lobe en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle French lobe in early 16th century, from New Latin lobus (“a lobe”), from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).
Meanings
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Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
A lobe of lava was crawling down the side of the volcano.
He then broke the kola nut and threw one of the lobes on the ground for the ancestors.
1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, chapter 19, in Things Fall Apart, London: Heinemann, →OCLC:
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A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung.
The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- (qualifier:figure skating) A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lobes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lobe-finned · lobelet · lobed · sidelobe · multilobe · lobelike · pentalobe · flocculonodular lobe · Roche lobe · axial lobe · lobing · lobeless · lobectomy · lobe-shaped · lobule · bilobar · lobopodium · midlobe · seed-lobe · right middle lobe syndrome · lobal · interlobe · lobefin · Spigelian lobe · earlobe · trilobite · lobar · trilobe · bilobe · pleural lobe · side-lobe · lobefoot · lobate · lobation · tanylobous · intralobe · unilobe
Holonyms
Hyponyms
limbic lobe (Hyponyms of lobe) · parietal lobe (Hyponyms of lobe) · temporal lobe (Hyponyms of lobe) · frontal lobe (Hyponyms of lobe) · occipital lobe (Hyponyms of lobe) · ear lobe (Hyponyms of lobe)
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (81)
kmr pil (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Lappen (division of the lung) · grc λοβός (division of the brain) · mi hoi (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · is blað (division of the brain) · kmr pil (division of the liver) · ro lob (division of the brain) · fi maksalohko (division of the liver) · fr lobe (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Leberlappen (division of the liver) · el λοβός (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Zunge (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · ga maothán (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · ru лепесто́к (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · it lobo (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Mündungsfächer (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · cs lalok (division of the brain) · cmn 一坨 (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · fa لپ (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · yi לעפּל (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · bg изпъкналост (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · ota كوشه (division of the lung) · mi toke (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · cmn 一團 /一团 (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Vorsprung (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · el λοβός (division of the lung) · ca lòbul (division of the brain) · pt lobo (division of the brain) · kmr pil (division of the lung) · de Hirnlappen (division of the brain) · el λοβός (division of the brain) · oc lòbe (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · ga bog (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · fi keuhkolohko (division of the lung) · hu lebeny (division of the liver) · cmn 肝葉 /肝叶 (division of the liver) · ang læppa (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Fortsatz (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Lobus (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · grc λοβός (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · ru до́ля (division of the brain) · de Lappen (division of the liver) · sv lob (division of the brain) · de Keule (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · fr lobe (division of the brain) · hu lebeny (division of the brain) · de Zipfel (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · eo lobo (division of the brain) · de Lobus (division of the liver) · ga liopa (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · fi aivolohko (division of the brain) · hu tüdőlebeny (division of the lung) · ota كوشه (division of the liver) · kmr pil (division of the brain) · de Lappen (division of the brain) · it lobo (division of the brain) · de Schwemmfächer (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · fi kieleke (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · grc λοβός (division of the lung) · de Formelement (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · ang liferlæppa (division of the liver) · de Sedimentfächer (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · oc lòbe (division of the brain) · es lóbulo (division of the brain) · de Lungenlappen (division of the lung) · grc λοβός (division of the liver) · nl kwab (division of the brain) · cmn 腦葉 /脑叶 (division of the brain) · nl lob (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · pl płat (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Ausformung (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · pl płat (division of the brain) · hu lebeny (division of the lung) · el λοβός (division of the liver) · da hjernelap (division of the brain) · nl lel (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) · de Lobus (division of the lung) · da lap (division of the brain) · cmn 肺葉 /肺叶 (division of the lung) · sh режањ (division of the brain) · ota كوشه (division of the brain)