vertebrationn.
1. Vertebral formation; division into segments like those of the spinal column. Also in fig. context.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > regions comprising segments > consisting of segments
metamerism1877
metamerization1880
metamery1887
vertebration1888
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > state or action of being jointed or jointing
articulation?a1425
vertebration1888
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into segments
segmentation1851
vertebration1888
segmentalization1964
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 179/2 Some writers have maintained that the vertebration of the Vertebrata may be understood as having reference to the segmentation of the muscles of the body-wall.
1889 Theol. Monthly Jan. 48 His style rather resembles a cellular tissue..which may advance by growth on many sides, rather than a..compact logical vertebration.
2. fig. ‘Backbone’; strength or firmness.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] > a source or means of
strengthinga1400
confirmator1485
stablishment1533
strengthening1571
strengthener1579
corroborative1601
strength1615
corroboration1670
re-enforcer1832
reinforcer1873
vertebration1884
1884 W. G. Wills in Pall Mall Gaz. 28 July 4/2 Poetry and rhetoric,..which have not the heart, life, and vertebration behind, are an impertinence and intrusion.
1892 W. S. Lilly Great Enigma 313 Doctrine is the vertebration of religion.
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