- sheetlike
- adjective see sheet I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sheetlike
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sheetlike — adjective Resembling a sheet … Wiktionary
sheetlike — adj. resembling a sheet, having the form of a sheet … English contemporary dictionary
sheetlike — adjective resembling a sheet • Similar to: ↑stratified, ↑bedded * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling a sheet especially in flatness and broad expansion … Useful english dictionary
Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… … Universalium
muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… … Universalium
sheet-web weaver — /sheet web / any of numerous spiders of the family Linyphiidae, characterized by a closely woven, sheetlike web. * * * ▪ spider a rather common group of small spiders (order Araneida) numbering about 2,000 species worldwide. Most are less than 6 … Universalium
human embryology — ▪ biology Introduction the process encompassing the period from the formation of an embryo, through the development of a fetus, to birth. The human body, like that of most animals, develops from a single cell produced by the union of… … Universalium
cisterna ambiens — [TA] ambient cistern: a sheetlike curved layer of subarachnoid space extending from the cisterna quadrigeminalis and partially encircling the midbrain on each side, connecting with the cisterna interpeduncularis. The term is sometimes used to… … Medical dictionary
stratum — noun (plural strata) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, spread, bed, from neuter of stratus, past participle of sternere to spread out more at strew Date: 1599 1. a bed or layer artificially made 2. a. a sheetlike mass of sedimentary rock or earth … New Collegiate Dictionary
sheet — I. noun Etymology: Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High German scōz flap, skirt Date: before 12th century 1. a. a broad piece of cloth; especially bedsheet b. sail 1a(1) 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
