cordate
/ˈkɔːdeɪt/US/ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/
cordate adjective: heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base. Also the misspelling of chordate.
Adjective
cordate (comparative more cordate, superlative most cordate)
- Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.
- Synonyms:
- cordiform
Noun
cordate (plural cordates)
- Any animal with a heart.
- If, for instance, the context:1970, Willard Van Orman Quine, Philosophy of Logic, pages 8–9
- The organisms in any sample of tigers will almost always happen to exemplify genetic properties more specific than the property shared by exactly the tigers, as well as a number of more inclusive ones such as properties common to all mammals or to all cordates.2002, Timothy McCarthy, Radical Interpretation and Indeterminacy, page 124
- A heart-shaped hand axe.
- The upper loam (E) has been reported to have yielded several white-patinated implements, including a large number of pointed handaxes, cordates, ovates and cleavers.1977, D. K. Bhattacharya, Dibyendu Kanti Bhattacharya, Palaeolithic Europe, page 46
- Of the 58 ovates, cordates and cleavers examined, 21 have a tranchet sharpened edge, and 14 are twisted.1985, John Wymer, The Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia, page 107
Also used as
cordate is also the misspelling of chordate.
cordate meaning in Tagalog
cordate in Tagalog
- botany: heart-shaped
- pusuin
Examples of cordate in a sentence
- It is the coextension problem, the problem of the renates and the cordates, the creatures with kidneys and the creatures with hearts.2012, K. Mulligan, Language, Truth and Ontology, page 16:
- However, the property of being a cordate and the property of being a renate are different properties; the former has something to do with hearts and the latter has something to do with kidneys.2021, Ken Akiba, “Vaguenss from the philosophical point of view”, in Apostolos Syropoulos, Basil K. Papadopoulos, editors, Vagueness in the...
- Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates.2012, Paul Pettitt, Mark White, The British Palaeolithic, page 122:
Synonyms of cordate
Forms of cordate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more cordate |
| superlative | most cordate |
| Noun | |
| plural | cordates |
Origin of cordate
From Latin cor(d) (“heart”) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
From the substantivation of the above adjective, alternatively straight from Latin cord- (“heart”) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Words formed from cordate
Questions about cordate
- What does cordate mean?
- Cordate means heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.
- What is cordate in Tagalog?
- Cordate in Tagalog is pusuin. See Cordate meaning in Tagalog.
- How do you use cordate in a sentence?
- It is the coextension problem, the problem of the renates and the cordates, the creatures with kidneys and the creatures with hearts.
- What part of speech is cordate?
- Cordate can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cordate?
- Cordate is pronounced /ˈkɔːdeɪt/ (UK).
Words near cordate in the dictionary
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