turbinated

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adjective

Turbinate in form; top-shaped.

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Meanings

adjectiveturbinated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTurbinate in form; top-shaped.
  2. not comparableobsoleteDesignating motion like that of a top; gyrating, whirling.

    Next, if they be Globular, and mov'd only with a turbinated motion, I know not any cause that can impress that motion upon the pellucid medium, which yet is done.

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section IX

Origin

From turbinate + -ed.

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APA

turbinated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinated

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“turbinated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turbinated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinated.

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