lacunar
noun/ləˈk(j)uː.nə/UK/ləˈk(j)u.nəɹ/CA/ləˈk(j)ʉː.nə/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lacūnar. First attested in 1696.
- derived from lacūnar
Definitions
A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit
A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit; a ceiling containing panels of this kind.
- Lacunar, (in Architect.) the flooring or Planking above the Porticoes; a cieled Roof arched or fretted.
- Lacunariæ, or Lacunars, panels or coffers formed on the ceilings of apartments, and sometimes on the soffits of coronae in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
- On the grounds of the coffers forming the lacunaria of the ceilings.
Of or pertaining to a lacuna.
- The circulation is always more or less extensively lacunar; even arteries may be wanting.
- Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA