![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
Monday Word: Guttiform
Sep. 2nd, 2024 02:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stonepicnicking_okapiguttiform [guht-uh-fawrm ]
adjective
1. shaped like a drop
examples
1. The slow drip froze and thawed alternately, leading to guttiform shapes that gradually covered the entire surface.
2. While earlier work has typically scored scale shape qualitatively (e.g. circular, oval, elongated, guttiform), it would be opportune for future comparative studies to make use of modern methods to quantify shape, such as the EFA described in the present study to precisely quantify interspecific shape variation and increase statistical power. Ontogenetic scaling patterns of lizard skin surface structure as revealed by gel-based stereo-profilometry (2019)
origin
probably from (assumed) New Latin guttiformis, from New Latin gutti- (from Latin gutta drop) + Latin -formis -form
adjective
1. shaped like a drop
examples
1. The slow drip froze and thawed alternately, leading to guttiform shapes that gradually covered the entire surface.
2. While earlier work has typically scored scale shape qualitatively (e.g. circular, oval, elongated, guttiform), it would be opportune for future comparative studies to make use of modern methods to quantify shape, such as the EFA described in the present study to precisely quantify interspecific shape variation and increase statistical power. Ontogenetic scaling patterns of lizard skin surface structure as revealed by gel-based stereo-profilometry (2019)
origin
probably from (assumed) New Latin guttiformis, from New Latin gutti- (from Latin gutta drop) + Latin -formis -form
