dorsally
(adverb) in a dorsal location or direction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dorsally (comparative more dorsally, superlative most dorsally)
Towards the dorsal side
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Source: Wiktionary
Dor"sal*ly, adv. (Anat.)
Definition: On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.
Dor"sal, a. Etym: [F. dorsal, LL. dorsalis, fr. L. dorsualis, fr. dorsum back; cf. Gr. Dorse, Dorsel, Dosel.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
2. (Bot.) (a) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. (b) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss. Dorsal vessel (Zoöl.), a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.
Dor"sal, n. Etym: [LL. dorsale, neut. fr. dorsalis. See Dorsal, a.] (Fine Arts)
Definition: A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 September 2024
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
