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Meaning of "apatetic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APATETIC

From Greek apatētikos deceitful, from apateuein to deceive.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APATETIC

apatetic  [ˌæpəˈtɛtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APATETIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apatetic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES APATETIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of apatetic in the English dictionary

The definition of apatetic in the dictionary is of or relating to coloration that disguises and protects an animal.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APATETIC


aesthetic
iːsˈθɛtɪk
asynartetic
əˌsɪnɑːˈtɛtɪk
athletic
æθˈlɛtɪk
cosmetic
kɒzˈmɛtɪk
diabetic
ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk
dietetic
ˌdaɪɪˈtɛtɪk
electromagnetic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊmæɡˈnɛtɪk
energetic
ˌɛnəˈdʒɛtɪk
erotetic
ˌɛrəʊˈtɛtɪk
genetic
dʒɪˈnɛtɪk
kinetic
kɪˈnɛtɪk
magnetic
mæɡˈnɛtɪk
pathetic
pəˈθɛtɪk
peripatetic
ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk
poetic
pəʊˈɛtɪk
prophetic
prəˈfɛtɪk
prosthetic
prɒsˈθɛtɪk
sympathetic
ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk
synthetic
sɪnˈθɛtɪk
zetetic
zəˈtɛtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APATETIC

apart
apart from
apartheid
aparthotel
apartment
apartment block
apartment building
apartment complex
apartment house
apartmental
apartments
apartness
apathetic
apathetical
apathetically
apathy
apatite
apatosaur
apatosaurus
apay

WORDS THAT END LIKE APATETIC

acetic
alphabetic
anaesthetic
anesthetic
apologetic
arithmetic
diuretic
electrophoretic
esthetic
Gangetic
hematopoietic
heretic
Ossetic
pathogenetic
pharmacokinetic
photosynthetic
phylogenetic
sovietic
theoretic
unapologetic

Synonyms and antonyms of apatetic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «apatetic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APATETIC

Find out the translation of apatetic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of apatetic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «apatetic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

apatetic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apatetic
570 millions of speakers

English

apatetic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

apatetic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

apatetic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

apatetic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apatetic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

apatetic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apatetic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apathetic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

apatetic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

apatetic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

apatetic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apathetic
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

apatetic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

apatetic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपेटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

apatetic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apatetic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apatetic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

apatetic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apatetic
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

apatetic
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

apatetic
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

apatetic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apatetic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apatetic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APATETIC»

The term «apatetic» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.562 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APATETIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «apatetic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «apatetic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apatetic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APATETIC»

Discover the use of apatetic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apatetic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biologically Motivated Computer Vision: First IEEE ...
Apatetic Coloration in Animal. Animals use various types of camouflage to hide themselves, one of which is apatetic coloration. Fig. 7 exhibits a natural camouflage of a squirrel in a leafy environment under the shades of a nearby tree .
Seong-Whang Lee, Heinrich H. Bülthoff, Tomaso Poggio, 2000
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Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function
A threshold of 65% of the maximal value was applied to both D2 and radial symmetry Apatetic coloration in animals Animals use various types of camouflage to hide themselves, one of which is apatetic coloration (also known as background ...
Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita, 2011
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The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words
APATETIC a. <£ Imitative in color or shape. A term from the world of zoology but obviously adaptable to that of human fashion. Or, for that matter, to that of psephology (q.v.). "Splendid idea to run for Congress, Simeon; who more than you to ...
Peter Bowler, 1992
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Secrets of the Adversarial Interview
That's an important distinction, because an interviewer projects this apatetic image to subvert the development of the subject's empathy and to enhance the development of the subject's sympathy. That's ap-a-tet-ic not ap-aTHET-ic. Apatetic ...
Ron Niccum, 2010
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Finnish Architecture and the Modernist Tradition
More than that, however, it sets out to 'dissolve' the window wall so that it becomes an apatetic membrane between internal and external space. For Pietilä the Dipoli context is forest, of which the building is just a part. In this context the external ...
Malcolm Quantrill, 2012
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Flip Dictionary
... simulate camouflage, concerning coloration serving as natural: apatetic camouflaged: hidden camouflaging: apatetic camp: barrack, bivouac, etape, fire, ground, lodging, quarters, settlement, shelter, siege, tent; mod, pop, wild camp bed: cot ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2002
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
... apatetic coloration n. In many kinds of animals with camouflage: Misleading coloration, e.g., coloration resembling physical features of an organism's habitat ( Lincoln et al. 1985). cf. bioluminescence, camouflage, crypsis, mimicry aposematic ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
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Proceedings
Some animals use apatetic coloring especially to prevent their detection by graylevel convexity. This implies that other animals might be able to break camouflage based on graylevel convexity. We demonstrate the effectiveness of convexity ...
Alberto Sanfeliu, 2000
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Collier's encyclopedia, with bibliography and index
Apatetic. Apatetic mimicry is the term applied to the resemblance of an insect to some object in its natural environment, whether an animal, vegetable, or mineral. Because of the wide range of objects that may be mimicked, there arc naturally ...
William Darrach Halsey, Emanuel Friedman, 1981
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Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World: A Comparative ...
... great noise—all of which might be thought characteristic of the cicada, though the “swarming” can be no more than an artifact of population density: the apatetic cicada remains a visually inconspicuous solitary insect within its community.
Peter Metevelis, 2009

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