English Dictionary

spinous

IPA（発音記号）

/spaɪnəs/

形容詞

廃用 稀用

Having many spines. / Spine-like; spiny. / (obsolete) Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly. / (rare) Of a subject: providing many difficulties, thorny. / (anatomy) Having a sharp projection.

日本語の意味

棘のある、多くの棘を有する / 棘状の、刺のような / （旧義）扱いにくい、いかつい（人に対して） / （稀義）困難を伴う、問題が多数発生する（主題に対して） / （解剖学）鋭い突起を有する

The botanist cautiously examined the spinous cactus, noting the arrangement of each spine.

植物学者はとげの多いサボテンを慎重に観察し、一本一本のとげの配列を記録した。

意味（1）

Having many spines.

The cetaceous tribes have their bones entirely resembling those of quadrupeds, thick, white, and filled with marrow : those of the spinous kind, on the contrary, have small slender bones, with points resembling thorns, and generally solid throughout.

意味（2）

Spine-like; spiny.

It is however to be remarked, that these hairs are not of a spinous nature, as in the Mus fasciculatus and the Mus macrourus; they may properly be compared to bristles, having more consistence and rigidity than those of the Mus decumanus and giganteus; and in a natural arrangement, our animal stands between these species, and between those from which the character of the section is derived by M. Desmarest, and which, in a more rigorous sense, may be called spinous Rats.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly.

He had the rough magnanimity of the old English vein, mellowed into tenderness and dashed with a flexible and spinous humor.

意味（4）

(rare) Of a subject: providing many difficulties, thorny.

The spinous problem shifted from the how to find minima efficiently to what method should be employed to provide a better connection between the topography and the dynamics on the surface.

意味（5）

(anatomy) Having a sharp projection.

The spinous process of vertebra CII can be identified through deep palpation as the most superior bony protuberance in the midline inferior to the skull.

more spinous （ comparative ）

most spinous （ superlative ）