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a. [ Pref. bi- + septate. ] With two partitions or septa. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + septate. ] (Bot.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Naso- + septal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; putrid + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; blood. ] (Med.) Septicaemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. septem seven. ] (Chem.) See Heptane. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Septi- + angle. ] (Geom.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Heptagonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.;pl. Septaria [ NL., fr. L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, a partition, fr. sepire, saepire, to inclose. ] (Geol.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. septum, saeptum, partition. ] Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell. [ 1913 Webster ]