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Definition: CAPITELLATE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb capitellately.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(capitellately)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective capitellate.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Capitellate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Capitellate \Cap`i*tel"late\, adjective. [Latin expression capitellum, diminutive of caput head.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CAPITELLATE

Domain Definition
Geology Shaped like, or aggregated into, a very small head. (references)

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Definition: CAPITELLATE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb capitellately.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(capitellately)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective capitellate.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "CAPITELLATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Capitellate \Cap`i*tel"late\, adjective. [Latin expression capitellum, diminutive of caput head.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CAPITELLATE

DomainDefinition
GeologyShaped like, or aggregated into, a very small head. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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