abaisseur

French

Etymology

From abaisser (“to lower”) +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.bɛ.sœʁ/
Homophone: abaisseurs

Adjective

abaisseur (feminine singular abaisseuse, masculine plural abaisseurs, feminine plural abaisseuses)

(anatomy) Said of a muscle that lowers a body part.
(engineering) Which reduces or lowers a force like tension or pressure.
un circuit abaisseur de tension — a tension-reducing circuit

une valve abaisseuse de pression — a pression-reducing valve

Noun

abaisseur m (plural abaisseurs)

(anatomy) A muscle or similar body part that moves something downward; a depressor.
L'abaisseur des paupières est un petit faisceau charnu faisant partie du muscle orbiculaire. — The eyelid depressor is a small ligament part of the orbicularis oculi muscle.

Further reading

“abaisseur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

abuserais

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