Meaning of "xylotomy" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF XYLOTOMY

xylotomy  [zaɪˈlɒtəmɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF XYLOTOMY

Xylotomy is a noun.

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WHAT DOES XYLOTOMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Xylotomy

Xylotomy is the preparation of small slivers of wood for examination under a microscope, often using a microtome. It is useful for providing forensic evidence in some criminal cases where finding a fragment of wood on an individual and matching it to a weapon used in a crime would be helpful. One xylotomist, Arthur Koehler, was able to provide crucial evidence by linking a piece of pine from a ladder used in a kidnapping to one particular factory whose machinery was defective, and from there to one particular lumberyard. Koehler searched for eighteen months for the yard, and presented his evidence dramatically in court by presenting the court with a chalk rubbing of the samples, which he made there and then, demonstrating that they were identical. He also matched other pieces of the ladder to a chisel used to create the joists, missing from the defendant's tool chest, and to a missing plank from the suspect's attic floor. It may also be useful in forestry studies. Identifying the species of a piece of wood is not always easy, in which case a xylotheque may provide samples with which the xylotomist can compare his own. Xylotomy may be carried out by a forensic biologist.

Definition of xylotomy in the English dictionary

The definition of xylotomy in the dictionary is the preparation of sections of wood for examination by microscope.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «XYLOTOMY»

Discover the use of xylotomy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to xylotomy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Xylotomy

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xylotomy is the preparation of small slivers of wood for examination under a microscope, often using a microtome.

Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

Identification of modern and tertiary woods

Why identify and study wood?. Xylotomy of gymnosperms. Xylotomy of dicotyledons. Organization and use of reference data. Variability in wood anatomy.

A. C. Barefoot, Frank W. Hankins, 1982

Gymnosperm (naked seeds plant) : structure and development

Identification of Living Gymnosperms on the Basis of Xylotomy. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest. Gupta, P.K. & Durzan. D.J. 1987. Biotechnology of somatic polyembryogenesis and plantlet regenerationof loblolly pine. Biotechnology, 5: 147-159.

V.P. Singh, 2006

Ecological Strategies of Xylem Evolution

Identification of Living Gymnosperms on the Basis of Xylotomy. Budapest, Akademiai Kiado. Greguss, P. 1959. Holzanatomie der Laubholzer und Straucher. Budapest, Akademiai Kiado. Greguss, P. 1968. Xylotomy of the Living Cycads.

Sherwin John Carlquist, 1975

Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms

Budapest; Akad. Kiado. Greguss, P. 1968. Xylotomy of the living cycads. Budapest; Akad. Kiado. Greguss, P. 1972. Xylotomy of the living conifers. Budapest; Akad. Kiado. Martens, P. 1971. Les gnetophytes. Handbuch der Pflanzen- anatomie, ...

K.U. Kramer, Klaus Kubitzki, P.S. Green, 1990

Word Origins

XYLOPHONE/XYLEM/XYLENE/XYLOTOMY Xylon, the Greek word for "wood", is a source of several words in English. Xylophone is a musical instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars which produce musical notes when struck with ...

Dhirendra Verma, 1999

Competition Science Vision

... Mycology and Plant Pathology Morphology Plant Pathology Plant Breeding Palynology Xylotomy Bryology Taxonomy Cytology Bryology Ecology Embryology Morphology and Embryology Plant Physiology Plant Physiology ( crop physiology) ...

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Fundamentals of Botany Vol-1

Chaudhari, K.A. Xylotomy 6. Chinoy, J.J. Plant Physiology 7. De P.K. and Singh R.N. N2 fixation in blue-green algae 8. Guha and Maheshwari Androgenic Haploids 9. Iyengar, M.O.P. Phycology 10. Johri,B.M. Embryology 11. Johri,B.N. ...

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Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Conifers

Greguss P (1955) Identification of Living Gymnosperms on the Basis of Xylotomy. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. Gros-Louis M-C, Bousquet J, Pâques LE, Isabel N (2005) Species-diagnostic markers in Larix spp. based on RAPDs and ...

Christophe Plomion, Jean Bousquet, Chittaranjan Kole, 2011

Recent Landform Evolution: The Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Region

The Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Region Dénes Lóczy, Miloš Stankoviansky, Adam Kotarba. distribution, ICP/MS including isotopic analysis, X-ray fluorescence analysis, xylotomy analysis, 137Cs measurement, etc.). The fluvial archive of the  ...

Dénes Lóczy, Miloš Stankoviansky, Adam Kotarba, 2012