单词 | partite |
释义 | partiteadj. 1. Divided into parts; composed of more than one part. Also with prefixed numeral. In later use Biology and Medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided departedc1386 parteda1398 distinct1434 divided1565 partite1570 shedded1575 dismembered1578 severed1581 splitted1594 shared1598 distract1609 disparted1633 split1648 dipartited1825 splitten1832 dipartite1885 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Mivv/1 Partyte, partitus a. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 170 Spain fell into a 12-partite division. 1982 Jrnl. Virol. 41 1038 The phage has a noncontractile long tail with partite ends. 1998 Jrnl. Pediatric Orthopaedics 18 123 Bilateral double-layered patella, a form of partite patella consisting of anterior and posterior components, was diagnosed in three children. 2001 Jrnl. Compar. Physiol. A. 187 131 The proximal head-scape joint [in a stick insect] is controlled by two levator muscles and a three-partite depressor muscle. 2. spec. in Botany and Entomology. Of a leaf, an insect's wing, etc.: divided to or nearly to the base. Also with prefixed numeral. Cf. parted adj.1 3a.With 3-partite, 4-partite cf. tripartite adj., quadripartite adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > composed of many parts > divided to or nearly to the base partite1760 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 175 Partite, divided; when they are separated down to the Base. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 296 Partite (Partita), divided to the base. 1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 99 The leaves are..smooth, five partite. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 232 The corolla may be partite, cleft, toothed, or entire. 1919 Bot. Gaz. 67 502 Ascomata punctiform,..rupturing irregularly by a 3 or 4-partite radial cleft. 1948 Jrnl. Ecol. 36 339 Male flowers: perianth 4-partite. 1990 Bull. Nat. Sci. Mus. B. 16 21 [The orchid] Neolehmannia angustata is raised to a species from a variety of N. difformis for the deeply and slenderly partite caudicle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570 |
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