Definition of Diastems

1. diastem [n] - See also: diastem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diastems

diastases
diastasic
diastasis
diastasis recti
diastasuria
diastatic
diastatic skull fracture
diastem
diastema
diastemal
diastemas
diastemata
diastematic
diastematomyelia
diastems (current term)
diaster
diastereocontrol
diastereofacial
diastereoisomer
diastereoisomeric
diastereoisomerism
diastereoisomerisms
diastereoisomerization
diastereoisomerizations
diastereoisomers
diastereomer
diastereomeric
diastereomerically
diastereomerization

Literary usage of Diastems

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... those with constant and those with variable diastems. The author gives examples of both these groups, ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1829)
"... alludes to the meeting out of this line into certain measured poe. tions or diastems fit to be joined to. gether ..."

3. The Observatory (1896)
"... curves—those with constant and those with variable diastems. The author gives examples of both these groups, in most cases of which the line of apsides ..."

4. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"diastems. — This term has been applied to minor breaks in the continuity of a series of strata due to a temporary cessation in sedimentation followed by its ..."

5. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"Intervals simply constituted, in the calculation of which no notice is taken of the intermediaries, but the terms only are considered ; the diastems, ..."

6. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"diastems. — This term has been applied to minor breaks in the continuity of a series of strata due to a temporary cessation in sedimentation followed by its ..."

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