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Definition: HEMITROPAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. An alternative spelling for "Hemitropous": Turned half round; half inverted.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hemitropally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(hemitropally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hemitropal.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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

Definition: HEMITROPAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. An alternative spelling for "Hemitropous": Turned half round; half inverted.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hemitropally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(hemitropally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hemitropal.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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