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pecti·nat·ed
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pectinatedadjective
Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.
Etymology: From pectinatus + -ed.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pectinatedadjective
Put one within another alternately. This seems to be the meaning.
Etymology: from pecten.
To sit cross leg’d or with our fingers pectinated, is accounted bad. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Webster Dictionary
Pectinatedadjective
resembling the teeth of a comb
Pectinatedadjective
having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennae
Pectinatedadjective
interlaced, like two combs
Etymology: [L. pectinatus, p. pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; cf. Gr. pe`kein to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pectinated in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pectinated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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