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platy

1

[ pley-tee ]

adjective

platier, platiest.
  1. (of an igneous rock) split into thin, flat sheets, often resembling strata, as a result of uneven cooling.


platy

2

[ plat-ee ]

noun

plural (especially collectively) platy, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) platys, platies.

platy-

3
  1. a combining form meaning “flat,” “broad,” used in the formation of compound words:

    platyhelminth.

platy-

1

combining_form

  1. indicating something flat

    platyhelminth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

platy

2

/ ˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or designating rocks the constituents of which occur in flaky layers

    platy fracture

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

platy

3

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. any of various small brightly coloured freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the Central American genus Xiphophorus, esp X. maculatus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of platy1

First recorded in 1525–35; plate 1 + -y 1

Origin of platy2

1930–35; by shortening of New Latin Platypoecilus genus name, equivalent to platy- platy- + -poecilus < Greek ǾíDz mottled

Origin of platy3

Combining form representing Greek ý; flat 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of platy1

from Greek platus flat

Origin of platy2

C19: from plate + -y 1

Origin of platy3

C20: shortened from New Latin Platypoecilus former genus name, from platy- + -poecilus, from Greek poikilos spotted
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Example Sentences

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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.

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The Blue Jays are scheduled to start July 24 at Tampa Bay and platy their home opener five days later against Washington.

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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.

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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.

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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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