malleate
See also: maleate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin malleātus, perfect passive participle of *malleō (“beat with a hammer”), related to malleus (“a hammer, mallet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (adjective): (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmæl.i.ɪt/, /ˈmæl.i.eɪt/
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- (verb): (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmæl.i.eɪt/
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Adjective edit
malleate (comparative more malleate, superlative most malleate)
- (zoology) Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
- 2009, James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich, editors, Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition, page 181:
- Malleate trophi are present in such common rotifers as Brachionus, Keratella, and Lecane.
- (malacology, of a shell) Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
- 1919, Henry Augustus Pilsbry, “A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo”, in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 40, page 313:
- The spire has stronger rib-striæ than C. bequaerti; last whorl finely and closely malleate, with several weak spiral threads.
Translations edit
(malacology) having a surface with shallow round indentations
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Verb edit
malleate (third-person singular simple present malleates, present participle malleating, simple past and past participle malleated)
- (rare) To beat into shape with a hammer.
- 1878, James Milleson, The Embryonic System of Nature, page 12:
- Man is a mechanic, and works beautiful forms out of natural organisms. He cuts, bores, malleates, melts, casts in matrices, and spins, various articles.
Translations edit
to beat into shape with a hammer
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “malleate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “malleate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “malleate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin edit
Verb edit
malleāte