Eminence – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
eminence
n.
high position, elevated rank; title of honor; preeminence; excellence; height; hill; (Anatomy) body projection, protuberance in the body (especially on the surface of a bone )
Eminence
n.
city in Kentucky (USA); city in Missouri (USA); title of a Roman Catholic cardinal
Eminence
Eminence may refer to:
Anatomy
In anatomy,
eminence implies a protuberance, and may refer to a variety of structures:
- Collateral eminence, alongside the hippocampus in the brain
- Cruciform eminence, in the occipital bone of the skull
- Frontal eminence, on the frontal bone of the skull
- Hypothenar eminence, a group of three palmar muscles that control the pinky finger
- Iliopubic eminence, in the pelvis
- Intercondylar eminence, in the tibia bone of the leg
- Medial eminence, in the rhomboid fossa of the fourth ventricle of the brain
- Median eminence, below the hypothalamus of the brain
- Müllerian eminence, in the cloaca of an embryo
- Parietal eminence, in the parietal bone of the skull
- Pyramidal eminence, in the middle ear
- Thenar eminence, muscle on the thumb side of the hand
eminence
Noun
1. high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"
(synonym) distinction, preeminence, note
(hypernym) high status
(hyponym) king
2. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
(synonym) tuberosity, tubercle
(hypernym) process, outgrowth, appendage
(hyponym) deltoid tuberosity, deltoid eminence
Eminence
nf.
Eminency, title of a Roman Catholic cardinal
éminence
nf.
eminence, elevation; height; rise; knoll, highland
Eminence
(n.)
That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
(n.)
An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment.
(n.)
A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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