adj. Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle.
v. To form joints or knots on.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent
v. To form joints or knots on.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To form joints or knots in.
Kneed; having a protuberance like a knee or an elbow; in botany, having joints like the knee a little bent: as, a geniculate stem or peduncle.
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adj. bent at a sharp angle
Word Usage
"In 1999, researchers from Berkley and Harvard inserted electrodes into the brains of anesthetized cats that monitored the activity of 177 neurons located in the lateral geniculate nucleus, a key visual processing center."