elater
/ɪˈleɪ.tə/US/əˈleɪ.tɚ/
elater noun: that which elates.
Noun (1)
elater (plural elaters)
- That which elates.
Noun (2)
UK/ˈɛl.ə.tə/US/ˈɛl.ə.tɚ/
elater (plural elaters)
- Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
- A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
- The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally[…]1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4
- Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
- An elaterid, or click beetle.
elater meaning in Tamil
elater in Tamil
- நெடுங்கலம்
Forms of elater
| plural | elaters |
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Origin of elater
From elate + -er.
From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”).
Words formed from elater
Words that rhyme with elater
- translator
- alligator
- vibrator
- freighter
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- curator
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
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- skater
- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- equator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- excavator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- narrator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- mater
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
Questions about elater
- What does elater mean?
- Elater means that which elates.
- What is elater in Tamil?
- Elater in Tamil is நெடுங்கலம். See Elater meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is elater?
- Elater is a noun.
- How do you pronounce elater?
- Elater is pronounced /ɪˈleɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of elater?
- The plural of elater is elaters.
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