different between septum vs groove

English

Alternative forms

• saeptum, sæptum (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?ptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?p.t?m/
• Rhymes: -?pt?m

Noun

septum (plural septa)

1. (biology) A wall separating two cavities; a partition.

   Synonym: dissepiment

   1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal septum: the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils.
   2. (anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
   3. (botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
   4. (mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
   5. (zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
   6. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
   7. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
2. (colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.

Hyponyms

• nasal septum
• interventricular septum
• septum pellucidum

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “septum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “septum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• spetum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?se?p.tum/, [?s?e?pt????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sep.tum/, [?s?pt?um]

Noun

s?ptum n (genitive s?pt?); second declension

1. Alternative form of saeptum.

Descendants

? English: septum

English

Etymology

From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English gr?f (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?b? (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Norwegian grov (“brook, riverbed”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Directly descended from Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??u?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??uv/
• Rhymes: -u?v

Noun

groove (plural grooves)

1. A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.

   Antonym: ridge

2. A fixed routine.
   • 1873, John Morley, Rousseau

     The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.
3. The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
4. (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
5. (mining) A shaft or excavation.
6. (motor racing) A racing line, a path across the racing circuit's surface that a racecar will usually track on. (Note: There may be multiple grooves on any particular circuit or segment of circuit)

Derived terms

• get one's groove on
• groove fricative
• grooveless
• groovelike
• groovework
• groovy
• tongue and groove

Translations

Verb

groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)

1. (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
2. (intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.

   I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.

Derived terms

• grooved
• groover
• ungrooved

Translations

Anagrams

• go over, overgo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??uv/

Noun

groove m (plural grooves)

1. groove (fixed routine)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

groove m (plural grooves)

1. groove (music style)