emarginate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin emarginare; e- (“out”) + marginare (“to furnish with a margin”), from margo (“margin”). === Adjective === emarginate (comparative more emarginate, superlative most emarginate) (botany, of leaves) With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex. (botany, mycology) Having roughly the same height or width for most of its length, becoming much shallower or narrower before reaching the attachment point. (zoology, anatomy) Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched. 1840 Georges Cuvier Cuvier's Animal kingdom (intranslation). In the Haliotus, Lam, the shell is perforated along the side of the columella with a series of holes; and when the last hole remains incomplete, the shell has the appearance of beiing emarginate. (mineralogy) Of a crystal: having edges or corners of the primitive form beveled, crossed by a face. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === emarginate (third-person singular simple present emarginates, present participle emarginating, simple past and past participle emarginated) (transitive) To take away the margin of. (intransitive) To lose the margin. To marginalize. === References === == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== emarginate feminine plural of emarginato ==== Participle ==== emarginate f pl feminine plural of emarginato === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== emarginate f plural of emarginata === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== emarginate inflection of emarginare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.mar.ɡɪˈnaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.mar.d͡ʒiˈnaː.te] === Verb === ēmargināte second-person plural present active imperative of ēmarginō