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Definition of Interdigitates
1. interdigitate [v] - See also: interdigitate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interdigitates
Literary usage of Interdigitates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1871)
"... whilst the portion which passes northwards ultimately returns in the superficial
Polar currents with which it interdigitates, —one of these currents ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Of these, the upper three interdigitate with the digitations of the serratus
anterior, and the latissimus dorsi interdigitates with the lower four. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... but lies somewhat obliquely and interdigitates with the eastern confines of
the nert division by extending westward along the river- bottoms. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1871)
"... whilst the portion which passes northwards ultimately returns in the superficial
Polar currents with which it interdigitates, —one of these currents ..."
5. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"As can be clearly seen in cross section, the parasphenoid does not extend over
the posterior portion of the basioccipital, but interdigitates with this bone ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1865)
"They are:— I. The Central Lobe, or island of Reil, which occupies the floor of
the Sylvian fissure (S), and interdigitates with the columns of the marginal ..."
7. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1888)
"The sponge interdigitates with the mucous membrane, and leaves on withdrawal an
extensive raw surface exposed. ..."
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