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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pa•ri•e•tal (pə rī′i tl),USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomyof, pertaining to, or situated near the side and top of the skull or the parietal bone.
- Anatomy[Biol.]of or pertaining to parietes or structural walls.
- Botanypertaining to or arising from a wall: usually applied to ovules when they proceed from or are borne on the walls or sides of the ovary.
- pertaining to or having authority over residence, and esp. visitation regulations between the sexes, within the walls or buildings of a college or university:a listing of the parietal regulations for the law students' dormitory.
n. - Anatomyany of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, esp. the parietal bone.
- parietals. Also called pari′etal rules′. campus regulations governing visits between members of opposite sexes to each other's dormitories or rooms.
- Late Latin parietālis of, belonging to walls, equivalent. to Latin pariet- (stem of pariēs) wall + -ālis -al1
- 1590–1600
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: parietal /pəˈraɪɪtəl/ adj - of, relating to, or forming the walls or part of the walls of a bodily cavity or similar structure: the parietal bones of the skull
- of or relating to the side of the skull
- (of plant ovaries) having ovules attached to the walls
- US living or having authority within a college
n - a parietal bone
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin parietālis, from Latin pariēs wall |