Rachises is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Rachises in a sentence
Rachises meaning
plural of rachis
Using Rachises
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of rachis
Context around Rachises
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rachises
- In this selection, "rachises" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, narrow, finding and convert stand out and add context to how "rachises" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include feathers finding rachises convert across and relatively narrow rachises. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rachises" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rachises
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The analysis suggested that the rachises on these two genera were thinner and weaker than those of modern birds relative to body mass. (23 words)
Paul measured some of the inner primary feathers, finding rachises convert across. citation Despite these criticisms, Nudds and Dyke stood by their original conclusions. (24 words)
Gregory Paul also disagreed with the study, arguing in a 2010 response that Nudds and Dyke had overestimated the masses of these early birds, and that more accurate mass estimates allowed powered flight even with relatively narrow rachises. (38 words)
Gregory Paul also disagreed with the study, arguing in a 2010 response that Nudds and Dyke had overestimated the masses of these early birds, and that more accurate mass estimates allowed powered flight even with relatively narrow rachises. (38 words)
Paul measured some of the inner primary feathers, finding rachises convert across. citation Despite these criticisms, Nudds and Dyke stood by their original conclusions. (24 words)
The analysis suggested that the rachises on these two genera were thinner and weaker than those of modern birds relative to body mass. (23 words)
Example sentences (3)
Gregory Paul also disagreed with the study, arguing in a 2010 response that Nudds and Dyke had overestimated the masses of these early birds, and that more accurate mass estimates allowed powered flight even with relatively narrow rachises.
Paul measured some of the inner primary feathers, finding rachises convert across. citation Despite these criticisms, Nudds and Dyke stood by their original conclusions.
The analysis suggested that the rachises on these two genera were thinner and weaker than those of modern birds relative to body mass.