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turbinated

turbinated adjective: turbinate in form; top-shaped.

Adjective

turbinated (not comparable)

  1. Turbinate in form; top-shaped.
  2. (obsolete) Designating motion like that of a top; gyrating, whirling.
    • Next, if they be Globular, and mov'd only with a turbinated motion, I know not any cause that can impress that motion upon the pellucid medium, which yet is done.1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section IX

Origin of turbinated

From turbinate + -ed.

Questions about turbinated

What does turbinated mean?
Turbinated means turbinate in form; top-shaped.
What part of speech is turbinated?
Turbinated is an adjective.

Words near turbinated in the dictionary

  1. turbinal
  2. turbinals
  3. turbinate
  4. turbinate bone
  5. turbinate bones
  6. turbinated
  7. turbinately
  8. turbinates
  9. turbinating
  10. turbination
  11. turbinations

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