vinculum in English
noun
1
a connecting band of tissue, such as that attaching a flexor tendon to the bone of a finger or toe.
It flexes the other three digits because it is attached to the flexor digitorum longus tendon by a vinculum along the distal portion of the tarsometatarsus.
2
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.
For notational convenience the negative digits are usually written with a vinculum , or overbar, instead of a prefixed minus sign.
Use "vinculum" in a sentence
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1. Cannot coexist Vinculum or Arks MAX.
2. —Si quis dixerit, propter hæresim, aut molestam Cohabitationem, aut affectatam absentiam a conjuge, dissolvi posse matrimonii vinculum : anathema sit
3. (149) Translating canon 5 as Tanner and HC do is not precluded by the Latin text: "Si quis dixerit, propter haeresim, aut molestam Cohabitationem, aut affectatam absentiam a coniuge dissolvi posse matrimonii vinculum: a.s." However, three considerations do preclude that translation.