costate

English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin costātus, from costa (“rib”) +‎ -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒsteɪt/, enPR: kŏstāt
• Rhymes: -ɒsteɪt

Adjective

costate (not comparable)

1. Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs.
2. (botany) Having one or more longitudinal ribs.

Synonyms

• costated

Derived terms

• bicostate
• costately
• homocostate
• multicostate
• quadricostate
• quinquecostate
• subcostate
• tricostate
• unicostate

Translations

ribbed — see ribbed

References

• “costate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

From co- +‎ state.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊsteɪt/, enPR: kōstāt

Noun

costate (plural costates)

1. (international law) A state in alliance with another state.
2. (mathematics, physics) An equation or variable related to the state equation of an optimal control problem in a dynamical system.

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

costate f

1. plural of costata

Etymology 2

Verb

costate

1. inflection of costare:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

costate f pl

1. feminine plural of costato

Anagrams

• Cosetta, cosetta, cotesta, sottace

Latin

Adjective

costāte

1. vocative masculine singular of costātus

Spanish

Verb

costate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of costar combined with te