different between locomotory vs velum
locomotory
English
Adjective
locomotory (comparative more locomotory, superlative most locomotory)
- Of or pertaining to locomotion.
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velum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?lum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?vi?.l?m/, /?v?l.?m/
Noun
velum (plural vela or velums)
- a thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain, such as:
- (anatomy) the soft palate
- (botany) a thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives
- (mycology) a veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills
- (malacology) a locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves
- (zoology) a annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates
- a delicate membrane found on certain protists
- (meteorology) an accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus
Derived terms
- velar (adjective)
References
- “velum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “velum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- mvule
Faroese
Noun
velum
- indefinite dative plural of vel
French
Alternative forms
- vélum
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin velum (“veil, sail”).
Noun
velum m (plural velums)
- velum
Latin
Etymology
- From Proto-Italic *wekslom, from Proto-Indo-European *wegslom, from *weg- (“to weave, bind”). Note its diminutive form v?xillum (as in p?lus > p?xillus). Cognate with English wick.
- Others refer it to *we??- (“to ride”), thus "that which propels". Cognate with Proto-Slavic *veslo (“oar”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?e?.lum/, [?u?e??????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ve.lum/, [?v??lum]
Noun
v?lum n (genitive v?l?); second declension
- a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
- (usually in the plural) the sail of a ship
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- velum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- velum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- velum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- velum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- velum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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