单词 | interdental |
释义 | interdentaladj.n. A. adj. 1. Situated or placed between the teeth (of a person or animal, or of a toothed wheel). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > between specific things intermural1656 interdental1875 intersegmental1894 interlayer1956 interlaminar1963 intragroup1965 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [adjective] > between adjacent surfaces proximal1872 interdental1875 interproximal1897 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 960/1 One for making cog-wheels by cutting out the interdental material. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xiii. 533 Moon's splint therefore seems to be the best interdental one we possess. 2. Phonetics. Pronounced by placing the tip of the tongue between the teeth. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [adjective] > dental dental1594 linguadental1668 labiodental1669 linguodental1818 interdental1877 postdental1889 lamino-dental1968 1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics §145 French (t) and (d) are dental, often also interdental. 1887 A. S. Cook tr. E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. (ed. 2) 104 ð and þ originally denote without distinction the interdental spirant which is now represented in Eng. by th. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vi. 98 Contact..can be made against the edges of the upper teeth (interdental position). 1943 K. L. Pike Phonetics ii. vii. 123 An interdental sound is one in which the tip of the tongue is placed between the upper and lower teeth. B. n. Phonetics. A sound formed by placing the tip of the tongue between the teeth. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > dental dentala1794 linguodental1818 postdental1889 interdental1953 1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form iv. 45 The distribution of voiced and voiceless inter-dentals in English is quite different from that of other voiced/voiceless pairs. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts xix. 430 This obstruction can occur..at the front teeth, as for the interdentals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1875 |
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