"elater" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈleɪ.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈleɪ.tɚ/ [General-American] Forms: elaters [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From elate + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|elate|er|id2=agent noun}} elate + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} elater (plural elaters)
  1. That which elates.
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-ZryRGsCV Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛl.ə.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛl.ə.tɚ/ [General-American] Forms: elaters [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|elatēr}} New Latin elatēr, {{der|en|grc|ἐλατήρ||driver, that which drives away}} Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} elater (plural elaters)
  1. (obsolete) Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-MfU6UiyQ
  2. (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-n72yHHJb Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum). Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-nLUOvOuo Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Elateroid beetles
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-dXf2knbc Disambiguation of Elateroid beetles: 17 8 15 11 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 18 14 39 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 19 9 18 13 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 11 18 16 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 10 18 13 40 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pseudoelater
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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