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dorsal

adj
/ˈdɔː.səl/UK/ˈdɔɹ.səl/US

Etymology

From Late Middle English dorsal/dorsale, borrowing from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”), from dorsum (“the back”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to dorsum + -al.

  1. derived from dorsālis — “of or relating to the back”
  2. inherited from dorsal/dorsale

Definitions

  1. With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the…

    With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

  2. Having only one sharp side.

  3. Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

    2. A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

      • Near-synonyms: altar screen, rood screen (not always different)

    3. Any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral…

      Any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.

    4. A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

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Derived

anterodorsal, anteriodorsal, apicodorsal, basidorsal, bidorsal, caudodorsal, centrodorsal, cervicodorsal, craniodorsal, distodorsal, dorsal body hormone, dorsal fin, dorsal hood, dorsalisation, dorsalization, dorsalize, dorsalise, dorsally, dorsalmost, dorsal nasal artery, dorsal plate, dorsal plating, dorsal root, dorsal root ganglion, dorsal slit, dorsal striatum, dorsal vessel, dorsalward, dorsalwards, holodorsal, humerodorsal, interdorsal, intermediodorsal, labiodorsal, laterodorsal, lumbodorsal, lumbo-dorsal, mediodorsal, mesodorsal, mesiodorsal · +17 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dorsal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dorsal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at dorsal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA