单词 | pectination |
释义 | pectinationn.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > interlocking or interdigitation pectination1646 interlocking1854 interdigitation1864 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxii. 266 The complication or pectination of the fingers was an Hieroglyphick of impediment. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > combing kembingc1440 combing1575 pectination1753 fine-tooth combing1979 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Frequent pectination is recommended by many physicians..as an exercise. 3. Chiefly Zoology. The condition or character of being pectinate. Also in plural: features resembling the teeth of a comb. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > comb-like pectination1800 the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [noun] > fine indentation of edge or serration serrature?1541 toothing1611 denticulation1681 pectination1800 serration1842 dentilation1846 dentation1852 serra1866 1800 M. Salmon Sheridan's Pronouncing & Spelling Dict. 472/1 Pectination, state of being pectinated [= standing like the teeth of a comb]. 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 248 Antennæ..with a double series of pectinations. 1877 F. Brodie in G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. (ed. 3) i. i. 15 The pectinations which fringe the whole of the edge of the umbra. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) iv. 130 The Megaloptera have the more primitive venation with fewer accessory veins and the pectination of Rs [sc. radial sector] is usually undeveloped. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 343/1 A row of pectinations 2–3 mm long on each side of the toes of other grouse. 1993 Jrnl. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 101 130 Notophrudus mendozi, new genus and species, resembles the Holarctic genus..lacks pectination on the tarsal claws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646 |
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