tectiformadj.n.
/ˈtɛktɪfɔːm/ Zoology.
1.
a. Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on each side from a central ridge.
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top
copped1460
mitreda1547
coppled1600
coped1611
fastigiated1647
cop-crowned1650
copped-crowned1650
copple-crowned1699
fastigiatea1705
tenting1818
tectiform1834
pedimented1875
pedimental1890
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 414 Phryganea... The wings are..strongly tectiform.
1880 Watson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. 95 Shell,—high, conical, tectiform.
1884 A. Sedgwick & F. G. Heathcote tr. C. Claus Elem. Text-bk. Zool.: Protozoa to Insecta x. 582 Of slender build and with large wings, which in repose are tectiform.
b. Serving as a covering or lid.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Tectiform, having the form of a roof; serving as a cover or lid: as, tectiform maxillaries.
2. Archaeology.
a. Applied to a roof-shaped design or symbol found in palæolithic cave-paintings and engravings.
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1921 R. A. S. Macalister Text-bk. European Archæol. I. ix. 491 Tectiform devices are essentially shaped like a more or less isosceles triangle, with a vertical line running from apex to base.
1921 R. A. S. Macalister Text-bk. European Archæol. I. ix. 492 The resemblance between such huts and the tectiform devices is striking, but not wholly convincing... I have another suggestion to offer..namely, that they are intended to represent traps.
b. n. A design or symbol of this type.
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society > communication > record > pictorial, etc., records > [noun] > pictorial record > specific
rogues' gallery1857
tectiform1921
society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others
Samian letter1616
A1651
Tetragrammaton1656
arrow1744
arrowhead1832
wind1847
scarlet letter1850
sun wheel1865
sacred axe1866
rising sun1868
crow's foot1871
Easter rabbit1881
hexagram1882
sun sign1882
Easter bunny1900
Staffordshire knot1908
sinsigna1914
tectiform1921
padma1954
smiley face1957
happy face1971
lexigram1973
emoticon1988
smiley1989
1921 M. C. Burkitt Prehist. 382 (caption) The painted tectiform from La Mouthe.
1962 S. Giedion Eternal Present I. iii. 254 The tectiforms of Font-de-Gaume also belong to the class of symbols with more or less straight lines.
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