释义 |
subˈmedial, a. 1. [sub- 11, 20 d.] Near the middle or median line; almost medial.
1849Dana Geol. App. i. (1850) 726 Beaks submedial. 2. Geol. [sub- 1 a.] Lying below the middle group of rocks.
1855Ogilvie Suppl., Submedial,..a term synonymous with transition, and applied to the lower secondary rocks, which bear a close resemblance to some of the primary rocks. 1855J. Phillips Man. Geol. 157 Scar limestone (submedial group). So subˈmedian a., near or behind a median part.
1851Mantell Petrifactions iii. §5. 293 The flattened angular spaces, and the sub-median trochanter. 1852Dana Crust. ii. 843 One tooth anterior, one submedian, and one posterior. 1861H. Hagen Synopsis Neuroptera N. Amer. 343 Submedian nerve, the longitudinal large nerve just behind the median. |