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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A family tree or recorded genealogy.

   "Where so few dates are known, an authoritative stemma is out of the question"

2. 2
   an eye having a single lens wordnet
3. 3
   In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.
4. 4
   the hereditary derivation of an individual wordnet
5. 5
   One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.

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6. 6
   a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ancestrybloodblood linebloodlinedescentline

Example

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"Where so few dates are known, an authoritative stemma is out of the question"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).

Related phrases

family treestemma codicum

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