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vermiculation (medicine)


vermiculation


1. The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines.

2. The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm.

3. Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.

4. <ornithology, zoology> A very fine wavy crosswise colour marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds.

Origin: L. Vermiculatio a being worm-eaten.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Mercator (iou)



Mercator noun. M17.
[Gerhardus Mercator, Latinized name of Gerhard Kremer (1512-94), Flemish cartographer.]
Used attrib. and in possess. with ref. to an orthomorphic cylindrical map projection in which meridians are represented by equidistant straight lines at right angles to the equator and any course that follows a constant compass bearing is represented by a straight line. M17.
transverse Mercator: see TRANSVERSE adjective.
R. Hinks The great distortion in the north and south makes Mercator's projection..unsuitable for a land map.
(A map drawn on) Mercator's projection. L19.
A. H. Robinson The poles..are 'at' infinity on the conventional Mercator.