboîtement
释义	emboîtementn. /ɒmˈbwatmɒ̃/ Etymology: French; < emboîter to enclose in a box, < en- in + boîte box. 1. Anatomy. The fitting of a bone into another. ΚΠ 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 192 This kind of ‘emboitement’ of the occipital in the parietal vertebra. Categories » 2. Biology. Used by Buffon to describe the hypothesis of the generation of living things, according to which successive generations are produced by the successive development of living germs which lie one within the other ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). 3. The closing up of a number of men in order to secure the front rank from injury. (In modern dictionaries.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1854
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