Definition of Dentations

1. Noun. (plural of dentation) ¹

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Definition of Dentations

1. dentation [n] - See also: dentation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentations

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
dentexes

Literary usage of Dentations

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

1. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"... top of uppermost corallite to lowest portion of shell as placed in Fig. 52 mm. X about 1% 2. View of interior of a calice to show septal dentations. ..."

2. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"View of interior of a calice to show septal dentations. X about 5 3. Enlarged view of costae. X 5 4. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"The complexity of dentations increases and the broadest portion of the leaf moves from near the tip to near the base. The leaves become doubly serrate, ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The dentations of this suture are more marked at the sides than at the summit, and are so constructed that the frontal rests on the parietal above, ..."

5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Those have but a single row of dentations, or a simple fringe of thick ... Among those which have a range of dentations, the feet sometimes gradually ..."

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