See also: vestibulär

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From vestibule or vestibulum +‎ -ar.

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vestibular (not comparable) (relational)

  1. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
    • 1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century[1], page 158:
      [] while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister, [] .
    • 1950 August, “Notes and News: Royal Train at Croydon”, in Railway Magazine, pages 569-570:
      Originally, it was intended that the stock should be vestibular throughout, but when the drawings were submitted to the Prince of Wales, he cut out this feature, saying that a railway journey afforded one of the very few occasions when he was able to enjoy absolute privacy—a feature which the vestibule would tend to abolish.
  2. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
  3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.
    vestibular impulse
    • 1859, William James Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of Human Anatomy, General and Special:
      Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve [] .
  4. (dentistry) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.

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vestibular (plural vestibulars)

  1. (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
    Synonyms: vestibular exam, vestibular examination
    • 2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People, page 23:
      Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.

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vestibular m (plural vestibulares)

  1. (Brazil) an admittance test for Brazilian universities

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vestibular m or f (plural vestibulares)

  1. (anatomy) vestibular (relating to the vestibule)

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Borrowed from French vestibulaire.

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vestibular m or n (feminine singular vestibulară, masculine plural vestibulari, feminine and neuter plural vestibulare)

  1. vestibular

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  • IPA(key): /bestibuˈlaɾ/ [bes.t̪i.β̞uˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ves‧ti‧bu‧lar

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vestibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestibulares)

  1. (anatomy) vestibular

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