Definition of Calix

1. n. A cup. See Calyx.

Definition of Calix

1. a cup [n -LICES]

Medical Definition of Calix

1. A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure; specifically one of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project. Synonym: calyx. Origin: L. Fr. G. Kalyx, the cup of a flower (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calix

calipers
caliph
caliphal
caliphate
caliphates
caliphs
calipygian
calisaya
calisayas
calistheneum
calisthenic
calisthenic exercise
calisthenics
caliver
calivers
calix (current term)
calixarene
calixarenes
calk
calked
calker
calkers
calkin
calking
calkings
calkins
calks
call'd
call't

Literary usage of Calix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"calix view of another specimen somewhat reduced, showing at the side a strong, ... The diameter of the calix is equal to or greater than the height of the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Long-lived Radionuclide Chemistry in Nuclear by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (1998)
"Mono crowns calix[4]arenes were synthesised by R. Ungaro (University of Parma) and ... The complexing properties of several calix[n]arenes functionalised by ..."

3. Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook Containing Two by Clara Erskine Clement Waters, Laurence Hutton (1879)
"Compte-calix, Francois Claudius. (Fr.) Born at Lyons, 1813. Medals in 1844, '57, '59, and '63. ... calix ..."

4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... his Expedition against the Muscovite; his Marriage with the Cans daughter; his overthrowing of calix. ..."

5. An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology by John William Mollett (1883)
"... from calix, a cup). A sacred vessel used in the celebration of the mass. channel column. Fig. 149. Chalice, silver-gill—i^lh century. ..."

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