‖ stricto sensu
(ˈstrɪktəʊ ˈsɛnsuː)
Also erron. strictu sensu.
= sensu stricto.
| 1931 [see Folsom]. 1972 Mod. Law Rev. XXXV. i. 55 In the case of custom stricto sensu lack of consensus enhances the importance of the consolidating effect of time. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 1176/3 ‘A philosophical analysis of the feasibility’ of the structuralist enterprise stricto sensu. 1979 Nature 22 Feb. 599/1 Thus ‘mosaic’ RNAs produced by splicing are strictu sensu recombinant molecules in that they contain data drawn from different parts of the genome. |