septum.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
Meaning & usage
A wall separating two cavities; a partition. Ellipsis of nasal septum (“the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils”).
A wall separating two cavities; a partition. Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition. A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition. A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition. One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition. One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition. One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition. One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.
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Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).
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