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Meaning of "bipedality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIPEDALITY

bipedality  [ˌbaɪpɪˈdælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIPEDALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bipedality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIPEDALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bipedality

Bipedalism

Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs, or legs. An animal or machine that usually moves in a bipedal manner is known as a biped /ˈbaɪpɛd/, meaning "two feet". Types of bipedal movement include walking, running, or hopping, on two appendages. Few modern species are habitual bipeds whose normal method of locomotion is two-legged. Within mammals, habitual bipedalism has evolved multiple times, with the macropods, kangaroo rats and mice, springhare, hopping mice, pangolins and homininan apes, as well as various other extinct groups evolving the trait independently. In the Triassic period some groups of archosaurs developed bipedalism; among their descendants the dinosaurs, all the early forms and many later groups were habitual or exclusive bipeds; the birds descended from one group of exclusively bipedal dinosaurs. A larger number of modern species utilise bipedal movement for a short time. Several non-archosaurian lizard species move bipedally when running, usually to escape from threats.

Definition of bipedality in the English dictionary

The definition of bipedality in the dictionary is the quality of having two feet.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIPEDALITY


bimodality
ˌbaɪməʊˈdælɪtɪ
colloidality
ˌkɒlɔɪˈdælɪtɪ
feudality
fjuːˈdælɪtɪ
functionality
ˌfʌŋkʃənˈælɪtɪ
homosexuality
ˌhəʊməʊˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ
hospitality
ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ
locality
ləʊˈkælɪtɪ
modality
məʊˈdælɪtɪ
mortality
mɔːˈtælɪtɪ
municipality
mjuːˌnɪsɪˈpælɪtɪ
nationality
ˌnæʃəˈnælɪtɪ
nodality
nəʊˈdælɪtɪ
originality
əˌrɪdʒɪˈnælɪtɪ
personality
ˌpɜːsəˈnælɪtɪ
reality
rɪˈælɪtɪ
sesquipedality
ˌseskwɪpɪˈdælɪtɪ
sexuality
ˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ
sodality
səʊˈdælɪtɪ
speciality
ˌspɛʃɪˈælɪtɪ
spirituality
ˌspɪrɪtjʊˈælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIPEDALITY

bipartisan
bipartisanism
bipartisanship
bipartite
bipartitely
bipartition
biparty
biped
bipedal
bipedalism
bipedally
bipetalous
biphasic
biphenyl
bipinnaria
bipinnate
bipinnately
biplane
bipod
bipolar

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIPEDALITY

ability
abnormality
air quality
augmented reality
brutality
equality
fatality
illegality
in reality
individuality
inequality
infant mortality
legality
low-quality
mentality
morality
neutrality
plurality
quality
virtual reality
vitality

Synonyms and antonyms of bipedality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bipedality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIPEDALITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

bipedality
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bipedalidad
570 millions of speakers

English

bipedality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bipedality
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bipedality
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bipedality
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bipedality
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bipedality
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bipédie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bipedality
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufrechten Gang
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bipedality
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bipedality
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bipedality
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bipedality
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இருகாலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्विपक्षीयता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayaklılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bipedismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwunożność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bipedality
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bipedality
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bipedality
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bipedality
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bipedality
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bipedality
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bipedality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIPEDALITY»

The term «bipedality» is used very little and occupies the 180.963 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIPEDALITY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIPEDALITY»

