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umbilical - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Adjective

umbilical (not comparable)

  • (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.
    • ✤ One womb, one shame, one resolve Liberate this will to release us all Gotta cut away, clear away Snip away and sever this umbilical residue Keeping me from killing you1
  • (mathematics) Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other.

Noun

umbilical (plural umbilicals)

  • (astronautics) A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc.

Etymology

From Latin umbilicus (“navel”) +‎ -al. By surface analysis, umbilic- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ʌmˈbɪ.lɪ.kəl/, /ʌm.bɪˈlaɪ.kəl/
  • (US) IPA: /ʌmˈbɪ.lɪ.kəl/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -ɪlɪkəl, -aɪkəl

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Footnotes

  1. 2000, “Orestes”, performed by A Perfect Circle: ↩

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