brachial
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis.
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Adjective edit
brachial (not comparable)
- Pertaining or belonging to the arm.
- Of the nature of an arm.
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Translations edit
pertaining or belonging to the arm
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Noun edit
brachial (plural brachials)
- (zoology) Denoting the upper valve of a brachiopod's shell
- 1950, Austin Hobart Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids, page 33:
- The first brachials are somewhat broader than long and are not entirely in contact interiorly. The second brachials are squarish. The first and most of the second brachials bear spines […]
- 1997, Gary D. Webster, David D. Gillette, Lower Carboniferous Echinoderms from Northern Utah and Western Wyoming, page 14:
- Cup conical, weakly developed basal flange, six arms per ray, one exotomous branching, all brachials biserial within two to five brachials of branching, cup ornamentation probably striae radiating from base of arms onto basals.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bracchiālis, from bracchium (“arm”).
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Adjective edit
brachial (feminine brachiale, masculine plural brachiaux, feminine plural brachiales)
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Further reading edit
- “brachial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). The common sense from the use of the arms as a means of violence, as in a fist fight; probably reinforced by the phonetic similarity with brechen (“to break”, compare past tense brach).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bʁaˈxi̯aːl/, [bʁaχˈjaːl], [bʁaˈχjaːl], [-χiˈaːl], (also) /bʁaˈçaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective edit
brachial (strong nominative masculine singular brachialer, comparative brachialer, superlative am brachialsten)
- fierce, violent, brute, unscrupulous (force, methods, attacks etc.)
- (medicine, relational) arm; brachial (pertaining to the arm)
- Synonym: Arm-
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