单词 | puncta |
释义 | † punctan.1 Obsolete. rare. An important or main point or item; opposed to punctilio (see punctilio n. 1). Cf. point n.1 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component > of an immaterial whole pointc1230 punct1427 element1600 puncta1651 momentum1829 moment1838 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs Pref. 2 Though not the Punctilio's, yet the Puncta's the full points. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). punctan.2 Chiefly Biology and Anatomy. = punctum n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle puncta1398 pointa1400 masclec1400 specklec1440 pecklec1450 sprinkle1481 spreckle1513 frecklea1549 spruttle1553 dot1596 punctum1653 pip1676 spark1686 punctal1694 mail1727 punctule1785 puncta1858 freck1866 guttula1887 1858 J. Hall & J. D. Whitney Rep. Geol. Surv. State Iowa I. ii. 653 Callopora punctata... The surface punctate; three, four, or more rows of punctæ between the cells. 1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) iii. xxvi. 747 In some cases,..punctæ of a deeper color are seen on the surface of the roseolous patches. 1931 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 50 288 The transverse bars [on the diatom Navicula gastrum] are marked with very fine punctæ. 1965 Science 9 July 182/2 The inner surface of a puncta [sc. in a recent brachiopod] has a corrugated ring appearance. 1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. iv. 101/1 At the medial end each eyelid has an orifice, the puncta lacrimalis. 1995 P. J. Hayward et al. in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marina Fauna N.W. Europe viii. 292/1 Order Ostracoda... Cythere lutea... Shell subreniform, slightly tapered posteriorly..; smoothly calcified, with few large punctae. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11651n.21858 |
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