bigonial
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to both gonia, especially to an imaginary line between them.
Example Sentences
- "Broadening of the bigonial diameter independent of these factors is due almost entirely to the action of the masseters, which in some instances results in a marked eversion of the lower portion of the jaw at the angle."
- "The bigonial breadth in absolute figures is slightly larger in the members of more recent than in those of old American ancestry, and identical in the latter with that of the cultured old Americans at large."
- "The interrelationship of these factors, with specific reference to the plane of bigonial diameter, is indicated by the following proportion:"
- "This patient's bigonial width was greater than the upper face width and out of proportion with the “rule of fifths.”"
Etymology
From bi- + gonia + -al.