Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To build in the form of an arch or vault.
- Same as
camerated .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
- intransitive verb To divide into chambers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
build in the form of avault ; toarch over . - verb To
divide intochambers .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin cameratus, past participle of camerare.
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Examples
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The internal pneumatic structures of the sacral vertebrae are not as complex as those of the dorsal vertebrae, being more camerate than camellate [16: 346].
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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This contact preserves the distinctive somphospondylus internal bone texture found in the sacral vertebrae, dominated by large camerate vacuities.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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