platy-, plat-, platino-, platt-
(Greek: broad, wide; flat, level)
platypus
1. A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal of Australia and Tasmania, having a broad flat tail, webbed feet, and a snout resembling a duck's bill; also known as: duckbill, duck-billed platypus.
2. An egg-laying water mammal with a snout shaped like a duck's bill and with webbed feet.
2. An egg-laying water mammal with a snout shaped like a duck's bill and with webbed feet.
Native to Australia. Latin name Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
platypygous
Having broad buttocks.
platyrrhine, platyrhine: flat-nose monkey
1. In zoology, a monkey belonging to the infraorder Platyrrhini of the order Primates, distinguished by a flattened nose with widely separated nostrils facing outwards and including most of the New World monkeys.
2. Of or pertaining to this group of monkeys which have the nose, or the nasal bones, flat or broad; a platyrrhine person or skull.
2. Of or pertaining to this group of monkeys which have the nose, or the nasal bones, flat or broad; a platyrrhine person or skull.
platyrrhiny
1. Having the nose, or the nasal bones, flat or broad.
2. Characterized by a nose of large width in proportion to its length.
2. Characterized by a nose of large width in proportion to its length.
platysma
platyspondulia
platytrope
pseudoplatelets
template (s), templates (pl) (noun forms)
1. A pattern or gauge; such as, a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking or the carving of architectural profiles.
2. A mechanical pattern or mold with one or more shapes used to guide the manufacture or drawing of objects with a similar shape.
3. A short beam of metal, wood, or stone, used to distribute weight or pressure in a structure.
4. A molecule that provides a pattern for the synthesis of other molecules in biochemical reactions.
5. A computer document or file which has a preset format, used as a starting point for a particular application so that the format does not have to be recreated each time it is used.
6. Etymology: from Latin templum, "plank, rafter"; also, "a building for worship".
2. A mechanical pattern or mold with one or more shapes used to guide the manufacture or drawing of objects with a similar shape.
3. A short beam of metal, wood, or stone, used to distribute weight or pressure in a structure.
4. A molecule that provides a pattern for the synthesis of other molecules in biochemical reactions.
5. A computer document or file which has a preset format, used as a starting point for a particular application so that the format does not have to be recreated each time it is used.
6. Etymology: from Latin templum, "plank, rafter"; also, "a building for worship".
voltage saturation, anode saturation, plate saturation, current saturation
1. In an electron tube, the valence of the anode current which does not further increase with an increase in anode voltage.
The term anode is a general term for the electrode, terminal, or element through which current enters a conductor; so called from the path the electrical current was thought to take.
2. A situation in which the anode current of an electron tube can not be further increased by increasing the anode voltage.The electrons are then being drawn to the anode at the same rate as they are emitted from the cathode.
