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Webster 1913 Edition

Aliform

Al′i-form

,
Adj.
[L.
ala
wing +
-form
.]
Wing-shaped; winglike.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aliform

ALI'FORM

,
Adj.
[L. ala, wing, and forma, shape.]
Having the shape of a wing; a term applied to a certain process and muscles of the body, as the pterygoid process, and the muscles arising from that process.

Definition 2024

aliform

aliform

English

Adjective

aliform ‎(comparative more aliform, superlative most aliform)

  1. Shaped like a wing
  2. (of a building) Having wings

Translations

References

  • A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. James Stevens Curl. Oxford University Press 2006

Etymology

From Latin ala ‎(“wing”) +‎ -form

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