endomorphic
Americanadjective
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Mineralogy.
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occurring in the form of an endomorph.
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of or relating to endomorphs.
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taking place within a rock mass.
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having a heavy body build roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic endoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, mesomorphic).
Other Word Forms
- endomorphy noun
Etymology
Origin of endomorphic
Example Sentences
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I was a me somorphic woman growing up in an endomorphic world.
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He describes the late Robert Maxwell, kleptocratic owner of the Daily Mirror and the New York Daily News, as 'an endomorphic ... poseur, fugitive and confidence trickster' ...
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Harry Secombe is the endomorphic Mr. Bumble to the burble, and Oliver Reed is appropriately thick and menacing as Bill Sikes.
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The endomorphic component involves roundness and softness of body, central concentration of mass, short neck, small bones, weak, short, tapering limbs, small hands and feet.
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These three components are mixed in various proportions in different people, and they seem to correlate, roughly but by no means exactly, with the endomorphic, mesomorphic and ectomorphic physical components, in that order.
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