rodletn.
/ˈrɒdlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈrɑdlət/ Chiefly Biology.
A small rod-shaped object; a small rod.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long, narrow and straight object > small
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1877 I. Rosenthal Gen. Physiol. Muscles & Nerves 21 Assuming that the rod or thread consists of a number of smaller rodlets or tiny threads.
1883 Science 4 May 370/2 The first new rhizopod... It is distinguished by an envelope composed of little rodlets, standing perpendicular to the surface.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1099 A bacterium may be a rodlet, or an oval, or a sphere, or a spiral.
1967 K. M. Smith Insect Virol. vi. 113 These begin as fine rodlets about 60Å ×1200Å in size.
1994 Nucl. News (Nexis) Apr. 30 The modifications at the..reactor include introducing neutron-absorbing rodlets into the stored fuel.
2009 Nature 27 Aug. 1117/1 In A. fumigatus, this surface ‘rodlet layer’ is composed of hydrophobic RodA protein covalently bound to the conidial cell wall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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