inglobate
English
Adjective
inglobate (comparative more inglobate, superlative most inglobate)
- In the form of a globe or sphere; applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.
Verb
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- To incorporate something into a larger globular thing
- 1959, D. Campanacci, “Pulmonary emphysema due to bronchitic-asthmatic obstruction”, in Scientia medica italica[1], volume 8, page 310:
- The scar of the obstructed bronchiole is inglobated in the wall of the free bronchiole.
- 1985, Proceedings of the JSLE International Tribology Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 8-10, 1985[2]:
- The base electrolytic solution is continuosly agitated so that particles to be inglobated are distributed uniformly.
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- In relation to food contact-approved PVC materials, inglobated plasticisers can gradually migrate from the plasticised object to foods depending on the influence of factors such as the temperature or the physical medium (solvent, food).
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “inglobate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Italian
Verb
inglobate