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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLICATE

From Latin plicātus folded, from plicāre to fold.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLICATE

plicate  [ˈplaɪkeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLICATE

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

WHAT DOES PLICATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of plicate in the English dictionary

The definition of plicate in the dictionary is having or arranged in parallel folds or ridges; pleated.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLICATE


advocate
ˈædvəˌkeɪt
allocate
ˈæləˌkeɪt
authenticate
ɔːˈθɛntɪˌkeɪt
busticate
ˈbʌstɪkeɪt
cate
keɪt
communicate
kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt
complicate
ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪt
dedicate
ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt
disintoxicate
ˌdɪsɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt
educate
ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪt
indicate
ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt
Kate
keɪt
locate
ləʊˈkeɪt
micate
ˈmaɪkeɪt
phyllosilicate
ˌfɪləʊˈsɪlɪkeɪt
relocate
ˌriːləʊˈkeɪt
replicate
ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪt
skate
skeɪt
spicate
ˈspaɪkeɪt
syllabicate
sɪˈlæbɪkeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLICATE

pliable
pliableness
pliably
pliancy
pliant
pliantly
pliantness
plica
plicae
plical
plicated
plicately
plicateness
plication
plicature
plied
plier
pliers
plies
plight

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLICATE

abdicate
aguacate
applicate
birth certificate
certificate
clearance certificate
death certificate
delicate
domesticate
duplicate
fabricate
implicate
in triplicate
intoxicate
intricate
lubricate
predicate
silicate
silver certificate
syndicate
triplicate

Synonyms and antonyms of plicate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plicate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLICATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plicate
570 millions of speakers

English

plicate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

plicate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يغضن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

складчатый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

plicate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

plicate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plicate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plicate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

plicate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

plicate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

plicate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plicate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quăn lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

plicate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नितळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

plicate
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plicate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plicate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

складчастий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plicate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πτυχωμένοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geplooid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plicate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plicate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plicate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLICATE»

The term «plicate» is regularly used and occupies the 98.592 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLICATE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLICATE»

Discover the use of plicate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plicate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lower Pliocene Mollusks and Echinoids from the Los Angeles ...
The plicate oysters in the Miocene and Pliocene of California and Lower California appear to represent two closely related poorly defined groups — (1) large circular-ovate oysters; (2) ovate, ovate-falcate, or elongate oysters of small or ...
Wendell Phillips Woodring, 1938
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
M. meridianalis Meyer X X X Scobinella caelata Conrad X X X X X X x Scobinella pleuri plicate Casey X x Conorbis porcellana (Conrad) ? X X X X X X Conus alveatus Conrad X X X X X X X X X X X V X X x Conus protractus Mever X X Cancel ...
‎1922
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
The plicate oysters in the Miocene and Pliocene of California and Lower California appear to represent two closely related poorly denned groups — (1) large circular-ovate oysters; (2) ovate, ovate-falcate, or elongate oysters of small or ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1938
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Biopharmaceutics Modeling and Simulations: Theory, Practice, ...
4.6 SURFACE AREA EXPANSION BY PLICATE AND VILLI Peff value is usually calculated assuming that the small intestine is a smooth tube. However, the small intestinal has a plicate and villi structure. The UWL is adjacent to the top of the ...
Kiyohiko Sugano, 2012
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Geological Survey Bulletin
Varieties of Lopha lugubris (Conrad) occur throughout the member, and this is perhaps the most abundant species. A coarsely plicate form is restricted to the basal third of the member ; more finely plicate forms are found in the middle third and ...
‎1949
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High-Performance Computing in Biomedical Research
The three types of junctions (Figure 2B) were assigned the following r,- values for normal conditions: (a) Plicate junctions = 2 M1l (10,000 connexons). We chose this resistance value to approximate known r-(eff) values (especially the 1.7-Mft ...
Theo C. Pilkington, Bruce Loftis, Thomas Palmer, 1992
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An Etymological and Explanatory Dictionary of Words Derived ...
du-plicate, ex-plicit, ex-plication, im-plicit, in-explicable, im-plicate, sup-plicate. Multi-ply, multi-plication, (see Multus.) — Re-ply, sup-plicate. Quadru-ple, (quater, four times,) quintu-ple, (quinque, five,) tri-ple, (tret, three.) Sim-pie, for simplex, ...
Richard Harrison Black, 1825
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Vol. IV. - Corolliflorae
37 CsABôwsKrA. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped; limb convolute in aestivation, reflexed. Drupe solitary, containing 2 2celled bony putamens; cells l- seeded. Tama VII. Сиз-111111315. Limb of corolla plicate, valvate, or induplicate in ...
‎1838
9
The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland
923i Leaves not rugose when dry, stem leal bases cordate-auriculate or cordate- triangular, auricles large, extending ± to costa, paraphyllia abundant or not 252 252 Stem and branch leaves usually falcate-secund, longitudinally plicate.
A. J. E. Smith, 2004
10
Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells: Identification, Ecology, ...
... 10f 222 Pleurotomaria adansoniana (Adanson's Pleurotomaria), 113 Pleurotomariidae, 1 13 Plicate Caecum (Caecurnplicatum), 145 Plicate Hornsnail (Ceritbideapliculosa), 38, 47f 48f 49, 133 Plicate Mangelia (Pyrgotytbaraplicosa), 251 ...
John Wesley Tunnell, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLICATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plicate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Origin and evolution of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) inferred from …
This carinate-plicate structure of the upper lip encloses the style which is pressed against the inner surface to establish a complex structure with ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
2
Class system ... poorer obese people are being deterred from …
Plicate patients are having their obesity surgery reversed or repaired in pu. Problems ... Plicate patients are having their obesity surgery ... «NEWS.com.au, Feb 15»
3
Galanthus bulbs go for £100 each in Great Snowdrop Rush
The sought-after bloom – which has green outer leaves and a stunning white 'snowdrop' flower – was described as a 'lovely virescent plicate ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
4
How to create snowdrop heaven in your garden
'Brian Hewitt', a six-petalled plicate named after a gardener at Myddelton House, near Enfield, where it was found, is being offered by a Dutch ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
5
The Bravest Or Stupidest Man Saving A Kitten On LIVE Railway Track
In the rescue the kitten can be heard meowing with distress, whilst the man, trying to plicate the kitten says, “woah woah woah”. «The Gay UK, Jan 15»
6
Formento's on Randolph Opens Wednesday
... a rich chicken broth steeped in parmesan rinds; an antipasta wedge salad with provolone plicate and chicken Vesuvio, featuring a de-boned, ... «DNAinfo, Jan 15»
7
Endoluminal Devices Seek Place at Table for Weight Loss Therapy
Our goal is to try to plicate the stomach with an endoluminal approach.” Patients may be challenged to lose weight through medical therapy, that is through ... «General Surgery News, Dec 14»
8
Oil and Gas Production: Petroleum Crime
Governments usually only look at environmental crime as a result of public pressure, so they may plicate them and keep their tentative positions ... «East African Business Week, Nov 14»
9
Chronicle film: The Hunger Games makes revolution cool
She leaves District 12 under no illusion that she would be killed to plicate the masses but then we see her, quite literally, rise from the dead ... «Bath Chronicle, Nov 14»
10
Fundoplication Better Than PPIs for Regurgitation
During the transoral fundoplication procedure, physicians aim to restructure the gastroesophageal junction using small fasteners to plicate the ... «Medscape, Oct 14»

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