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Definition of Opposability
1. n. The condition or quality of being opposable.
Definition of Opposability
1. Noun. The condition or quality of being opposable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opposability
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Opposability
Literary usage of Opposability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"What characterises the functional action of the human hand is the opposability
of the thumb. There ought to be a perfect movement of opposability of the ..."
2. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"The thumb, on the contrary, is sometimes extremely short, in consequence of which
it has slight opposability. Functional Characteristics. ..."
3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"... and the opposability of the thumb, all have reference to the freedom, versatility,
and precision of the movements of the upper limb as an organ of ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"... if not structurally, greater than that between the non-opposability of man's
great toe and its opposability in the higher apes—a difference which has ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1889)
"... if not structurally, greater than that between the non-opposability of man's
great toe and its opposability in the higher apes—a difference which has ..."
6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"... if not structurally, greater than that between the non-opposability of man's
great toe and its opposability in the higher apes—a difference which has ..."
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