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Meaning of Septum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsɛp.təm

Definitions

  1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
  2. Ellipsis of nasal septum (“the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils”).
  3. Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
  4. A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
  5. A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
  6. One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
  7. One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
  8. One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
  9. One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
  10. Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.

Equivalents

العربية الحاجز حاجز
Català septe
Čeština přepážka
Deutsch Septe Septum
Ελληνικά διάφραγμα
Español septum (séptum)
Français septum
עברית מחיצה
Bahasa Indonesia septum
Polski przegroda septum

Examples

“Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.”
“Sally got a dagger hung from her septum O'Malley cut his ears off, but wishes that he kept 'em”
“Look, I got a new septum!”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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