intersegmental, a.
(ˌɪntəsɛgˈmɛntəl)
[inter- 4 a.]
Situated or occurring between or among segments. Used esp. in Zool. and Linguistics.
| 1894 Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 545 Miss Platt describes..three longitudinal ectodermic ridges, which become connected by intersegmental transverse ridges. 1906 J. B. Smith Explanation Terms Entomol. 69 Intersegmental: = interarticular. 1925 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. i. 11 The flexible infolded portion of the cuticle between adjacent segments is the intersegmental membrane. 1952 New Biol. XIII. 86 The abdomen when empty is flat (hence the name ‘mahogany flat’) and the intersegmental membranes are telescoped under the segments. 1964 Language XL. 220 One could speak of this intersegmental dependency as a form of redundancy. 1970 I. M. Mackerras in Insects of Australia (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization) i. 5/2 When sclerotization develops [in insect skeletons], it does so in dorsal and ventral plates extending from just anterior to each intersegmental groove. 1972 Language XLVIII. 46 In intersegmental variation, different values for a feature are distributed in different contexts. |
Hence intersegˈmentally adv.
| 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl., Intersegmentally. 1941 Johannsen & Butt Embryol. of Insects & Myriapods xv. 242 At about the 112-hour stage the neuroblasts of the median cord..at first lying intersegmentally shift forward. 1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. v. 105 Sentences may be described..intersegmentally in respect of the prosodeme of syllabic transition or juncture. |