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sectile
[ sek-til ]
adjective
- capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
sectile
/ sɛkˈtɪlɪtɪ; ˈsɛktaɪl /
adjective
- able to be cut smoothly
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Derived Forms
- sectility, noun
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Other Words From
- sec·tili·ty noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sectile1
C18: from Latin sectilis, from secāre to cut
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Example Sentences
It is soft, sectile, readily scratched by the nail; its fracture is vitreous and conchoidal.
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Roman mosaic-work (commonly in the tessellated style and not the opus sectile) has been unearthed in many parts of the Peninsula.
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There were two kinds of leek (porrum:) porrum sectile (chives) and porrum capitatum.
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And the earlier its date the more surely was it a mosaic, not in the form of tesserae, but in the manner known as “opus sectile.”
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The Tablinum in the house of the vestals and the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol were paved with sectile mosaic.
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