dimidiate

British  

adjective

1. divided in halves

2. rare biology having one of two sides or parts less developed than the other

   dimidiate antlers

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verb

1. (tr) heraldry to halve (two bearings) so that they can be represented on the same shield

Other Word Forms

• dimidiation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of dimidiate

C17: from Latin dīmidiāre to halve, from dīmidius half, from dis- apart + medius middle

Example Sentences

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dimidiate

The terminal cell is always solitary, very often attached to the one next it, which is generally single, obliquely placed, occasionally looking like the dimidiate calyptra capping a young seta. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith

White, caespitosely imbricated, p. dimidiate, sessile, ascending, glabrous, at length revolute; g. linear, densely crenulate; sp. glob.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 1-2 cm. dimidiate, sessile and fixed by a downy nodule, white, marginate behind, variegated with minute rufescent scales; g. radiating from base, at length brownish rusty; sp. ——. haustellaris, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

The pileus is two to three inches broad, fleshy, then tough, coriaceous; plane, then funnel-shaped, or dimidiate; even; smooth; almost flesh color, varying to reddish-livid, sometimes violet tinted.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

The pileus is thin, unequal, tough, fleshy, eccentric, dimidiate; cinnamon, then pale; becoming scaly; flaccid; margin often lobed.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

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