English-Thai Dictionary
turbinate
ADJ ที่ มี ลักษณะ ขด เป็น วง ti-me-lak-sa-na-kod-pen-wong
turbinate
ADJ ที่ เป็น รูปกรวย คว่ำ ti-peb-rub-kuai-kwam
turbinate
N กระดูก รูปกรวย kra-duk-rub-kuai
turbinate
N เปลือกหอย รูปกรวย pluk-hoi-rub-kuai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TURBINATE, TURBINATED
a.[L. turbinatus, formed like atop, form turbo, turben, atop. ] 1. In conchology, spiral, or wreathed conically from a larger base to a kind of apex; as turbinated shells.
2. In botany, shaped like a top or cone inverted; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as a turbinated germ, nectary or pericarp.
3. Whirling. [Little used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TURBINATE
TURBINATE Tur "bi *nate, v. i.
Defn: To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
TURBINATE; TURBINATED
Tur "bi *nate, Tur "bi *na `ted, a. Etym: [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top. ]
1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
3. (Anat. )
Defn: Turbinal.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
New American Oxford Dictionary
turbinate
tur bi nate |ˈtərbənit, -ˌnāt ˈtərbənət | ▶adjective chiefly Zoology (esp. of a shell ) shaped like a spinning top or inverted cone. • Anatomy relating to or denoting the turbinals. ▶noun (also turbinate bone ) Anatomy another term for turbinal. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin turbinatus, from turbo, turbin- (see turbine ).
Oxford Dictionary
turbinate
turbinate |ˈtəːbɪnət | ▶adjective chiefly Zoology (especially of a shell ) shaped like a spinning top or inverted cone. • Anatomy relating to or denoting the turbinals. ▶noun (also turbinate bone ) Anatomy another term for turbinal. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin turbinatus, from turbo, turbin- (see turbine ).
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