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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

distensive en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Distending, or capable of being distended; expanding or spreading out.
    • —. distensive deformations in the Apennines and the Tyrrrhenian basin: behind the compressive front one may rapidly pass to distensive deformations. 2013, F.-C. Wezel, The Origin of Arcs, page 313:
    • distensive opposition
    • distensive headache
    • distensive paralysis

Forms

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most distensive Degree=Sup lexicographic
more distensive Degree=Cmp lexicographic