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Meaning of "desmid" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DESMID

From New Latin Desmidium (genus name), from Greek desmos bond, from dein to bind.

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESMID

ˈdɛsmɪd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESMID

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Desmid 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 DESMID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Desmidiales

Desmids are an order in the Charophyta, a division of green algae that forms a sister group to the land plants. The Desmidiales comprise around 40 genera and 5,000 to 6,000 species, found mostly but not exclusively in fresh water. Most are unicellular, the cell sometimes divided into two compartments separated by a narrow bridge or isthmus. Desmids assume a variety of highly symmetrical and generally attractive shapes, which provide the basis for their classification. Each compartment has one chloroplast, and no flagella. Sexual reproduction occurs through a process of conjugation, also found among the Zygnematales. These two groups are closely related, and comprise the class Zygnematophyceae. The desmids are sometimes treated as members of the Zygnematales, but more often given the separate order Desmidiales. Desmids possess characteristic crystals of Barium sulphate at either end of the cell which exhibit a continuous Brownian type motion.

Definition of desmid in the English dictionary

The definition of desmid in the dictionary is any freshwater green alga of the mainly unicellular family Desmidioideae, typically constricted into two symmetrical halves.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESMID

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESMID

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WORDS THAT END LIKE DESMID

acetamid · acid · agamid · aid · android · avoid · bid · David · did · grid · id · kid · liquid · Madrid · overtimid · paid · phasmid · population pyramid · rapid · said

Synonyms and antonyms of desmid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «desmid» into 25 languages

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desmid
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desmid
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desmid
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desmid
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ar

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دثمة
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десмидиевую водоросль
278 millions of speakers
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desmid
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desmid
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desmid
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Desmid
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desmid
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チリモ
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desmid
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Desmid
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desmid
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desmid
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क्षुल्लक
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desmid
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desmid
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desmid
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десмідиєві водорість
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desmid
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desmid
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desmid
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desmid
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desmid
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESMID»

Discover the use of desmid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to desmid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Biology of Desmids
The credit must go to Waris for recognising the great potential inherent in certain desmid cells, and in particular those of the genus Micrasterias, for the elucidation of some of the fundamental problems of cell morphogenesis (Waris 1950a, b, ...
Alan J. Brook, 1981
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Loudon's Hortus Britannicus. A Catalogue of All Plants, ...
Crypt. A'Lçe. 35261 - verrucòsum ЕМ'. warted scattered О year Рас hoggy pools, &c. На": desmid. li. 2 35262 о - obiongum Grev. oblong clond~ik. m. О year Радио bogs, pools, вис. 11.-.m desmid. l2 Echinélla oblónga Grev. in Hook. Br. Fi . v.
John Claudius Loudon, William Hart BAXTER, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), 1850
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One Thousand Objects for the Microscope, etc
Desmid,]l[ rotata 168 194 5. ,, JIIicrasterias trun6 1 . 195 7. ,, Euastrum crass-um 17l _sata ............................ .. 197 8. ,, Euastrum didelta .. 173 26. Diatom, E ithemia turgida. 198 9. ,, Euastrum ansatum 1741 27. ,, .unotia tetraudon 201 10. , ...
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, 1869
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Growth and Reproductive Strategies of Freshwater Phytoplankton
Desmid populations tend to be more common and diverse in species composition as "metaphyton" (Behre 1956) than in the open water of lakes and ponds. Brook (1981) stated that desmids may be carried quite frequently from benthic ...
Craig D. Sandgren, 1988
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Loudon's Hortus Britannicus: A Catalogue of All the Plants ...
35932 - um - 35934 . □ STAÜIIA'STRUM J%ra Ятлшдятвгм. iStmtmi, a cm«,, and atlron. a star ) Crypt, ibf. dejectum Brcb. curved-sp. Pa.G.mas. or sc 0 year Pa. G peat-bogs, pool,, ÄC. Balfi desmid. ML i тисгопЛЫт lïalfs in Ann. of Nat. Hist., v.
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1850
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The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An ...
C Brook AJ (1990) Closterium sublaterale Ruzicka, a rare desmid, newly recorded in Britain. British Phycological Journal 25: 291-294. C Brook AJ (1992a) Spirotaenia alpina Schmidle (Zygnemaphyceae: Mesotaeniaceae), a saccoderm  ...
David M. John, Brian A. Whitton, Alan J. Brook, 2002
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Pamphlets on Protozoology (Kofoid Collection)
In discussing this phenomenon of the rich Desmid-flora of the British freshwater plankton, it is necessary, in the first place, to briefly outline the general distribution of the Desmidiaceæ in the British Islands, quite irrespective of the freshwater ...
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New Scientist
A third plane of symmetry, perpendicular to the vertical axis, is apparent if you view the desmid from one end. From this angle, some species appear elliptical, some triangular, while others may show a more complex cross section with many  ...
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The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal ...
23. Euas- trutn diddta (Desmid). 24. Cosmarium tetraophthalmum (Desmid). 25. Pediastrum granulatum (Desmid). 26. Closterium lunula (Desmid). 27. Closterium moniliferum (Desmid). 28. Micrasterias denticulata (Desmid). 29. Tabellaria ?
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The Popular Science Review
Xavicula — it might easily be supposed that the relative positions of the true eudochrome and the siliceous wall, both before and after division, differ from those which obtain in the Desmid frond. Indeed, this mistake is a common one, due to the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESMID»

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Janelia Researcher Wins Olympus BioScapes Imaging Competition
Another Siwanowicz image earned an honorable mention for an image of planctonic rotifers surrounding a desmid. Another HHMI scientist also ... «Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dec 13»
2
Under the Microscope, Some Things Look Too Crazy to Be Real
Attached to hairs outside the mouth of this bladderwort are algae: two long-tailed bulbochaetes and an indented-square-shaped desmid. «Wired, Oct 13»
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Desmids at High Res, and a Slight Technical Glitch
Here's a second desmid showing off both its nucleus and a series of organelles called pyrenoids that look like beads on a string. Closterium sp. «Scientific American, Jun 13»
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The Best Ten Micro Photographs of 2012
6th place: Cosmarium sp. (desmid) near a Sphagnum sp. leaf (100x) by Marek Miś. The Best Ten Micro Photographs of 2012 ... «Gizmodo, Oct 12»
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The Invisible Beauty of the Microscopic World
06_Place_20773_1_Mis-640x428.jpg. Marek Mis. A desmid, which is a type of green algae. 09_Place_22047_3_Drange-640x567.jpg. «The Atlantic, Oct 12»
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A small (but glorious) world: The best microscope images of 2012
Enlarge / Marek Mis, a photographer from Poland, used polarized light to capture this image of a desmid. If you told me this was a computer ... «Ars Technica, Oct 12»
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Up Close: 2012 Wellcome Image Awards
This photomicrograph shows Micrasterias, a type of green alga called a Desmid. Desmids usually inhabit the acidic waters associated with ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 12»
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Incredible close-up shot of living human brain wins microscope …
Left: Micrasterias - A type of green alga called a desmid. Desmids usually inhabit the acidic waters associated with peat bogs. Right: Diatom ... «Daily Mail, Jun 12»
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3 Creative Tools for Nuclear Cleanup: Algae, Rust, and Bacteria
References: Krejci, M. R., et al. “Selective Sequestration of Strontium in Desmid Green Algae by Biogenic Co-precipitation with Barite. «Discover Magazine, Apr 11»
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Algae holds promise for nuclear clean-up
The algae, called Closterium moniliferum, are members of the desmid order, known to microbiologists for their distinctive shapes, said Minna ... «Nature.com, Mar 11»
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