pedality
/pəˈdælɪti/
pedality noun: the physical structure of a soil, especially in the context of its constituent peds.
Noun (1)
pedality (countable and uncountable, plural pedalities)
- The physical structure of a soil, especially in the context of its constituent peds.
- Following the ideas of the Soil Survey Manual (Soil Survey Staff, 1951), Bullock et al. (1985) recommended to describe the grade of pedality as part of the description of microstructure. Bullock et al. (1985) and FitzPatrick (1984) based for micromorphological descriptions their grading on the only...2002, G. Stoops, “Proposal for redefining and extension of concepts and terminology of the ISSS “handbook on soil thin section description"”, in WCSS (Symposium no. 36)
Noun (2)
pedality (countable and uncountable, plural pedalities)
- The anatomical formation of the foot and surrounding region.
- Cloven-footednesse includes pedality.1656, Thomas White, Peripateticall institutions.
- A rusty brown coat, of antique cut, fitted closely to a long ungainly body; a pair of greasy galligaskins, which had once been gray, rand down into the capacious jaws of a long and large pair of rusty boots; these noticeable articles, from their make, must once have cased the nether extremities of...1837 December, William E. Burton, “The Man in the Big Boots”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 1, number 6, page 412
- Something that is associated with the foot, such as the way it is used (for locomotion or measurement) or the articles of clothing worn on it.
- I was followed by my noble hostess (womewhat more, be it understood, than a middle-aged lady), who gravely sate down, and, bidding me take off my cravat, like Thomson's Musidora—"...from her leg the inverted worsted drew"— pinned it scientifically round my throat, with the comfortable assurance...1863, Notes and Queries, page 479
- Changes in pedality can occur in animals due to injury, congenital defects, or behaviour.2010, James Andrew Smith, Jamil Jivraj, “Preliminary energetics of tripedal and quadrupedal gaits using the garp-4 robot.”, in Symposium on brain, body and machine
Examples of pedality in a sentence
- Following the ideas of the Soil Survey Manual (Soil Survey Staff, 1951), Bullock et al. (1985) recommended to describe the grade of pedality as part of the description of microstructure.2002, G. Stoops, “Proposal for redefining and extension of concepts and terminology of the ISSS “handbook on soil thin section...
- The kind lady had hardly left, when —unthankful wretch that I was!—I unpinned the pedality, and next morning restored it with my best acknowledgments of its anti-pertussian efficacy.1863, Notes and Queries, page 479:
Forms of pedality
| plural | pedalities |
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Origin of pedality
ped- (“soil”) + -ality.
From pedal + -ity.
Questions about pedality
- What does pedality mean?
- Pedality means the physical structure of a soil, especially in the context of its constituent peds.
- How do you use pedality in a sentence?
- Following the ideas of the Soil Survey Manual (Soil Survey Staff, 1951), Bullock et al. (1985) recommended to describe the grade of pedality as part of the description of microstructure.
- What part of speech is pedality?
- Pedality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pedality?
- Pedality is pronounced /pəˈdælɪti/.
- What is the plural of pedality?
- The plural of pedality is pedalities.
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