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diastems

diastems is the plural of diastem.

Meaning of diastem

Noun

diastem (plural diastems)

  1. Intervening space; interval.
    • A space curve contained between two concentric spheres and with its concave side facing always toward the common center of the two spheres is said to be periplegmatic. The radius vector of a periplegmatic curve is of length between the radii of the two spheres. At the maxima and minima of the...1972, Yusuke Hagihara, Celestial Mechanics: Perturbation Theory, MIT Press
  2. (obsolete) An interval.
  3. A minor depositional break.

Questions about diastems

What is diastems the plural of?
Diastems is the plural of diastem.

Words near diastems in the dictionary

  1. diastemas
  2. diastemata
  3. diastematic
  4. diastematomyelia
  5. diastemic
  6. diastems
  7. diaster
  8. diasterane
  9. diasteranes
  10. diastereochemical
  11. diastereochemistry

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