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adjective
- 1. (chiefly of crystals) needle-shaped. technical
The meaning of ACICULAR is shaped like a needle. How to use acicular in a sentence.
Acicular, as-ik′ū-lar, adj. needle-shaped; slender and sharp-pointed. Spores of Bacidia fuscorubella to illustrate the several-celled, hyaline, acicular type. Not far from the shore, I noticed, in a little ravine, a group of eight acicular-leaved trees.
Definitions of acicular. adjective. narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves. synonyms: acerate, acerose, needle-shaped. simple, unsubdivided. (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions.
Define acicular. acicular synonyms, acicular pronunciation, acicular translation, English dictionary definition of acicular. adj. Having the shape of a needle: acicular crystals. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Scolecite, like natrolite and mesolite, usually occurs as acicular (needle-like) and fibrous aggregations. Its crystal habit is acicular but is more commonly found as crusts on uranium bearing ores. It crystallizes in the monoclinic - prismatic crystal system with typically an acicular crystal form or habit.
ACICULAR definition: needle-shaped | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
ac·ic·u·lar. ( ă-sik'yū-lar ), Needle shaped or needle pointed; applied particularly to leaves and crystals. [L. acicular, small pin] Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012.
Adjective. Filter. adjective. Having the shape of a needle. Acicular crystals. American Heritage Medicine. Needle -shaped; slender like a needle or bristle. Wiktionary. Having sharp points like needles.
adjective. shaped like a needle. Metallurgy. (of cast iron) containing ferrite in a needlelike form. (of an alloy) having a microstructure of needlelike components. Discover More. Other Words From. a·cic·u·lar·i·ty [ uh, -sik-y, uh, -, lar, -i-tee], noun. a·cic u·lar·ly adverb. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of acicular 1.
ACICULAR definition: needle-shaped | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English.
