Pseudoarticle

Quick meaning: Pseudoarticle is a noun meaning A false or nonexistent article (piece of writing).

Meaning

A false or nonexistent article (piece of writing).

More Meanings

1. (zoology) A joint-like constriction that does not articulate.
2. (linguistics) A morpheme that takes the form of an article despite not being one.

Example Sentences

All new species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by the number of pseudo-articles in basitibia IV, the presence/absence of median eyes, and the shape of the female gonopod.

Of the 750,000 internauts who have played the game, only 59 percent have succeeded in identifying authentic papers. […] Proof that these pseudoarticles can occasionally fool the most well-informed specialists.

Leg I: Tibia with 23 articles and tarsus (basitarsus+distitarsus) with 41 articles. Leg IV (Fig. 13): Basitibia with 4 pseudo[-]articles and 1 medial trichobothrium on the last article. Distitibia with 3 basal and 15 distal trichobothria; frontal and caudal series with 6 trichobothria each.

The Hebrew has the vowel indicating the definite article, so it would literally seem to be saying, “at the test.” But Exod. 17:7 tells us clearly that “the place was named Massah.” We do indeed find this pseudoarticle occasionally in place names: “Now Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor” (Judg. 8:10); […]

Word Forms

• pseudoarticles
• pseudo-article

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