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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

METALEPTIC

a.Pertaining to a metalepsis or participation; translative. 1. Transverse; as the metaleptic motion of a muscle.

 

METALEPTICALLY

adv. By transposition.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METALEPTIC

Met `a *lep "tic, a. Etym: [Gr.

 

1. Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.

 

2. Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.

 

3. (Chem. )

 

Defn: Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy.

 

METALEPTICAL

METALEPTICAL Met `a *lep "tic *al, a.

 

Defn: Metaleptic. -- Met `a *lep "tic *al *ly, adv.