comparative |
1. adj. Of or relating to comparison. | |
2. adj. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. | |
comparative anatomy | |
3. adj. Approximated by comparison; relative. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison. | |
5. n. (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil. | |
6. n. (grammar) A word in the comparative form. | |
7. n. (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer. | |
8. n. (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. | |
anatomy |
1. n. The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. | |
2. n. The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. | |
Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy. | |
3. n. A treatise or book on anatomy. | |
4. n. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis. | |
the anatomy of a discourse | |
Burton's famous treatise, "The Anatomy of Melancholy". | |
5. n. (colloquial) The form of an individual. | |
I went to the Venice beach body-building competition and noticed the competitor from Athens, and let me tell you, that's what I call classic Greek anatomy. | |
6. n. (archaic) A skeleton, or dead body. | |
7. n. The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it. | |