Download the app
educalingo
semilunate

Meaning of "semilunate" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SEMILUNATE

ˌsɛmɪˈluːneɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEMILUNATE

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

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEMILUNATE

alternate · carbonate · coordinate · crenate · designate · discriminate · dominate · donate · eliminate · enate · khanate · laminate · lunate · originate · ornate · phenate · reincarnate · terminate · triternate · tycoonate

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEMILUNATE

semihigh · semihobo · semilethal · semiliquid · semiliterate · semilog · semilogarithmic · semilucent · semilunar · semilunar valve · semilune · semilustrous · semimanufacture · semimat · semimatt · semimatte · semimenstrual · semimetal · semimetallic · semimicro

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEMILUNATE

affectionate · coadunate · compassionate · disseminate · fortunate · illuminate · importunate · innate · lacunate · nominate · ordinate · passionate · polycarbonate · pomegranate · senate · shogunate · sublunate · subordinate · tribunate · unfortunate

Synonyms and antonyms of semilunate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «semilunate» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SEMILUNATE

Find out the translation of semilunate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of semilunate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «semilunate» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

semilunate
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

semilunar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

semilunate
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

semilunate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

semilunate
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

semilunate
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

semilunate
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

semilunate
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

semi-lunaire
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Semilunate
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

halbmondförmigen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

semilunate
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

semilunate
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Semilunate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

semilunate
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

semilunate
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धवेळ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

semilunatik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

semiluminato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

semilunate
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

semilunate
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

semilunate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μηνοειδούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

semilunate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

semilunate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

semilunate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of semilunate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMILUNATE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of semilunate
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «semilunate».

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEMILUNATE»

Discover the use of semilunate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to semilunate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs
Only one of the higher-profile characters will be discussed here as an example, and that is the semilunate carpal, one of the classic Ostrom characters. Os- trom ( 1973) originally — and erroneously — regarded the element in Deinonychus as ...
Luis M. Chiappe, Lawrence M. Witmer, 2002
2
A Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Reevaluation of Therizinosauria ...
information): The semilunate carpal in Falcarius is a partially fused DCI and DCII, suggesting that the primitive maniraptoran semilunate is formed by the fusion of both distal carpals. Character 148: Semilunate distal carpal well developed, ...
Lindsay Elizabeth Zanno, 2008
3
Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds
Semilunate carpal and proximal ends of metacarpals in adults: unfused (0); semilunate fused to the alular (I) metacarpal (1); semilunate fused to the major (II) and minor (III) metacarpals (2); fusion of semilunate and all metacarpals (3).
Dr. Gareth Dyke, Gary Kaiser, 2011
4
Texas Log Buildings: A Folk Architecture
Semilunate notching on a house in the pine forests of East Texas. This type of notch is found almost exclusively on pine logs and is relatively rare in Texas. In most cases, halflog construction employs halfdovetail notching instead of semilunate ...
Terry G. Jordan, 2010
5
Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs ...
The wrist contains two carpal hones (a semilunate hone and radialel that allow for a folding hack of the hand as well as a slight degree of lateral flexure. Both semilunate hones (radiale of Ostrom 1969; fused distal car- pals 1 and 2 of Chure  ...
Philip J. Currie, 2004
6
Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in ...
Avepectorans are generally thought to have two ossified carpals aside from the semilunate block, and this condition appears to exist in the majority of Archaeopteryx wrists. L. Martin et al. (1998) seemed to conclude the same, but in the right ...
Gregory S. Paul, 2002
7
The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates
In his studies of Deinonychus and other dromaeosaurs, John Os- trom noted that these dinosaurs have an unusual half-moon-shaped bone in their wrists called the semilunate carpal. This bone may have helped the ferociously predacious ...
Keith M. Parsons, 2004
8
The Carnivorous Dinosaurs
A. B. E. F. H. mtc. II. ' mtc. J. mtc. II. K. mtc. III. Figure 2.1 1. Carpal elements of Tanycolagreus topwilsoni (TPll 2000-09-29). Semilunate in anterior (A), posterior (B), proximal (C), and distal (D) views. Distal carpal block in posterior (E), anterior  ...
Kenneth Carpenter, 2005
9
Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
32–33, among other characters diagnosing his Maniraptora), including a forelimb elongated to nearly 75% (or more) of the presacral vertebral column, the hand longer than the foot, the ulna bowed posteriorly, a semilunate carpal, and a ...
Philip J. Currie, Kevin Padian, 1997
10
Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and ...
In this regard, a specimen of Deinonychus housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology is interesting; it is a semilunate carpal of a juvenile that consists of at least two unfused distal carpi. If the avian semilunate element is composed of only ...
Hans-Peter Schultze, Linda Trueb, 1991

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEMILUNATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term semilunate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Can evolution run BACKWARDS? Birds found to regrow dinosaur …
As well as the disappearance and appearance of the pisiform bone, they found that a half-moon-shaped bone called the semilunate in birds is the fusion of two ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
2
How dinosaur arms turned into bird wings: 'Pisiform' bone reveals …
As well as the disappearance and appearance of the pisiform bone, they found that a half-moon-shaped bone called the semilunate in birds, is the fusion of two ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
3
对兽脚类恐龙和鸟类'半月形腕骨'的同源性研究取得进展
在最近出版的自然子刊“科学报告”在线杂志上,徐星、韩凤禄和赵祺发表了题为“Homologies and homeotic transformation of the theropod 'semilunate' carpal”的 ... «UUA, Sep 14»
4
Si utilizzano le foto da satellite
Nell'Acacus si rinvengono pitture e incisioni straordinarie di giraffe, elefanti, buoi dalle lunghe corna semilunate, rinoceronti, esseri mitologici e magici, che ... «Corriere della Sera, Nov 11»
5
Newly Described Bird-like Dinosaur Predates Archaeopteryx by 15 …
... tuberosity; mcII to mcIV, metacarpals II to IV; mf, maxillary fenestra; o, orbit; op, olecranon process of the ulna; rap, retroarticular process; slc, semilunate carpal. «ScienceBlogs, Jan 10»
6
A fundamental avian wing-stroke provides a new perspective on the …
Such an evolutionary pathway provides a parsimonious explanation for numerous non-avian theropod morphologies (for example, semilunate carpal, ... «Nature.com, Jan 08»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Semilunate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/semilunate>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN