Definition of Ablated

1. Adjective. Made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization. "The rocket's ablated head shield"

Similar to: Decreased, Reduced

Definition of Ablated

1. Verb. (past of ablate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ablated

1. ablate [v] - See also: ablate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablated

ablactates
ablactating
ablactation
ablactations
abland
ablaqueate
ablaqueated
ablaqueates
ablaqueating
ablaqueation
ablare
ablastemic
ablastin
ablastous
ablate
ablated (current term)
ablates
ablating
ablatio placentae
ablation
ablations
ablatitious
ablatival
ablative
ablative absolute
ablative absolutes
ablative case
ablative cases
ablatively
ablatives

Literary usage of Ablated

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 (1883)
"Total interocular transfer of brightness was obtained with split-brain striate cats from the eye on the cor- tically ablated side to the eye on the ..."

2. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"This was found to stimulate rapid ovarian maturation, but ablated females ... Shrimp that are ablated as they prepare to enter their reproductive peak are ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1878)
"The cerebrum is ablated to prevent voluntary movements. In the living frog this is done by ... Frog cerebrum ablated. Time of reflex movement Heart beat ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"... excitation methods gave any evidence that the remaining part of the arm area had taken on the functions of the ablated hand area. ..."

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