adaxial
English
Etymology
Adjective
adaxial (not comparable)
- (botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
- […] it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.
- (developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
- In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
on the side that is towards the axis or central line
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
adaxial (strong nominative masculine singular adaxialer, not comparable)
- adaxial
Declension
Positive forms of adaxial (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist adaxial | sie ist adaxial | es ist adaxial | sie sind adaxial | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | adaxialer | adaxiale | adaxiales | adaxiale |
| genitive | adaxialen | adaxialer | adaxialen | adaxialer | |
| dative | adaxialem | adaxialer | adaxialem | adaxialen | |
| accusative | adaxialen | adaxiale | adaxiales | adaxiale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der adaxiale | die adaxiale | das adaxiale | die adaxialen |
| genitive | des adaxialen | der adaxialen | des adaxialen | der adaxialen | |
| dative | dem adaxialen | der adaxialen | dem adaxialen | den adaxialen | |
| accusative | den adaxialen | die adaxiale | das adaxiale | die adaxialen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein adaxialer | eine adaxiale | ein adaxiales | (keine) adaxialen |
| genitive | eines adaxialen | einer adaxialen | eines adaxialen | (keiner) adaxialen | |
| dative | einem adaxialen | einer adaxialen | einem adaxialen | (keinen) adaxialen | |
| accusative | einen adaxialen | eine adaxiale | ein adaxiales | (keine) adaxialen | |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.dak.siˈaw/ [a.dak.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.dakˈsjaw/ [a.dakˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐˈksjal/ [ɐ.ðɐˈksjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐˈksja.li/ [ɐ.ðɐˈksja.li]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: a‧da‧xi‧al
Adjective
adaxial m or f (plural adaxiais)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adaɡˈsjal/ [a.ð̞aɣ̞ˈsjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: a‧da‧xial
Adjective
adaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaxiales)