abaisseur
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From abaisser (“to lower”) + -eur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /a.bɛ.sœʁ/ ~ /a.be.sœʁ/
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Adjective
[edit]abaisseur (feminine abaisseuse, masculine plural abaisseurs, feminine plural abaisseuses)
- (anatomy) Said of a muscle that lowers a body part
- (engineering) Which reduces or lowers a force like tension or pressure
- un circuit abaisseur de tension ― a tension-reducing circuit
- une valve abaisseuse de pression ― a pression-reducing valve
Noun
[edit]abaisseur m (plural abaisseurs)
- (anatomy) a muscle or similar body part that moves something downward; a depressor
- L'abaisseur des paupières est un petit faisceau charnu faisant partie du muscle orbiculaire.
- The eyelid depressor is a small ligament part of the orbicularis oculi muscle.
Further reading
[edit]- “abaisseur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012