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Meaning of stemma | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A family tree or recorded genealogy.
  2. In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.
  3. One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.

Equivalents

Français stemma
Italiano stemma

Examples

“Where so few dates are known, an authoritative stemma is out of the question”

CEFR level

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

stemma codicum stemmatics stemmatologist stemmatology stemme Stemmed

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