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Acicular meaning

  1. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
  2. Having sharp points like needles.
  3. Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like.

Synonyms of Acicular

acerate acerose needle-shaped simple unsubdivided

Related words

Other words often associated with Acicular or its synonyms:

easy bare complex childlike uncomplicated unproblematic cordate unsophisticated deltoid simplex mere plain

Using Acicular

  • The main meaning on this page is: Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle. | Having sharp points like needles. | Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like.
  • Useful related words include: acerate, acerose, needle-shaped, simple.
  • In the example corpus, acicular often appears in combinations such as: acicular crystals, to acicular.

Context around Acicular

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

prominent 1×

Often after:

crystals 3× crystal 1×

Sentence patterns with Acicular

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

fibrous to acicular crystals and 1× groups of acicular crystals of 1× prismatic to acicular crystals or 1× very prominent acicular crystal habit 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

actinolite is an 1× also as tufts 1× tectosilicates hatnote natrolite 1×

Common sentence endings:

acicular crystal habit 1× greyish green color 1× or granular masses 1× waxy globular aggregates 1×

Words around Acicular

Just before it in the word index:

aciclovir 2 acia 5 aci 47 achyuth 3 achyuta 3 achy 18

Just after it in the word index:

acid 2.278 acide 2 acidic 274 acidification 36 acidified 7 acidifies 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Acicular

  • In this selection, "acicular" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, prominent, crystals and crystal stand out and add context to how "acicular" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include fibrous to acicular crystals and and groups of acicular crystals of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "acicular" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with acicular

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Tectosilicates hatnote Natrolite is a mineral series in the zeolite group; this sample has a very prominent acicular crystal habit. (20 words)

It is a colorless to white mineral crystallizing in the monoclinic crystal system typically occurring as prismatic to acicular crystals or granular masses. (23 words)

Also as tufts, parallel bundles, and sheaf-like clusters of fibrous to acicular crystals, and as white, finely granular porcelaneous and waxy globular aggregates. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Actinolite is an important and common member of the monoclinic series, forming radiating groups of acicular crystals of a bright green or greyish-green color. (25 words)

Also as tufts, parallel bundles, and sheaf-like clusters of fibrous to acicular crystals, and as white, finely granular porcelaneous and waxy globular aggregates. (24 words)

It is a colorless to white mineral crystallizing in the monoclinic crystal system typically occurring as prismatic to acicular crystals or granular masses. (23 words)

Example sentences (4)

Actinolite is an important and common member of the monoclinic series, forming radiating groups of acicular crystals of a bright green or greyish-green color.

Also as tufts, parallel bundles, and sheaf-like clusters of fibrous to acicular crystals, and as white, finely granular porcelaneous and waxy globular aggregates.

It is a colorless to white mineral crystallizing in the monoclinic crystal system typically occurring as prismatic to acicular crystals or granular masses.

Tectosilicates hatnote Natrolite is a mineral series in the zeolite group; this sample has a very prominent acicular crystal habit.

Common combinations with acicular

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "acicular" in a sentence?
An example: "Actinolite is an important and common member of the monoclinic series, forming radiating groups of acicular crystals of a bright green or greyish-green color." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "acicular" from authentic English texts.
What does "acicular" mean?
Acicular means: Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
What are synonyms of "acicular"?
Common synonyms of "acicular" include: acerate, acerose, needle-shaped, simple, unsubdivided.
How many example sentences with "acicular" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "acicular", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.