Interarea
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Interarea is an adjective meaning Between areas.
Meaning
Between areas.
More Meanings
- (zoology) A typically triangular shelf of shell on some brachiopods that serves as a weight-bearing surface to stabilize the valves.
- (geology) An area where the soil composition differs significantly from the surrounding region.
Example Sentences
Spiriferides tend to have highly biconvex shells, with well-developed radial costae and a large interarea on the ventral valve.
It is shown that an improvement of interarea transport facilities may encourage trade and as a consequence decrease the disparity in area size.
Pedicle valve with well developed sulcus; height and concavity of interareas highly variable, apsacline to catacline, rarely slightly procline.
The brachiophore or brachial process is a simple, somewhat flat blade located at the notothyrial margin and underlying the notothyrial edge of the interarea.
Word Forms
- interareas
Related Words
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