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planiform en · ADJ

Etymology

From plane + -iform.

Meanings

1. Having a plane surface.
   • The articulations of the second row of the carpus, which constitutes what may be named the pro-carpus, are likewise of the planiform kind, and are completed by palmar, dorsal and interosseous ligaments, that between the os magnum and unciform being very strong. 1890, John Marshall, J. S. Cuthbert, Anatomy for Artists, page 240:
   • Some computer models allow periods of convection dominated by plumes, and others dominated by overturning planiform cells similar to the present Earth. 2014, Timothy M. Kusky, Encyclopedia of Earth Science, page 94:
   • Towards the end of the seventeenth century, a new style of planiform carving emerged on church exteriors in the Andean altiplano from Arequipa to Lake Titicaca and across the Bolivian highlands. 2022, Sara Castro-Klaren, A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture, page 157:
   • a planiform, gliding, or arthrodial articulation

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