VINCULUM

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A bond of union; a tie.

2.
n.

A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y.

3.
n.

A band or bundle of fibers; a frænum.

4.
n.

A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.


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