turgor
See also: Turgor
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, from turgēre (“to be swollen”) + -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root).
Noun edit
turgor (countable and uncountable, plural turgors)
- Turgidity.
- (physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
- (botany) Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.
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Translations edit
(physics) turgor pressure
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.ɡor/, [ˈt̪ʊrɡɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.ɡor/, [ˈt̪urɡor]
Noun edit
turgor m (genitive turgōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | turgor | turgōrēs |
Genitive | turgōris | turgōrum |
Dative | turgōrī | turgōribus |
Accusative | turgōrem | turgōrēs |
Ablative | turgōre | turgōribus |
Vocative | turgor | turgōrēs |
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References edit
- turgor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “turgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press