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Another word for lobe

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Noun
      1. Either of the two parts of a book's dust jacket that fold inside the book's covers, typically containing a summary of the book's contents and a brief biographical sketch of its author
      2. A projecting or hanging piece usually attached to something on one side and often intended to protect or cover:
      3. (Aeron.) A pilot-controlled airfoil; esp., a section hinged to the trailing edge of a wing between the aileron and the fuselage, usually used to increase lift or drag
      1. A folded part or layer
      2. A line or mark made by folding; a crease:
      3. A part that has been folded over or against another:
      1. (Law) A distinct portion or provision of a legal code or set of laws, often establishing a particular legal requirement:
      2. A portion of railroad track maintained by a single crew.
      3. A distinct portion of a newspaper:
      1. The process of projecting an image onto a screen or other surface for viewing.
      2. (Mathematics) The image of a geometric figure reproduced on a line, plane, or surface.
      3. A thing or part that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface.
      1. The part of a man's money or property contributed by his bride; dowry
      2. A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
      3. A woman's dowry:
      1. The amount by which one part overlaps another.
      2. The front part from the waist to the knees of a person in a sitting position
      3. The portion of a garment that covers the lap.
      1. A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds
      2. A convex surface, line, etc.
      3. A convex surface, body, part, or line.
      1. The condition of being protuberant.
      2. The condition or fact of being protuberant
      3. A part or thing that protrudes; projection; bulge; swelling
      1. (Botany) The point on a stem where a leaf is attached or has been attached; a joint.
      2. A point or area where two lines, paths, or parts intersect or branch off:
      3. (Bot.) That part, or joint, of a stem from which a leaf starts to grow
      1. A sort of woven work made of sticks intertwined with twigs or branches, used for walls, fences, and roofs
      2. A fleshy, wrinkled, often brightly colored fold of skin usually hanging from the neck or throat, characteristic of certain birds, such as chickens or turkeys, and some lizards.
      3. A fold or pouch of flesh hanging from the neck or lower part of the jaw
    See also:

    bulge

    ear

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Sentence Examples

  • The x-rays were conclusive and indicated a bad infection in the lower lobe of one lung.

  • c antero-posterior direction, its ventral lobe usually concealing the mouth.

  • ks.a, Anterior superior lobe of the large nephridium.

  • 3, e) and the outer lobe is convex and soft.

  • ks.i, Inferior sub-visceral lobe of same.

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