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PRONUNCIATION OF PENTAMEROUS

pentamerous  [pɛnˈtæmərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENTAMEROUS

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

WHAT DOES PENTAMEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pentamer

A pentamer is an entity composed of five sub-units. In chemistry, it applies to molecules made of five monomers. In biochemistry, it applies to macromolecules, in particular to pentameric proteins, made of five proteic sub-units. In microbiology, a pentamer is one of the proteins composing the polyhedral protein shell that encloses the bacterial micro-compartments known as carboxysomes. In immunology, an MHC Pentamer is a reagent used to detect antigen-specific CD8+ T cells.

Definition of pentamerous in the English dictionary

The definition of pentamerous in the dictionary is consisting of five parts, esp having the petals, sepals, and other parts arranged in groups of five.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENTAMEROUS


amorous
ˈæmərəs
clamorous
ˈklæmərəs
decamerous
dɪˈkæmərəs
dimerous
ˈdɪmərəs
glamorous
ˈɡlæmərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
heptamerous
hɛpˈtæmərəs
hexamerous
hɛkˈsæmərəs
humerus
ˈhjuːmərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
innumerous
ɪnˈjuːmərəs
monomerous
mɒˈnɒmərəs
nonglamorous
ˌnɒnˈɡlæmərəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
octamerous
ɒkˈtæmərəs
tetramerous
tɛˈtræmərəs
timorous
ˈtɪmərəs
tumorous
ˈtjuːmərəs
ultraglamorous
ˌʌltrəˈɡlæmərəs
unglamorous
ʌnˈɡlæmərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENTAMEROUS

pentagram
pentagraph
pentagynian
pentagynous
pentahedra
pentahedral
pentahedron
pentalogy
pentalpha
pentamerism
pentamery
pentameter
pentamidine
pentandrian
pentandrous
pentane
pentangle
pentangular
pentanoic acid
pentanol

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENTAMEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
dangerous
generous
murderous
noncancerous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
rigorous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of pentamerous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pentamerous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENTAMEROUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

五基数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pentámera
570 millions of speakers

English

pentamerous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेंटामेरस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pentamerous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пятичленные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pentâmeras
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পঁচদলীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pentamères
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pentamerous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pentamer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pentamerous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pentamerous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pentamerous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pentamerous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஐந்தின் மடங்கானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेन्टामेरस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pentamerous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pentamerous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pentamerous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пятічленниє
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentamerous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pentamerous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vijfstralige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pentamerous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pentamerous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pentamerous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTAMEROUS»

The term «pentamerous» is used very little and occupies the 165.110 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTAMEROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pentamerous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pentamerous» 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 pentamerous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENTAMEROUS»

Discover the use of pentamerous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pentamerous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology ...
Tetramerous flowers are further derived, occurring sporadically in five-merous groups or characterizing a whole family. It is understood that a single mutation or proportionate size differences can trigger a change to tetramery. Pentamerous ...
Louis P. Ronse De Craene, 2010
2
The American journal of science
Aet. XXX. — Remarks on the Pentamerous Symmetry of the Crinoidea; by Austin H. Claek. The pentamerous symmetry of the echinoderms is now admitted to be a feature of phylogenetically secondary importance — a radial symmetry ...
‎1910
3
Phylogeny of the Echini: With a Revision of Palaeozoic Species
The Pentamerous System and Variation. In echinoderms as a whole the pentamerous system is remarkably constant as a character. In cystoids, however, we may have less than five ambulacra, as in Echinosphaerites, which has three ...
Robert Tracy Jackson, 1912
4
Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins ...
Pentamerous Nature Five is thenextprimenumber afterthree.Justas threeisanentire world more than two, five opens a new, “prime” realm of experience not definable by anything previous to it. Human thought is permeated with the five mystery.
W. A. Mathieu, 1997
5
Memoirs Read Before the Boston Society of Natural History
THE PENTAMEROUS SYSTEM AND VARIATION. In echinoderms as a whole the pentamerous system is remarkably constant as a character. In cystoids, however, we may have less than five ambulacra, as in Echinosphaerites, which has ...
‎1912
6
Encyclopædia Metropolitana
647 - — , Clavicorn Pentamerous Coleopterous, see Throscus, xxv. 615 , Cloaked Nocturnal Lepidopterous, see Tinea, xxv. 645 , Conopsarian Dipterous, see Zodion, xxv, 1408 Insects, Corticolous Tetramerons Coleopterous, see Trogossita, ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
7
Encyclopædia metropolitana, or, Universal dictionary of ...
647 , Clavicorn Pentamerous Coleopterous, sec Throscus, xxv. 615 , Cloaked Nocturnal Lepidopterous, see Tinea, xxv. 645 —, Conopsarian Dipterous, see Zodion, xxv. 1408 Insects, Corticolous Tetramerous Coleopterous, see Trogossita , ...
‎1845
8
Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
647 , Clavicorn Pentamerous Coleopterous, see Throscus, xxv. 615 —, Cloaked Nocturnal Lepidopterous, see Tinea, xxv. 645 , Conopsarian Dipterous, see Zodion, xxv. 1408 Insects, Corticolous Tetromerous Coleopterous, see Trogossita , ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
9
General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants: Vol.3
plant erect; leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, downy; heads of flowers pedunculate, axillary, and terminal; corollas pentamerous. (D. H. Native of Candia. Rubéola Crétiea incana floribus purpurascentibus, Tourn. cor. 5. Stem downy. Corollas purplish ...
George Don, 1834
10
Formal Descriptions of Developing Systems
In Arabidopsis, a typical crucifer having four petals in a wild form, perianth may become pentamerous in pan-\ mutant (Running, Mayerowitz [18]). In another model plant Antirrhinum, the mutations of some genes such as cycloidea and radialis ...
James Nation, Irina Trofimova, John D. Rand, 2003

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENTAMEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pentamerous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Tale of a New Phylum That Really Wasn't
Its obvious tube feet, clearly pentamerous body pattern, and calcite skeleton leave no doubt that the animal is an echinoderm. However, its ... «Deep-Sea News, Sep 14»
2
Shoot Out in the holster but Kesampour aims up for spring
The Huddys purchased Shoot Out's dam Pentamerous soon after he won the Sires as a two-year-old and they now have two full-brothers and ... «Herald Sun, Oct 13»
3
The Fabric of Nature: Michael Denton's New BIO-Complexity Paper …
He gives the examples of the pentadactyl limb pattern in vertebrates, and the consistent patterns of the insect body plan, or the pentamerous ... «Discovery Institute, Aug 13»
4
Vela brothers' legacy not lost to game
Shoot Out's dam, Pentamerous, was named the Queensland broodmare of the year earlier this week after the galloper's two group 1 wins in the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 13»
5
Pharmacognosy Of Ashwagandha
Flowers: Flowers are ebracteate, pedicellate, complete, hermaphrodite, pentamerous,actinomorphic and hypogynous, gamosepalous, 4-6 mm ... «Science 2.0, Sep 12»

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