Emarginate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emarginate \E*mar"gi*nate\, v. t. [L. emarginare; e out +
     marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.]
     To take away the margin of. Emarginate

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Emarginate \E*mar"gi*nate\, Emarginated \E*mar"gi*na`ted\, a.
     1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
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     2. (Bot.) Notched at the summit.
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     3. (Cryst.) Having the edges truncated.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emarginate
       adj : having a notched tip