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sensu lato
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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin sēnsū lātō (“in the broad sense”).
Adverb
sensu lato
- (taxonomy) In the broad sense.
- Antonym: sensu stricto
- The circumscription of the family Malvaceae in the APG II system is much broader than previously accepted. The family in its wider circumscription can be indicated as Malvaceae sensu lato.
English
Phrase
sensu lato
- Synonym of lato sensu.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From the ablative case of sēnsus (“sense”) and lātus (“broad”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsẽː.suː ˈɫaː.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛn.su ˈlaː.t̪o]
Adverb
sēnsū lātō (not comparable)
- In the broad sense.
Antonyms
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sēnsū lātō.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sensu lato (not comparable)
- sensu lato (in the broad sense)
- Synonym: ogólnie
- 1998 September 18, Marcin Ryszkiewicz, “Żyć, nie wymierać”, in Gazeta Wyborcza, quoted in Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego, Warszawa: Agora S.A., →ISSN, →OCLC:
- Zachowanie amonitów sensu lato w czasie kryzysów jest poniekąd modelowe, […].
- The behavior of ammonites sensu lato during crises is somewhat of a model, […].
- 2003 May, Grażyna Bancarewicz, “Petycja przedstawicieli środowisk naukowych w sprawie ochrony lasów w Europie [.doc]”, in WWF Polska, quoted in Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego, archived from the original on 29 December 2003:
- […] na krajach europejskich i UE spoczywa duża odpowiedzialność za ekoregiony […] w tym: lasy w ekoregionie śródziemnomorskim sensu lato, […];
- […] European countries and the EU have a great responsibility for ecoregions […] including: forests in the Mediterranean ecoregion sensu lato, […];
Further reading
- sensu%20lato in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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