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supination

noun

Etymology

From supine + -ation.

  1. derived from supīnum
  2. derived from supin
  3. inherited from supin
  4. borrowed from supīnus
  5. suffixed as supination — “supine + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.

  2. The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or…

    The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm

  3. The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.

The neighborhood

Derived

oversupination, semisupination

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