Definition of phalange Phalange

/fʌlæˈnʤ/ - [fulanj] - phal•ange

We found 5 definitions of phalange from 3 different sources.

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What does phalange mean?

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  • phalange (Noun)
    One of the bones of the finger or toe, also called phalanx.
  • phalange (Noun)
    A political movement, the Falange.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • phalange
    One of the bones of the finger.
  • phalange
    One of the bones of the toe.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • phalange
    fā-lanj′, n. a phalanx of a digit: any of the joints of an insect's tarsus: a bundle of stamens joined by their filaments: a socialistic community in Fourier's dream of an ideal arrangement of society, consisting of 1800 persons living in a phalanstère—generally in pl., the usual sing. being Phā′lanx (q.v.).—adjs. Phalan′gal, Phalan′gēal, Phalan′gial, Phalan′gian; Phalan′giform; Phalanstē′rian.—ns. Phalanstē′rianism, Phalan′sterism; Phal′anstery, the dwelling of the phalange in the ideal social system of Fourier (1772-1837), a vast structure in the midst of a square league of cultivated land

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