papyrus

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Definition of papyrus in English Turkish dictionary

papirus

papirüs

Nil sahillerinde biten ve eski zamanlarda işlenerek kâğıt gibi kullanılan bir çeşit saz Cyperus papyrus

papirüs üzerine yazılmışı yazı

{i} papirüs el yazması

bu sazdan yapılan kâğıt

{ç} --es (pıpay'rısîz)/pa.py.ri (pıpay'ri)

{i} papirüs ağacı

Related Terms

papyrus roll

papirüs roll

papyri

papyrus kelimesinin çoğul halleri: papyri veya papyruses

English - English

Definition of papyrus in English English dictionary

A scroll or document written on papyrus

A plant in the sedge family, Cyperus papyrus, native to the Nile river valley

A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant

the writing-paper of the ancient egyptians, and later of the romans

{n} a plant of different kinds

A plant growing along the Nile in Egypt during biblical times It was used as writing material Papyrus scrolls were made by cutting and pressing sections of the papyri plant together at right angles They typical maximum length of a scroll was about 35 feet The scribe, when using papyrus, would often use the natural horizontal fibers of the papyrus plant as guidelines He would take a blunt instrument and score horizontal lines and then score two or more vertical lines as margins for the edge of the sheet or to define columns on it We get the word "paper" from this word Many of the biblical manuscripts were on papyrus

paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

A DICOM compatible medical imaging format

A manuscript written on papyrus; esp

A water reed once abundant in Egypt It was processed into a form of paper used for important records

An aquatic plant of the sedge family Papyrus anbquorum, once grew prolifically in Egypt

The Egyptians used this aquatic plant to create a writing sheet by peeling apart the plant's tissue-thin layers and stacking them in overlapping, crosshatched pieces to form a sheet Despite giving us the word "paper," papyrus is not a true paper

{i} paper reed, tall water plant of Egypt; writing material made from the tissue of the papyrus plant; ancient document written on papyrus

[n] an Egyptian plant that was used for making paper The flower of this plant was a popular decoration

A water reed used to make a kind of paper It was the main writing material used in Egypt Papyrus was joined together and rolled up to make scrolls which to the Egyptian was their version of a book

Papyrus is a type of paper made from papyrus stems that was used in ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece

A papyrus is an ancient document that is written on papyrus. Writing material of ancient times and the plant from which it comes, Cyperus papyrus (sedge family), also called paper plant. This grasslike aquatic plant has woody, bluntly triangular stems and grows to about 15 ft (4.6 m) high in quietly flowing water up to 3 ft (90 cm) deep. The ancient Egyptians used the stem of the plant to make sails, cloth, mats, cords, and principally paper. Paper made from papyrus was the chief writing material in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In the 8th-9th century AD, other plant fibres replaced papyrus in the manufacture of paper. The plant is now often used as a pool ornamental in warm areas or in conservatories

primitive paper, fashioned by cross-weaving the dried, flattened stems of the reed-like papyrus plant

The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote

early form of paper composed of pressed strips of sliced reed

A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc

tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

Writing material that is made from the papyrus plant; not animal skins

an Egyptian plant; a paper-like writing material made from it; cheaper, but not as durable; see esp P52 and P75 Parchment (Vellum) - animal skins used for writing; much more durable, but also much more expensive; see Vaticanus

Cyperus papyrus is a reed found in the Nile River, that could be cut, dried and flattened to provide a writing surface Any unevenness in width could be smoothed down, when the paper was cut, and rolled into scrolls

Papyrus plant is tall sedge or reed of the Nile valley in Egypt used by ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians as writing material Handmade paper is prepared from the pith or central plant tissue of papyrus plant

a document written on papyrus tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

a paper-like material made from strips of pith, part of the papyrus plant, which have been soaked Sheets are formed when strips are laid down in overlapping rows with a second layer laid down perpendicular to the first The sheet is then placed in a press to dry

written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum

a document written on papyrus

Ancient "paper" made from the pith of a plant that grew in the marshes of Egypt

The stem is triangular and about an inch thick

This is the predecessor of modern paper It was made from Egyptian reeds, which were cut into strips, dried, and glued together to form sheets

a predecessor of modern paper used in ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome, made from parts of the Mediterranean sedge plant

a tall aquatic reed, and the paper-like sheets made from it; the papyrus flower was the symbol of Lower Egypt and was often used as a decorative motif

the writing surface of Egyptian scribes, made from the pith of papyrus stalks separated into strips that were flattened and placed side by side, slightly overlapping On top of this layer, another layer of strips was placed at right angles to the first The surface was then repeatedly pounded to make it smooth The plant juices released in the pounding caused the strips to adhere to each other permanently without the aid of glue In art, images of papyrus plants symbolized the world, which arose from the primeval waters at the time of creation The plant was also the heraldic symbol of Lower Egypt

An aquatic plant that grows in marshes along the Nile The species of papyrus grown during pharaonic times is now extinct

It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed

pl

– Paper that is made from the pith of the papyrus plant

Papyrus is a tall water plant that grows in Africa

Related Terms

papyri

Plural of papyrus, particularly in the sense of ancient documents written on papyrus

papyruses

plural of papyrus

Hyphenation

pa·py·rus

Etymology

[ p&-'pI-r&s ] (noun.) 14th century. From Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (papuros), of unknown origin.