different between abaxial vs revolute

English

Alternative forms

• abaxile

Etymology

ab- (“away from”) +? axial (“axis”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?bæk.si.?l/ or IPA^(key): /æb?æk.si.?l/
• Hyphenation US: ab?ax?i?al, UK: ab?ax?ial

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19^th century.]
2. Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.

Synonyms

• (on the back of an animal): dorsal
• eccentric

Antonyms

• adaxial

Translations

References

Catalan

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.b?k.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bak.si?al/

Adjective

abaxial (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

Further reading

• “abaxial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “abaxial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bak.sjal/

Adjective

abaxial (plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

Galician

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

1. abaxial

German

Etymology

From ab- +? axial, or rather from ab- + axial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap?a?ksi?a?l/

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

1. abaxial

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /abak(i)si?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???k?sjal/

Adjective

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais, comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abak?sjal/

Adjective

abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxial?, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine and neuter plural abaxiale)

1. abaxial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba??sjal/, [a.??a???sjal]
• Hyphenation: a?ba?xial

Adjective

abaxial (plural abaxiales)

1. abaxial

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin revol?tus, perfect passive participle of revolv? (“roll back”).

Adjective

revolute (not comparable)

1. Rolled or recurved on itself.
2. (botany) Having the edges rolled with the abaxial side outward.

Translations

Verb

revolute (third-person singular simple present revolutes, present participle revoluting, simple past and past participle revoluted)

1. to roll back, curve upwards

Etymology 2

Back-formation from revolution.

Verb

revolute (third-person singular simple present revolutes, present participle revoluting, simple past and past participle revoluted)

1. to participate in or incite a revolution or revolt
   • 1893, Daily Evening Expositor, editorial, January 28

     The Hawaiians have ‘revoluted’ and dethroned the fat squaw they have hitherto chosen to call a queen.

   • 1996, Lester D. Langley, The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930

     Christmas always thought himself a “patriotic American,” but, as he saw the matter, a little “revoluting” on behalf of his benefactors—Manuel Bonilla and Estrada Cabrera—in no sense harmed the interestes of the United States.

   • 2000, Barbara Bush, Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain 1919-1945

     Achimota was Fraser’s life’s work, evidence that ‘the glorious West African people’ were gradually changing their conditions by ‘evolving not revoluting [sic]’.

   • 2003, Ed McClanahan, Famous People I Have Known

     I rocked and rolled. I ingested illicit substances. I revoluted.

   • 2004, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Unspeakable Perk

     “Pins through scarabs,” she laughed, “while beneath you Caracuna riots and revolutes and massacres foreigners.

Anagrams

• Truelove, true love, truelove

Italian

Adjective

revolute

1. feminine plural of revoluto

Latin

Participle

revol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of revol?tus