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bigonial

bigonial adjective: pertaining to both gonia, especially to an imaginary line between them.

Adjective

bigonial (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to both gonia, especially to an imaginary line between them.
    • Broadening of the bigonial diameter independent of these factors is due almost entirely to the action of the masseters, which in some instances results in a marked eversion of the lower portion of the jaw at the angle.1913, Henry Lorenz Viereck, New Genus and Species of Hymenoptera of the Family Braconidae from Panama, page 90
    • The bigonial breadth in absolute figures is slightly larger in the members of more recent than in those of old American ancestry, and identical in the latter with that of the cultured old Americans at large.1931, Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, page 56
    Synonyms:
    bigoniac

Examples of bigonial in a sentence

  • The interrelationship of these factors, with specific reference to the plane of bigonial diameter, is indicated by the following proportion:1973, Howard Voas Meredith, Virginia B. Knott, Childhood Changes of Head, Face and Dentition, page 152:
  • This patient's bigonial width was greater than the upper face width and out of proportion with the “rule of fifths.”2000, Thomas M. Graber, Robert L. Vanarsdall, Orthodontics: Current Principles and Techniques, page 49:

Synonyms of bigonial

Origin of bigonial

From bi- + gonia + -al.

Questions about bigonial

What does bigonial mean?
Bigonial means pertaining to both gonia, especially to an imaginary line between them.
How do you use bigonial in a sentence?
The interrelationship of these factors, with specific reference to the plane of bigonial diameter, is indicated by the following proportion:
What part of speech is bigonial?
Bigonial is an adjective.

Words near bigonial in the dictionary

  1. bignums
  2. bigoli
  3. bigon
  4. Bigoness
  5. bigoniac
  6. bigonial
  7. bigons
  8. Bigonville
  9. bigophone
  10. bigophones
  11. bigorexia

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