Definition of Dentation

1. n. Formation of teeth; toothed form.

Definition of Dentation

1. Noun. Formation of teeth; toothed form. ¹

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Definition of Dentation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentation

dentate fascia
dentate fissure
dentate fracture
dentate gyri
dentate gyrus
dentate gyruses
dentate leaf
dentate ligament of spinal cord
dentate line
dentate nucleus
dentate nucleus of cerebellum
dentate suture
dentatectomy
dentated
dentately
dentation
dentations
dentatorubral cerebellar atrophy with polymyoclonus
dentatorubral fibres
dentatothalamic fibres
dentatothalamic tract
dentatum
dented
dentel
dentelle
dentelles
dentels
dentes
dentes acustici
dentex

Literary usage of Dentation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"Dentation relates to mere marginal incision, not extending deeply into the blade. The blade is said to be Entire,1 when the margin is completely filled out ..."

2. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, Leland Ossian Howard, Charles Valentine Riley, Samuel Wendell Williston (1889)
"... and most of all at the dentation of the wing formed by the prolongation of the first ... frequently mingled on the dentation with pale bluish scales. ..."

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