interdigitatev.

/ɪntəˈdɪdʒɪteɪt/

Etymology: < inter- prefix 1a(d) + Latin digitus finger + -ate suffix³: compare digitate v.

Chiefly Anatomy.

1. intransitive. To interlock like the fingers of the two hands when clasped; to project or be inserted alternately between each other, as processes of a muscle, etc.; to inosculate by reciprocal serrations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (intransitive)] > interlock or interdigitate

interlock1632

lock1643

indigitate1835

interdigitate1849

mesh1882

pectinate1884

intermesh1909

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 737/2 An equal number of similar processes..with which they interdigitate.

1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) i. 7 The groups of characters that are essential to the true definition of a plant and an animal interdigitate, so to speak, in that low department of the organic world from which the two great branches rise and diverge.

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 193 It [the posterior retractor] inter-digitates very freely with the protractor pedis.

1887 Lancet 24 Sept. 604/1 This strapping..is fenestrated, and cut into strips that interdigitate.

1893 J. S. Burdon-Sanderson Pres. Addr. Brit. Assoc. Questions..which here, though they do not overlap, at least interdigitate.

2. transitive. To cause to interlock or inosculate in this way. In Geology = interstratify v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (transitive)] > interlock or interdigitate

lock?a1425

pectinate1646

pitcha1668

interlock1808

interdigitate1864

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [verb (transitive)] > interstratify

interbedc1806

interstratify1822

interdigitate1969

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.)

1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles viii. 160 In north Devon marine and non-marine beds occur in the same sequence. They are interdigitated due to alternating expansions and contractions of the area of marine deposition.

1974 Sci. Amer. Feb. 64/1 The last step..involves interdigitating a set of thick filaments in the spaces between the thin filaments.

Derivatives

interˈdigitating adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > interlocking or interdigitating

interlocked1854

interlocking1854

knitted1855

interdigitating1875

threaded1876

1875 Romanes in Life (1895) 25 Interposing a great number of interdigitating cuts in the course of the spiral.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	interdigitate
释义	interdigitatev. /ɪntəˈdɪdʒɪteɪt/ Etymology: < inter- prefix 1a(d) + Latin digitus finger + -ate suffix³: compare digitate v. Chiefly Anatomy. 1. intransitive. To interlock like the fingers of the two hands when clasped; to project or be inserted alternately between each other, as processes of a muscle, etc.; to inosculate by reciprocal serrations. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (intransitive)] > interlock or interdigitate interlock1632 lock1643 indigitate1835 interdigitate1849 mesh1882 pectinate1884 intermesh1909 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 737/2 An equal number of similar processes..with which they interdigitate. 1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) i. 7 The groups of characters that are essential to the true definition of a plant and an animal interdigitate, so to speak, in that low department of the organic world from which the two great branches rise and diverge. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 193 It [the posterior retractor] inter-digitates very freely with the protractor pedis. 1887 Lancet 24 Sept. 604/1 This strapping..is fenestrated, and cut into strips that interdigitate. 1893 J. S. Burdon-Sanderson Pres. Addr. Brit. Assoc. Questions..which here, though they do not overlap, at least interdigitate. 2. transitive. To cause to interlock or inosculate in this way. In Geology = interstratify v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (transitive)] > interlock or interdigitate lock?a1425 pectinate1646 pitcha1668 interlock1808 interdigitate1864 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [verb (transitive)] > interstratify interbedc1806 interstratify1822 interdigitate1969 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles viii. 160 In north Devon marine and non-marine beds occur in the same sequence. They are interdigitated due to alternating expansions and contractions of the area of marine deposition. 1974 Sci. Amer. Feb. 64/1 The last step..involves interdigitating a set of thick filaments in the spaces between the thin filaments. Derivatives interˈdigitating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > interlocking or interdigitating interlocked1854 interlocking1854 knitted1855 interdigitating1875 threaded1876 1875 Romanes in Life (1895) 25 Interposing a great number of interdigitating cuts in the course of the spiral. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1849
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