in situadv.adj.

1648 W. Molins Μυσκοτομια 63 Immediately under that, will appear this [sc. Sacer] in Situ, and in clearing him well, you will remove the scruple some make of the origination of Semispinatus and Spinatus.

1681 J. Browne Compl. Treat. Muscles 116 This is also shewn in situ at Tab. 18.

1740 W. Stukeley Stonehenge iv. 21 Eleven of them are standing in situ.

1817 Edinb. Rev. Mar. 180 Granite and clay slate are those [rocks] alone which appear in situ.

1894 Nation (N.Y.) 31 May 405/1 What actually remains in situ is the walls of the foundations.

1911 Geol. Mag. 8 509 These five rocks..were probably formed in situ.

1979 R. P. Lin et al. in M. R. Kundu & T. E. Gergely Radio Physics of Sun (1980) 311 The frequency of the radion emission produced in situ around the spacecraft can be identified by its omnidirectional nature.

2013 Church Times 25 Jan. 19/1 A similar result can be achieved now by placing an opaque dome..over the rhubarb crown in situ.

1883 Indian Forester Oct. 512 The extent of in situ sowing last year was a little greater than that of the previous year.

1912 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 51 490 In situ forests occur frequently in shale beds.

1940 Archit. Rev. 87 102/2 The foundations to receive the superstructure are formed of concrete in-situ posts.

1968 Daily Tel. 4 Nov. 9/6 Constructed entirely in in-situ concrete..it resembles a fortified gateway to the main hospital buildings.

1971 Nature 24 Dec. 432/1 The Department of the Environment, which has responsibility for in situ historical monuments in England.

2004 JazzTimes Apr. 101/3 There's no lack of energy in the in situ Masa Tsuzuki recording and mix.