(n) a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
1. Of or pertaining to an internuncio. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Physiol.) Communicating or transmitting impressions between different parts of the body; -- said of the nervous system. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Having the form of a quincunx. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial æstivation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. uncialis amounting to the twelfth part of a pound or a foot, from uncia the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot, an ounce, an inch: cf. F. oncial. See Inch a measure. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style. [ 1913 Webster ]
[れんらく, renraku] (vs, adj-no) (1) (See ご連絡) to contact; to get in touch; (n) (2) contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message; (3) connection; coordination; junction; (adj-no) (4) intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial; (P) #1,171[Add to Longdo]
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