EMARGINATED

Adjective

emarginated (comparative more emarginated, superlative most emarginated)

(botany) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

Notched at the summit.

(crystallography) Having the edges truncated.

Anagrams

• demarginate

Source: Wiktionary


E*mar"gi*nate, E*mar"gi*na`ted, a.

1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Notched at the summit.

3. (Cryst.)

Definition: Having the edges truncated.

EMARGINATE

E*mar"gi*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. emarginare; e out + marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.]

Definition: To take away the margin of.

E*mar"gi*nate, E*mar"gi*na`ted, a.

1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Notched at the summit.

3. (Cryst.)

Definition: Having the edges truncated.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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