First published 1986; not fully revised
zygologicaladjective
Factsheet
Where does the adjective zygological come from?
Earliest known use
1970s
The earliest known use of the adjective zygological is in the 1970s.
OED's only evidence for zygological is from 1978, in Engin. Materials & Design.
Nearby entries
- zygnomic, adj.1926–
- zygo-, comb. form
- zygobranchiate, adj.1883–
- zygocactus, n.1950–
- zygocardiac, adj.1877–
- zygodactyl, adj. & n.1831–
- zygodactylic, adj.1835–
- zygodactylous, adj.1828–
- zygodont, adj.1888–
- zygogenesis, n.1950–
- zygological, adj.1978–
- zygology, n.1970–
- zygoma, n.1684–
- zygomatic, adj. & n.1712–
- zygomatico-, comb. form
- zygomato-, comb. form
- zygomere, n.1966–
- zygomorphic, adj.1875–
- zygomorphism, n.1875–
- zygomorphous, adj.1879–
- Zygomycetes, n.1887–
Meaning & use
- 1978–See zygology n.Stressed as zygoˈlogical.
- 1978
Not that adhesion is the only zygological process available for joining one piece of plastics material to another.
Engin. Materials & Design April 37/2
society occupation and work study of work [adjectives] relating to technology or technography branches of- biotechnic1927–Of or relating to biotechnics or biotechnology; = biotechnological, adj.
- soft1972–Of a technology: using renewable resources, such as wind or solar power and human or animal exertion, and hence causing relatively little harm to…
- zygological1978–
- biotech1980–= biotechnology, n. 1. Frequently attributive.
- biotechnology1982–The application of science and technology to the utilization and improvement of living organisms for industrial and agricultural production and…
- nanotech1987–= nanotechnological, adj.
- nanotechnological1987–Resulting from developments in nanotechnology; of or relating to nanotechnology.