apical
Syllables: a·pic·al/ˈæpɪkəl/
apical adjective: of or connected with the apex.
Adjective
apical (not comparable)
- Of or connected with the apex.
- Of a meristem, situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
- Of a sound, produced with the tip of the tongue.
Noun
apical (plural apicals)
- A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.
apical meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
apical in Tamil
- மேல் நுதிக்குரிய, முகட்டுக்குரிய, முக்கோணமேல் நுனிக்குரிய, உச்சிக்குரிய, நுனி, உச்சியில்
apical in Urdu
- چوٹی سے مُتعلِق, راس سے مُتَعلِّق, نوک سے مُتَعلِّق, راسی, برنوکی
apical in Bengali
- চূড়া
Examples of apical in a sentence
- The arms of the mesosternal furca have a broad median and strictured and hemispherical apical part.
- Irradiation of the stolon apical zone with FR did not affect its diatropic growth pattern.
- Mandibles with 4 teeth decreasing in size from the apical teeth, the antepenultime (subbasal) smallest.
Forms of apical
| plural | apicals |
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Origin of apical
From apic- + -al.
Words formed from apical
- abapical
- adapical
- anteroapical
- apical ancestor
- apical annulus
- apical ballooning cardiomyopathy
- apical dendrite
- apical ectodermal ridge
- apical germ pore
- apicalization
- apically
- apical meristem
- apicalmost
- apicalwards
- basiapical
- basoapical
- biapical
- cervicoapical
- circumapical
- dorsoapical
- endoapical
- juxtaapical
- medioapical
- nonapical
- periapical
- posteroapical
- preapical
- proapical
- subapical
- transapical
- transient apical ballooning syndrome
- uniapical
- ventroapical
Phrases with apical
Questions about apical
- What does apical mean?
- Apical means of or connected with the apex.
- What is apical in Tamil?
- Apical in Tamil is மேல் நுதிக்குரிய, முகட்டுக்குரிய, முக்கோணமேல் நுனிக்குரிய. See Apical meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is apical?
- Apical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce apical?
- Apical is pronounced /ˈæpɪkəl/.
Words near apical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: apical (page history and authors); apical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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