WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cath•e•tus
(kath′i təs, kə thē′təs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ti
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(-tī′, -tī).USA pronunciation
- Architecture(in an Ionic capital) the vertical guideline through the eye of a volute, from which the form of the volute is determined.
- Greek káthetos perpendicular, equivalent. to kathe- (see catheter) + -tos adjective, adjectival suffix
- Latin (noun, nominal)
- 1565–75