Meaning of epistrophic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pertaining to the epistropheus.
2. Pertaining to epistrophe.

Examples

“The union of the atlas and epistropheus is described in this section because (1) there is often a direct⟳ communication between the synovial cavity of the transverse epistropic and the occipito-atlantal joints; (2) the rotatory movements of the head take⟳ place⟳ around the dens (odontoid process⟳); and (3) important ligaments from the dens pass⟳ over the atlas to the occiput.”

“The apostrophic or epistrophic arrangement is the result⟳ of complicated laws dependent on the action of light⟳; very strong irritation of light⟳ causes the chlorophyll-grains to collect⟳ into one or two lumps, a phenomenon for which Schimper proposes the term systrophe.”

“The accompanying diagram shows all the information I have⟳ been able to collect⟳ regarding the plant's epistrophic interval.”

“The epistropic interval varies in position and in extent in different species.”

“Trump's stock⟳ phrase "believe⟳ me" might be considered one example of a larger pattern in his rhetoric, which I refer⟳ to as epistrophic punctuation, or the repetition of short phrases, often ones that convey an affective or epistemic stance, that appear⟳ at the end⟳ of rhetorical units in his speeches.”

“Epistrophic conversion provides a model⟳ much better suited to the demands of the modern politics of the self because it is always framed as a revelatory embrace of a preexisting self.”

“The epistrophic part of the essay can be read⟳ as a philippic against modernism.”

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