| 释义 |
sculpturing, vbl. n.|ˈskʌlptjʊərɪŋ|
[f. sculpture v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of sculpture v.; concr., a sculptured marking.
1842H. Miller O.R. Sandst. iv. (ed. 2) 108 The sculpturings seem intended evidently for effect. 1879Le Conte Elem. Geol. i. ii. 11 Thus land-surfaces everywhere, especially in mountain-regions, are cut away by a process of sculpturing. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 501 The chitinoid cuticle..is more or less marked by hexagonal areæ and by various sculpturings (dots, pits, lines, &c.).
2. Bot. The structural ornamentation of the surface of a pollen grain or spore.
1943G. Erdtman Introd. Pollen Analysis v. 43 The outer surface of the exine may sometimes be provided with some sculpturing or ornamentation. The ornamentations of sculptured pollen grains are exceedingly varied. 1967M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens ii. 37 The spores are unornamented, although exospore sculpturing is reported in Tholurna. 1970Watsonia VIII. 4 The sculpturing of the perispore of D[ryopteris] assimilis differs from that of D. dilatata and D. carthusiana in density and shape and size of projections. |