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Dorsum in a sentence

Dorsum meaning

  1. The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
  2. The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.

Synonyms of Dorsum

body part back

Related words

Other words often associated with Dorsum or its synonyms:

endorse part rearward support backward position rearmost front indorse piece posterior hindmost

Using Dorsum

  • The main meaning on this page is: The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal. | The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants. | The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
  • Useful related words include: body part, back.
  • In the example corpus, dorsum often appears in combinations such as: the dorsum, dorsum of.

Context around Dorsum

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

hinks 1×

Often after:

body 1×

Sentence patterns with Dorsum

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

called the dorsum and is 1× dorsum or agger 1× fault hinks dorsum 1× onto the dorsum of the 1× to the dorsum of the 1× velar the dorsum body of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

compression from the 1× dorsum or agger 1× in some species 1× surface of the 1× the extensors are 1× velodorsal consonants normal 1×

Common sentence endings:

fault hinks dorsum 1× of the country 1× of the fingers 1× of the mouth 1× palps and antennae 1× the median sulcus 1×

Words around Dorsum

Just before it in the word index:

dorsten 10 dorst 2 dorson 2 dorsolateral 2 dorso 6 dorsiflexion 3

Just after it in the word index:

dort 18 dortch 6 dortchen 2 dorthe 2 dorthea 3 dortmund 430

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Dorsum

  • In this selection, "dorsum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hinks and body stand out and add context to how "dorsum" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include called the dorsum and is and dorsum or agger. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dorsum" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dorsum

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

Compression from the same impact is believed to have created the thrust fault Hinks Dorsum. (15 words)

In some species (for example, Meloidae), the male climbs onto the dorsum of the female and strokes his antennae on her head, palps, and antennae. (25 words)

The extensors are located on the back of the forearm and are connected in a more complex way than the flexors to the dorsum of the fingers. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Dorsum or agger viae: the elliptical surface or crown of the road (media stratae eminentia) made of polygonal blocks of silex (basaltic lava) or rectangular blocks of saxum qitadratum (travertine, peperino, or other stone of the country). (37 words)

Surface of the tongue Foramen cecum and terminal sulcus labelled above Tonge surface features The upper surface of the tongue is called the dorsum, and is divided by a groove into symmetrical halves by the median sulcus. (37 words)

The extensors are located on the back of the forearm and are connected in a more complex way than the flexors to the dorsum of the fingers. (27 words)

Example sentences (6)

Compression from the same impact is believed to have created the thrust fault Hinks Dorsum.

Dorsum or agger viae: the elliptical surface or crown of the road (media stratae eminentia) made of polygonal blocks of silex (basaltic lava) or rectangular blocks of saxum qitadratum (travertine, peperino, or other stone of the country).

In some species (for example, Meloidae), the male climbs onto the dorsum of the female and strokes his antennae on her head, palps, and antennae.

Surface of the tongue Foramen cecum and terminal sulcus labelled above Tonge surface features The upper surface of the tongue is called the dorsum, and is divided by a groove into symmetrical halves by the median sulcus.

The extensors are located on the back of the forearm and are connected in a more complex way than the flexors to the dorsum of the fingers.

Velodorsal consonants Normal velar consonants are dorso-velar: The dorsum (body) of the tongue rises to contact the velum (soft palate) of the roof of the mouth.

Common combinations with dorsum

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dorsum" in a sentence?
An example: "Compression from the same impact is believed to have created the thrust fault Hinks Dorsum." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "dorsum" from authentic English texts.
What does "dorsum" mean?
Dorsum means: The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
What are synonyms of "dorsum"?
Common synonyms of "dorsum" include: body part, back.
How many example sentences with "dorsum" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "dorsum", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.