Lexic.us

Definition of Paired

1. Adjective. Used of gloves, socks, etc..

2. Adjective. Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem. "Opposite leaves"

3. Adjective. Mated sexually.

Definition of Paired

1. Verb. (past of pair) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paired

1. pair [v] - See also: pair

Medical Definition of Paired

1. Developmentally regulated gene in Drosophila that contains the paired box domain. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paired

pair of scissors pair of specs pair of spectacles pair of stairs pair of tongs pair of tweezers pair of underwear pair of virginals pair off pair production

pair programming pair rule gene pair up pairbreaking paire paired (current term) paired allosome paired beats paired box domain paired organelles

pairer pairers paires pairforming pairial pairials pairing pairing energy

Literary usage of Paired

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"7S**) ; \ dotted Une showing internal area occupied by yelk (food- material of the egg) ; t, first rudiment of the mid-foot (paired ridges which unite ..."

2. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by John Sterling Kingsley (1917)
"From the fused part behind the vent the anal and the lower part of the caudal fins were formed, while the paired appendages are differentiations of the ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"HISTORICAL EVIDENCE AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE paired LIMBS OF VERTEBRATES. ... For if the paired limbs, as most morphologists believe, arose as highly ..."

4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1900)
"Note on Hypotheses as to the Origin of the paired Limbs of Vertebrates. By Mr J. GRAHAM KERB. [Received 9 December, 1899.] In a footnote to my paper on the ..."

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