Velum is an English word with synonyms like flap. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Velum meaning
- A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.
- The soft palate.
Synonyms of Velum
Using Velum
- The main meaning on this page is: A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. | The soft palate. | A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.
- Useful related words include: plant part, plant structure, partial veil, universal veil.
- In the example corpus, velum often appears in combinations such as: the velum.
Context around Velum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Velum
- In this selection, "velum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lowered, pileus, lowers, virga and soft stand out and add context to how "velum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lowered velum that raises and articulation the velum lowers to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "velum" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with velum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A prenasalized stop starts out with a lowered velum that raises during the occlusion. (14 words)
In disordered speech there are also velo-dorsal stops, with the opposite articulation: The velum lowers to contact the tongue, which remains static. (23 words)
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. (27 words)
The upper or aboral surface is called the exumbrella and the lower surface is called the subumbrella; the mouth is located on the lower surface, which may be partially closed by a membrane extending inward from the margin (called the velum). (41 words)
Therefore, although not all languages have been investigated on this point, phoneticians have recently come to use the term lingual (made with the tongue) as being more accurate for this airstream mechanism than velaric (made at the velum). (38 words)
These species may be arranged into the variety, cumulus radiatus; and may be accompanied by up to seven supplementary features, cumulus pileus, velum, virga, praecipitatio, arcus, pannus, and tuba. (29 words)
Example sentences (7)
An architecture student won a trip to Milan, Italy for her original loveseat design after winning the Velum and College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s Furniture Competition.
A prenasalized stop starts out with a lowered velum that raises during the occlusion.
In disordered speech there are also velo-dorsal stops, with the opposite articulation: The velum lowers to contact the tongue, which remains static.
Therefore, although not all languages have been investigated on this point, phoneticians have recently come to use the term lingual (made with the tongue) as being more accurate for this airstream mechanism than velaric (made at the velum).
These species may be arranged into the variety, cumulus radiatus; and may be accompanied by up to seven supplementary features, cumulus pileus, velum, virga, praecipitatio, arcus, pannus, and tuba.
The upper or aboral surface is called the exumbrella and the lower surface is called the subumbrella; the mouth is located on the lower surface, which may be partially closed by a membrane extending inward from the margin (called the velum).
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 velum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: