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costate en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin costātus, from costa (“rib”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs.
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(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
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
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(qualifier:international law) A state in alliance with another state.
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An equation or variable related to the state equation of an optimal control problem in a dynamical system.
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