Y-shaped

English

Adjective

Y-shaped (not comparable) (possessional)

1. Shaped like the capital letter "Y".

   Coordinate term: A-shaped - B-shaped - C-shaped - D-shaped - E-shaped - F-shaped - G-shaped - H-shaped - I-shaped - J-shaped - K-shaped - L-shaped - M-shaped - N-shaped - O-shaped - P-shaped - Q-shaped - R-shaped - S-shaped - T-shaped - U-shaped - V-shaped - W-shaped - X-shaped - Y-shaped - Z-shaped

   An immunoglobulin is a large, Y-shaped protein.

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921:

     The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude.

Derived terms

• Y-shaped coffin

Related terms

• Y chromosome
• Y-linked

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丫字 (yāzì)

• German: Y-förmig (de)