Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Toward the apex: introduced by Hyatt in the terminology of the cephalopod shell, and used to express the relation of parts to the apex.
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Examples
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- absence of leaves. aphyllous, adj. apical adj. - at the summit or tip; Phonetics, pertaining to a consonant formed with help of tip of tongue. apicad, adv. towards the summit. adj. free from spherical aberration. aplanatism, n.
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