单词 | filamentary |
释义 | filamentaryadj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a filament or filaments. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > of or having fibre or filament fibrated1681 fibred1776 fibrillary1788 filamentar18.. filose1823 fibrillose1836 filamentary1841 filiferous1846 fibrillar1849 fibrilliform1849 filamented1889 1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone i. 12 The stone..was of..filamentary texture, the filaments radiating in straight lines from the centre to the circumference. 1858 T. R. Jones Aquarian Naturalist 277 Its head..is provided with numerous filamentary tentacula. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxx. 407 They should change the expressions which refer..the structure to the sliding of ‘filaments’ past each other..Such filamentary sliding may take place in a truly viscous body. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 166 A series of small filamentary appendages, serving as fins. 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 322 In the higher organized Entozoa a filamentary nervous system has been recognised. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1841 |
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