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Emory University (sh) and pinnule (iou)


Emory University (sh)




Private university in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. It was chartered as a college in 1836 under Methodist auspices; in 1915 it merged with a school of medicine to become a university.

It consists of two undergraduate colleges (one four-year and one two-year), a graduate school of arts and sciences, a division of allied Health Careers,_Industries_-_Professions.html">Professions, and schools of law, business, theology, public Health, nursing, and medicine. Research facilities include the Carter Presidential Center, the Yerkes Primate Center, and a cancer centre.


pinnule (iou)



pinnule noun. . L16.
[Latin pinnula dim. of PINNA noun2: see -ULE.]
Either of two sights (usu. small perforated metal plates) at the ends of the alidade or index of an astrolabe, quadrant, or similar instrument. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
Zoology. A part or organ resembling a small wing or fin, or a barb of a feather; spec. any of the jointed lateral branches along the arms of a crinoid. M18.
Botany. A subdivision of the pinna of a leaf, esp. of a fern; a leaflet; a lobe. L18.
pinnular adjective of or pertaining to a pinnule L19.
pinnulate adjective having pinnules E19.