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microburin

microburin noun: a characteristic waste product from the ancient manufacture of lithic tools: a fragment of a lithic flake or blade that shows on its upper face the beginnings of a notch terminating in an oblique flection that ends in a very acute trihedral apex.

Noun

microburin (plural microburins)

  1. A characteristic waste product from the ancient manufacture of lithic tools: a fragment of a lithic flake or blade that shows on its upper face the beginnings of a notch terminating in an oblique flection that ends in a very acute trihedral apex.
    • It is also worth noting that although the NEG II inhabitants were familiar with the microburin technique (MBT), they did not use it systematically.2016 January 28, “Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of microburin

pluralmicroburins

Origin of microburin

From micro- + burin.

Questions about microburin

What does microburin mean?
Microburin means a characteristic waste product from the ancient manufacture of lithic tools: a fragment of a lithic flake or blade that shows on its upper face the beginnings of a notch terminating in an oblique flection that ends in a very acute trihedral apex.
What part of speech is microburin?
Microburin is a noun.
What is the plural of microburin?
The plural of microburin is microburins.

Words near microburin in the dictionary

  1. microbunched
  2. microbunches
  3. microbunching
  4. microbundle
  5. microbundles
  6. microburin
  7. microburins
  8. microburst
  9. microbursts
  10. microbus
  11. microbuses

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