protocolary

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noun

The rules of conduct of a diplomat.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounprotocolary (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe rules of conduct of a diplomat.
adjectiveprotocolary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to (a specific) protocol.

    This minor protocolary modification in a well established flow has, nonetheless, a substantial effect on the fluid dynamics as we describe below.

    2015 July 9, “Geometric Mixing, Peristalsis, and the Geometric Phase of the Stomach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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