turgor
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See also: Turgor
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, from turgēre (“to be swollen”) + -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root).
Noun
[edit]turgor (countable and uncountable, plural turgors)
- Turgidity.
- (physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
- (botany) Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.
- 2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
- Cuttings in a vase lost their turgor, incapable of drawing up the water and nutrients that once kept them supple.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit](physics) turgor pressure
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtur.ɡor/, [ˈt̪ʊrɡɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.ɡor/, [ˈt̪urɡor]
Noun
[edit]turgor m (genitive turgōris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | turgor | turgōrēs |
genitive | turgōris | turgōrum |
dative | turgōrī | turgōribus |
accusative | turgōrem | turgōrēs |
ablative | turgōre | turgōribus |
vocative | turgor | turgōrēs |
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[edit]References
[edit]- turgor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “turgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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