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platy
1[pley-tee]
adjective
(of an igneous rock) split into thin, flat sheets, often resembling strata, as a result of uneven cooling.
platy
2[plat-ee]
noun
plural
platy ,plural
platys, platies .platy-
3a combining form meaning “flat,” “broad,” used in the formation of compound words.
platyhelminth.
platy
1/ ˈɪɪ /
adjective
of, relating to, or designating rocks the constituents of which occur in flaky layers
platy fracture
platy
2/ ˈæɪ /
noun
any of various small brightly coloured freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the Central American genus Xiphophorus, esp X. maculatus
platy-
3combining form
indicating something flat
platyhelminth
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of platy1
Origin of platy2
Origin of platy3
Example Sentences
The team found indirect evidence of cytoskeletons, as well as platy structures that suggest the presence of internal vesicles in which the plates were formed -- perhaps ancestral to Golgi bodies, present in modern eukaryotic cells.
The Blue Jays are scheduled to start July 24 at Tampa Bay and platy their home opener five days later against Washington.
Many of the minerals of these rocks are “schillerized,” as they contain minute platy or rod-shaped enclosures, disposed parallel to certain crystallographic planes or axes.
The development of the schistose or gneissic structure is accompanied by the recrystallization of the rock materials, producing new minerals of a platy or columnar type adapted to this parallel arrangement.
Brucite is usually found as platy masses, sometimes of considerable size, which have a perfect cleavage parallel to the surface of the plates.
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