different between macron vs vinculum

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (makrón), neuter form of ?????? (makrós, “long”) (English macro-).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?k?r?n, m?k?r?n, IPA^(key): /?mæk??n/, /?me?k??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?me?k??n/, /?mæk??n/
• Hyphenation: ma?cron

Noun

macron (plural macrons or macra)

1. (orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (¯) placed over any of various letters, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]

   Antonyms: breve, micron

   Coordinate terms: solidus, vinculum

Usage notes

The plural macra is rare.

Related terms

• macro-

Translations

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “macron”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• macron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Camron, Carmon, Corman

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?.kr?n/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (makrón), neuter form of ?????? (makrós, “long”).

Noun

macron m (plural macrons, diminutive macrontje n)

1. (orthography) macron

Hypernyms

• diakriet

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.k???/

Noun

macron m (plural macrons)

1. macron

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Noun

macron m (invariable)

1. macron

English

Etymology

From Latin vinculum (“bond, link”), from vinci? (“bind, fetter, tie”) + -ulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??.kj?.l?m/

Noun

vinculum (plural vincula or vinculums)

1. A bond or link signifying union.
2. (arithmetic, obsolete) Any symbol used to group some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation should be done before other parts.
3. (arithmetic) A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation is to be done before other parts.
4. (arithmetic) Specifically, the horizontal line between the numerator and denominator in a fraction.
5. (anatomy) A ligament that limits the movement of an organ or part.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:vinculum.

Synonyms

• (ligament): mesotendon

Derived terms

• vinculin

See also

• macron
• solidus
• virgule

Further reading

• vinculum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Alternative forms

• vinclum

Etymology

From vinci? (“bind, fetter, tie”) +? -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?in.ku.lum/, [?u???k??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vin.ku.lum/, [?vi?kulum]

Noun

vinculum n (genitive vincul?); second declension

1. Any instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

• (fetter): nervus
• (cord): f?niculus, l?num

Related terms

Descendants

References

• vinculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vinculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vinculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• vinculum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers