rotularadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒtjᵿlə/,

/ˈrɒtʃᵿlə/, U.S.

/ˈrɑtʃələr/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: rotula n.; Latin rotula , -ar suffix¹.

Etymology: < rotula n. and its etymon classical Latin rotula + -ar suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin rotularis (of a mill) using circular motion, rotatory (1578), round, circular (1681 or earlier).

1. Of a document: of the nature of or having the form of a roll. Cf. roll n.¹ 1.rare before late 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > manuscript book > [adjective] > having form of roll

rotulara1695

a1695 A. Wood Surv. Antiq. City of Oxf. (1890) II. 141 Concerning which historians have written and told us the same. That is to say, a certain rotular cronicle that speaketh thus.

1871 T. Wright Homes of Other Days ix. 140 The number which remain lead us to believe that every gentleman's family possessed one of these rotular manuals of English history.

1903 Book-prices Current (1904) 18 189 Title in red and black, woodcut heads, full-page rotular woodcuts, dice formations, etc. (title split, otherwise perfect and a good copy).

2001 A. J. Fletcher Drama & Performing Arts in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland iv. 81 Its presentation in the form of a roll suggests that it may have originated in a Dublin centre in which record keeping in rotular form was customary.

†2. Of motion: resembling that of a wheel round an axis; rotatory. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1727 J. Hutchinson Moses's Principia: Pt. II 514 The Earth has its rotular Motion, represented by Wheels, which were Emblems of the Power which turns the Earth.

1784 T. Dewell Philos. Physic p. xi The most regular and uniform process of centripetal and centrifugal agency is always going on beyond the earth's atmosphere, in converging and diverging lines; either rectilinear, rotular, vortical, or by vibrations or otherwise.

1816 Brit. Patent 3384 43 Steam..producing a rotular movement of the endless chain [of buckets] which is communicated to the drum axles.

3. Chiefly Zoology and Palaeontology. Of or relating to the rotula (patella) or (more generally) the knee; patellar. Also: homologous with the patella.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [adjective] > knee-cap

rotular1803

patellar1850

prepatellar1872

patellofemoral1934

1803 J. Barclay New Anat. Nomencl. 166 Towards the rotular aspect.

1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. xxvii. 14 It terminates in a strong and broad aponeurosis, which extends over the whole anterior part of the tibia, being attached to the rotular tuberosity.

1921 Clothing Trade Jrnl. 19 167/1 The knee or rotular part is bounded in its upper base by the lower base of the thigh.

1952 Amer. Midland Naturalist 48 517 The rotular process is a place of attachment for the greatly enlarged, primitively extensor muscles of the thigh.

2007 J. E. Martin & A. Cordes-Person in J. E. Martin & D. C. Parris Geol. & Paleontol. Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits Dakotas xvii. 233/2 Anteriorly, the patellar (rotular) groove..extends from the intercondylar fossa dorsally in a wide, shallow, uninterrupted groove.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rotular
释义	rotularadj. Brit. /ˈrɒtjᵿlə/, /ˈrɒtʃᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈrɑtʃələr/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: rotula n.; Latin rotula , -ar suffix¹. Etymology: < rotula n. and its etymon classical Latin rotula + -ar suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin rotularis (of a mill) using circular motion, rotatory (1578), round, circular (1681 or earlier). 1. Of a document: of the nature of or having the form of a roll. Cf. roll n.¹ 1.rare before late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > manuscript book > [adjective] > having form of roll rotulara1695 a1695 A. Wood Surv. Antiq. City of Oxf. (1890) II. 141 Concerning which historians have written and told us the same. That is to say, a certain rotular cronicle that speaketh thus. 1871 T. Wright Homes of Other Days ix. 140 The number which remain lead us to believe that every gentleman's family possessed one of these rotular manuals of English history. 1903 Book-prices Current (1904) 18 189 Title in red and black, woodcut heads, full-page rotular woodcuts, dice formations, etc. (title split, otherwise perfect and a good copy). 2001 A. J. Fletcher Drama & Performing Arts in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland iv. 81 Its presentation in the form of a roll suggests that it may have originated in a Dublin centre in which record keeping in rotular form was customary. †2. Of motion: resembling that of a wheel round an axis; rotatory. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1727 J. Hutchinson Moses's Principia: Pt. II 514 The Earth has its rotular Motion, represented by Wheels, which were Emblems of the Power which turns the Earth. 1784 T. Dewell Philos. Physic p. xi The most regular and uniform process of centripetal and centrifugal agency is always going on beyond the earth's atmosphere, in converging and diverging lines; either rectilinear, rotular, vortical, or by vibrations or otherwise. 1816 Brit. Patent 3384 43 Steam..producing a rotular movement of the endless chain [of buckets] which is communicated to the drum axles. 3. Chiefly Zoology and Palaeontology. Of or relating to the rotula (patella) or (more generally) the knee; patellar. Also: homologous with the patella. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [adjective] > knee-cap rotular1803 patellar1850 prepatellar1872 patellofemoral1934 1803 J. Barclay New Anat. Nomencl. 166 Towards the rotular aspect. 1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. xxvii. 14 It terminates in a strong and broad aponeurosis, which extends over the whole anterior part of the tibia, being attached to the rotular tuberosity. 1921 Clothing Trade Jrnl. 19 167/1 The knee or rotular part is bounded in its upper base by the lower base of the thigh. 1952 Amer. Midland Naturalist 48 517 The rotular process is a place of attachment for the greatly enlarged, primitively extensor muscles of the thigh. 2007 J. E. Martin & A. Cordes-Person in J. E. Martin & D. C. Parris Geol. & Paleontol. Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits Dakotas xvii. 233/2 Anteriorly, the patellar (rotular) groove..extends from the intercondylar fossa dorsally in a wide, shallow, uninterrupted groove. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1695
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