ERECTIONS

Noun

erections

plural of erection

Anagrams

• isocenter, isocentre, necrotise, neoterics, resection, secretion, tricosene

Source: Wiktionary


ERECTION

E*rec"tion, n. Etym: [L. erectio: cf. F. érection.]

1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.

2. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes. Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up. Sidney

3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

4. Anything erected; a building of any kind.

5. (Physiol.)

Definition: The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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