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Definition of Natant

1. a. Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants.

Definition of Natant

1. Adjective. floating or swimming (in water) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Natant

1. floating or swimming [adj] : NATANTLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Natant

1. 1. Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants. 2. Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimmimg toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish. Origin: L. Natans, -antis, from swim, v. Intens. Fr. Nare to swim: cf. F. Natant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Natant

Literary usage of Natant

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

1. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1844)
"... which " natant in aqua," XVII, 54. ANGERS, column in All Saints there, which sustains 60000 pounds, XVII, 47. ANGLESEA, County of, exhibition of ..."

2. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Supreme Court (1900)
"He examined the barque natant shortly after she arrived in Cape Town, ... He had examined the decks of the natant, and found them very leaky all over. ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1850)
"The Latin sentence appears clearly to end with the word natant, as is not only ... There is a point after natant, and then follows the word Saliu (not salu) ..."

4. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"To move about, waver, hover, move to and fro : ante oculos natant tenebrae, Ü. — Fig,, to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain : in quo tu mihi natare visus es ..."

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