DUPLICATIVE

Etymology

Adjective

duplicative (comparative more duplicative, superlative most duplicative)

of, related to, or being a duplicate

Source: Wiktionary


Du"pli*ca*tive, a.

1. Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth. "Duplicative subdivision." Carpenter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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