TURBINATED

Etymology

Adjective

turbinated (not comparable)

Turbinate in form; top-shaped.

(obsolete) Designating motion like that of a top; gyrating, whirling.

Source: Wiktionary

Tur"bi*nate, Tur"bi*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben, - inis, a whirl, top.]

1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.

3. (Anat.)

Definition: Turbinal.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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