VESICULATE

vesiculate

(verb) cause to become vesicular or full of air cells; “vesiculate an organ”

vesiculate

(verb) become vesicular or full of air cells; “The organs vesiculated”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

vesiculate (third-person singular simple present vesiculates, present participle vesiculating, simple past and past participle vesiculated)

(transitive) to make vesicular

(intransitive) to become vesicular

Adjective

vesiculate (not comparable)

vesicular

Source: Wiktionary


Ve*sic"u*late, a.

Definition: Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular.

Ve*sic"u*late, v. t.

Definition: To form vesicles in, as lava.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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