Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the pons of the brain. Also pontal, pontine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pons Varolii. See
pons .
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- adjective anatomy Of or relating to the
pons .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I can remember many times sitting on the pontile, totally alone, waiting for a vaporetto with the Canale completely without boat traffic for 10, 15 minutes at a stretch.
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It's the same pontile seen in this live webcam shot.
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Yesterday, a stone column on the Scalzi Bridge fell on top of a jammed vaporetto as it pulled away from the pontile near the train station on the Canal Grande.
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It's the same pontile seen in this live webcam shot.
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The picture was taken as the number 82 vaporetto was leaving the pontile for the Le Zitelle stop.
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The picture was taken as the number 82 vaporetto was leaving the pontile for the Le Zitelle stop.
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Yesterday, a stone column on the Scalzi Bridge fell on top of a jammed vaporetto as it pulled away from the pontile near the train station on the Canal Grande.
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There was widespread destruction on the island of Sant’ Elena, where an even larger disaster was narrowly averted by when the twister nearly struck a crowded vaporetto moored at a pontile.
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There was widespread destruction on the island of Sant’ Elena, where an even larger disaster was narrowly averted by when the twister nearly struck a crowded vaporetto moored at a pontile.
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(I always kind of liked the walk, or the excuse to stand at the edge of the pontile and watch the traffic on the Canal as I waited for the vap ..
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