Discover the use of bipedality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bipedality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution
I suspect that the evolution and development of clothing is connected with sexual selection, the strange fact of the hidden human estrus, and, beyond that, bipedality. If none of that convinces, try this. Sexual selection is distinct from natural ...
Henry Gee, 2013
2
The Origin and Evolution of Humans and Humanness
... form of locomotion and did so with such regularity that they rarely if ever used the arboreal canopy. This evidence is confirmed by changes that have taken place in their forelimb. When they adopted bipedality as a means of getting about , the ...
D. Tab Rasmussen, University of California, Los Angeles. IGPP Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, 1993
3
The Roots Of Thinking
is wanted is a tracing out of disanalogies as well as analogies between hominid and nonhominid sexuality.5 Bipedality is consistently taken as a prime diagnostic feature of hominids if not the prime feature.6 It is traditionally connected with ...
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, 2010
4
The Lives of the Brain: Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind
Much more so than increased brain size, the defining feature of the hominid lineage is the adoption of habitual bipedality. Bipedality is represented in the body in a variety of ways, fundamentally differentiating the anatomy of hominids from that ...
John S. Allen, 2012
5
From Biped to Strider: The Emergence of Modern Human ...
Two schools of thought have traditionally been put forth to describe the bipedality of early hominids (Duncan et al., 1994; McHenry, 1983): that australopithecines were transitional forms, using a form of bipedality that was compromised by a ...
Jeff Meldrum, Charles E. Hilton, 2004
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The Human Lineage
Long analytical chapters could be (and have been) written, evaluating the pros and cons of each variant explanation in order to sieve out some relatively plausible factor as the probable first cause of human bipedality. We have not written such ...
Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith, 2011
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Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and ...
Possible bipedality has been addressed for some rauisuchians that have derived features sometimes considered characteristic of both obligatorily parasagittal hindlimbs and a bipedal gait (Figs 1 & 6c). The Shuvosaurid Efi'igea okeefleae, ...
Sterling J. Nesbitt, Julia Brenda Desojo, Randall B. Irmis, 2013
8
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
The more humanoid Toumai and Orrorin evolved their bipedality so swiftly after Concestor 1 that the separation in dates cannot easily be resolved. 3. Humanoid features such as bipedality have evolved more than once, maybe many times.
Richard Dawkins, 2005
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Early Human Behaviour in Global Context: The Rise and ...
hallmark is the achievement of bipedality—a novel form of locomotion that implies new ranging and foraging strategies. Comparative data indicate that the development of bipedality among Old World higher primates (catarrhines) was not an ...
Ravi Korisettar, Michael D. Petraglia, 2003
10
Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture
As a result, she proved that bipedality had existed in human precursors far earlier than had been thought and, more importantly, that bipedality arose before an enlarged brain size. This officially disproved Darwin's theory that an enlarged brain ...
H. James Birx, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIPEDALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bipedality is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scientists discover 3.3-million-year-old stone tools, predating big …
The definitive hominin characteristic is walking on two legs, known as “bipedality”.) 3.3-million year old stone tools: Unifacial core, bipolar ... «Haaretz, May 15»
2
Real Cavemen Ate Gluten
And the idea that our more ancient ancestors were great hunters is likely off the mark, as bipedality—at least before the advance of ... «The New Republic, Feb 15»
3
Confrontational behaviour and bipedality in deer
And... some 'historical' questions: if we can identify osteological characters that link to bipedality in deer, is this a 'new thing' unique to one or ... «Scientific American, Dec 14»
4
No, Walking on All 4 Limbs Is Not a Sign of Human 'Devolution'
"This syndrome can be considered as devolution of human being, throwing a light into the transition from quadrupedality to bipedality with ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 14»
5
De Loys' Ape and what to do with it
Combined with its erect form of habitual bipedality, it was – according to De Loys – wholly different from all known South American primates (or ... «Scientific American, Jul 14»
6
Did walking upright make humans smart?
They propose that bipedality - or walking on two legs - changed the human brain by liberating the cortex from the drudge of controlling routine ... «Medical News Today, May 14»
7
Animal Intelligence
“It seems to me that every time we humans announce that here is the thing that makes us unique—our featherless bipedality, our tool-using, our ... «California Academy of Sciences, May 14»
8
Comparing Explanations for "Trade-offs" in Darwinian Theory and ID
... legs can become longer, and gaits can evolve (including bipedality). As another example, animals may be able to acquire and process more ... «Discovery Institute, Jan 14»
9
4.4 Million-year-old 'Ardi' Skull Reveals Close Ties to Humans
Some paleoanthropologists argue that bipedality and the adoption of a more upright posture triggered the change, in which case Ardi's ... «Nature World News, Jan 14»
10
'Ardi' skull reveals links to human lineage
Was it the adoption of upright posture and bipedality causing a shift in the poise of the head on the vertebral column? If so, does the humanlike ... «Phys.Org, Jan 14»

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