How do you use Ramus in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bone, plus the exact meaning.
Ramus meaning
- A small spray or twig.
- A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
Synonyms of Ramus
Using Ramus
- The main meaning on this page is: A small spray or twig. | A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels. | The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
- Useful related words include: bone, os.
- In the example corpus, ramus often appears in combinations such as: ramus of.
Context around Ramus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ramus
- In this selection, "ramus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, petrus, latin, superior, hojlund and splashed stand out and add context to how "ramus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at superior ramus of the and branch latin ramus can be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ramus" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ramus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ms Ramus splashed out £500 in the Boxing Day sales, including treating herself to a £70 fur-lined brown coat from Next. (22 words)
Ramus is a physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at VCU Medical Center. (24 words)
Platzer (2004), p 240 The adductor longus has its origin at superior ramus of the pubis and inserts medially on the middle third of the linea aspera. (27 words)
Ramus Hojlund's first league goal secured a 3-2 win for United headed across the north-west to take on struggling Burnley, to replace Arsenal at the top-flight summit - for 48 hours at least. (36 words)
However, in England, several writers influenced the course of rhetoric during the 17th century, many of them carrying forward the dichotomy that had been set forth by Ramus and his followers during the preceding decades. (35 words)
All of these were based on his mnemonic models of organised knowledge and experience, as opposed to the simplistic logic-based mnemonic techniques of Petrus Ramus then becoming popular. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
Ramus Hojlund's first league goal secured a 3-2 win for United headed across the north-west to take on struggling Burnley, to replace Arsenal at the top-flight summit - for 48 hours at least.
Ms Ramus splashed out £500 in the Boxing Day sales, including treating herself to a £70 fur-lined brown coat from Next.
Ramus is a physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at VCU Medical Center.
All of these were based on his mnemonic models of organised knowledge and experience, as opposed to the simplistic logic-based mnemonic techniques of Petrus Ramus then becoming popular.
However, in England, several writers influenced the course of rhetoric during the 17th century, many of them carrying forward the dichotomy that had been set forth by Ramus and his followers during the preceding decades.
In some classification systems the additional rank branch (Latin: ramus) can be inserted between subkingdom and infrakingdom (e.g. Protostomia and Deuterostomia in the classification of Cavalier-Smith citation ).
Platzer (2004), p 240 The adductor longus has its origin at superior ramus of the pubis and inserts medially on the middle third of the linea aspera.
The adductor brevis originates on the inferior ramus of the pubis below the gracilis and stretches obliquely below the pectineus down to the upper third of the linea aspera.
Common combinations with ramus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ramus of 2×