abaxial
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
ab- (“away from”) + axial (“axis”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæˈbæk.si.əl/[1] or IPA(key): /æbˈæk.si.əl/[2]
Audio (RP) (file) Audio (CA) (file) - Hyphenation US: ab‧ax‧i‧al, UK: ab‧ax‧ial
Adjective[edit]
abaxial (not comparable)
- (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19th century.][3]
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 7:
- The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
- Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.
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Translations[edit]
botany, zoology: of a side away from central line
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References[edit]
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2
- ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abaxial”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., OCLC 299754516, page 2.
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaxial”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
Catalan[edit]
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abaxial (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)
Further reading[edit]
- “abaxial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “abaxial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
French[edit]
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abaxial (plural abaxiaux)
Galician[edit]
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abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)
German[edit]
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abaxial (strong nominative masculine singular abaxialer, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of abaxial (uncomparable)
Portuguese[edit]
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abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)
Romanian[edit]
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abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxială, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine and neuter plural abaxiale)
Declension[edit]
Declension of abaxial
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | abaxial | abaxială | abaxiali | abaxiale | ||
definite | abaxialul | abaxiala | abaxialii | abaxialele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | abaxial | abaxiale | abaxiali | abaxiale | ||
definite | abaxialului | abaxialei | abaxialilor | abaxialelor |
Spanish[edit]
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abaxial (plural abaxiales)
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