‖ sensu stricto
(ˈsɛnsuː ˈstrɪktəʊ)
[L., lit. ‘in the restricted meaning’.]
Strictly speaking; in the narrow sense (of a term, esp. in the natural sciences). Opp. to sensu lato (ˈlɑːtəʊ) [L. lātus broad], in the broad sense. Cf. stricto sensu.
| 1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man xi. 240 Human biology is but an extension of biology sensu stricto. 1942 W. B. Turnbull in Bot. Rev. VIII. 656 (heading) Algae (sensu lato). 1952 Sensu stricto [see isochemical adj. s.v. iso- a.]. 1954 [see neocerebellum]. 1959 A. R. Clapham et al. Excursion Flora Brit. Isles 569 Sensu lato. In the broad sense. 1963 D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation xiv. 299 Griottes ‘sensu stricto’ composed of alternate beds of shale and limestones, irregularly corrugated. 1973 B. J. Williams Evolution & Human Origins xi. 176 In the material that follows I shall use the term Neandertal sensu lato, that is, in the broad sense. 1977 Verbatim Sept. 4/1 The trouble is caused not by length sensu stricto but by complexity. |