apical
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
apical (not comparable)
- Of or connected with the apex.
- (botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
- (phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.
Coordinate terms edit
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
- (linguistics): laminal, coronal
Derived terms edit
- abapical
- adapical
- anteroapical
- apical ancestor
- apical annulus
- apical dendrite
- apical ectodermal ridge
- apical germ pore
- apicalization
- apically
- apicalmost
- apicalwards
- basiapical
- basoapical
- biapical
- cervicoapical
- circumapical
- dorsoapical
- endoapical
- juxtaapical
- medioapical
- nonapical
- periapical
- posteroapical
- preapical
- proapical
- subapical
- transapical
- uniapical
- ventroapical
Translations edit
phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue
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Noun edit
apical (plural apicals)
- (phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.
Translations edit
sound
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin apicālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicals)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “apical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
apical (feminine apicale, masculine plural apicaux, feminine plural apicales)
- apical (all senses)
Further reading edit
- “apical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
apical (not comparable)
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
apical m or f (plural apicais)
Noun edit
apical f (plural apicais)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
apical m or n (feminine singular apicală, masculine plural apicali, feminine and neuter plural apicale)
Declension edit
Declension of apical
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | apical | apicală | apicali | apicale | ||
definite | apicalul | apicala | apicalii | apicalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | apical | apicale | apicali | apicale | ||
definite | apicalului | apicalei | apicalilor | apicalelor |
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicales)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “apical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014