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costate en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒsteɪt/
  • kŏstāt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin costātus, from costa (“rib”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs.
  2. (not-comparable) Having one or more longitudinal ribs.

Deriveds

quinquecostate · multicostate · tricostate · unicostate · quadricostate · bicostate · costately · homocostate · subcostate

Synonyms

costated

costate en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkəʊsteɪt/
  • kōstāt

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English costate From co- + state.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:international law) A state in alliance with another state.
  2. An equation or variable related to the state equation of an optimal control problem in a dynamical system.

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