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DISSEPIMENT

\dɪsˈɛpɪmənt], \dɪsˈɛpɪmənt], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_p_ɪ_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of DISSEPIMENT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.

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One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A partition formed in an ovary by the united sides of cohering carpels, which separate the inside into cells.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

In bot., a partition in an ovary or fruit, dividing it wholly or partially into two or more cells.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The partition found in some compound ovaries; in Corals, one of the oblique calcareous partitions stretching from septum to septum and closing the interseptal loculi below.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

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