basculate

comparative more basculate · superlative most basculate

1. biologyShaped like a basket;

   The peridial strand of a basculate aecium is so sensitive to moisture that simply breathing on the open peridium is sufficient to close it immediately.

   1956, E.E. Leppik, “Some viewpoints on the phylogeny of rust fungi. II. Gymnosporangium”, in Mycologia, volume 48, number 5

present singular third person basculates · participle present basculating · participle past basculated · past basculated

1. ambitransitiveTo oscillate or to tilt or pivot like a seesaw.

   Different excitation thresholds are necessary to basculate the cluster forth and back.

   2009 April, M Popescu, A Velea, A Lörinczi, F Sava, “Commution-A New Concept in Switching Materials”, in Journal of Ovonic Research, volume 5, number 2

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   It shortens the length of the lever arm by means of which the weight of the body and the Achilles tendon tendon makes the calcaneum basculate by carrying its posterior extremity up and the large apophysis down.

   1917, International Abstracts of Surgery - Volume 25, page 447

   It communicates with a spiral copper tube which, by dilatation under the action of the vapours evolved, produces a displacement of the end of the tube which causes a lever to basculate a mercury interruptor.

   1929, International Institute of Refrigeration, Bulletin - Volume 10, page 649

   This favors exercising the spinal column and engaging the muscles and the withers so as to basculate over the obstacle with facility.

   1969, Luigi Gianoli, Horses and Horsemanship Through the Ages, page 188

   The prosthesis also tends to basculate back and forth and in one patient a continuous aqueous leak is observed ( Fig . 37 - VII ) .

   1970, Frank M. Polack, Corneal and External Diseases of the Eye, page 323

   It must be taken into account that the pivot stops whithin the coupling region can be responsible for leaflet deceleration, especially in the first closing leaflet, because it can basculate at closure and occupy some of the space at disposal of the second leaflet.

   1997, V Barbaro, M Grigioni, C Daniele, G. Boccanera, “Reconstruction of closing phase kinematics by motion analysis for a prosthetic bileaflet valve”, in H. Power, C. A. Brebbia, Jose Kenny, editors, WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health: Simulations in BIomedicine IV, page 356

2. To alternate or transition.

   The magnetic poles of the planet could basculate.

   1995, Michel Labrèche, The Wizard of Us, page 153

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   But even if the market is initially in the stable phase, there is a non-zero probability that a random shock may cause the system to basculate over into the unstable phase, resulting in a sudden drop in the price: a market crash.

   1999, Luc T Wille, Murray T Batchelor, Statistical Physics On The Eve Of The 21st Century, page 60

   From their accounts arise certain patterns of motivation, behavior, and other criminal exploits, assembled in narrations that masterfully basculate between the exceptional and the series.

   2019, Elena del Río Parra, Exceptional Crime in Early Modern Spain, page 12

   Potentially destructive conflicts basculate at this stage on the destructive side.

   2002, Cathering Zwetkoff, SUIT: Sustainable development of Urban historical areas through an active Integraion within Towns, page 204