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What (who) is vinculum - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Viniculum; Vincula; Vinculum (disambiguation)
vinculum
['v??kj?l?m]
¦ noun (plural vincula -l?)
1. Anatomy a connecting band of tissue, such as that attaching a flexor tendon to the bone of a finger or toe.
2. Mathematics a horizontal line drawn over a group of terms in a mathematical expression to indicate that they are to be operated on as a single entity by the preceding or following operator.
Derivatives
vincular adjective
Origin
C17 (in the sense 'bond, tie'): from L., lit. 'bond'.
vinculum
n.
[L. pl. Vincula.] Bond, tie, link, copula, connective, bond of union.
Vinculum
·noun A bond of union; a tie.
II. Vinculum ·noun A band or bundle of fibers; a fraenum.
III. Vinculum ·noun A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.
IV. Vinculum ·noun A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y.
Wikipedia
Vinculum
Vinculum may refer to:
- Vinculum (ligament), a band of connective tissue, similar to a ligament, that connects a flexor tendon to a phalanx bone
- Vinculum (symbol), a horizontal line used in mathematical notation for a specific purpose
- Vinculum, a piece of Borg technology featured in the Star Trek:Voyager episode "Infinite Regress"
- Vinculum juris, a Latin phrase meaning "the chain of the law", which denotes that something is legally binding
