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velum
[ vee-luhm ]
noun
- Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
- Anatomy. the soft palate. palate1
- Meteorology. a thin cloud, large in horizontal area, that is draped over or penetrated by cumuliform clouds.
velum
/ ˈviːləm /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of velum1
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Origin of velum1
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Example Sentences
After a little while try to move the velum, closing and opening the nose passage, without uttering a sound and without breathing.
Still watching your mouth, inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth; see how the velum moves as you do this.
Also called velar (from velum, for which see § 8) and more usually, but less accurately, guttural.
Bok also signifies acupictile, vel acupictum (velum, auloeum).
Foot divided into two, posterior half bearing the operculum; a wide epipodial velum; shell turbinated.
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