Parietal

What do we mean by parietal?

Relating to or forming the wall of a body part, organ, or cavity. adjective

Of or relating to either of the parietal bones. adjective

Borne on the inside of the ovary wall. Used of the ovules or placentas in flowering plants. adjective

Dwelling within or having authority within the walls or buildings of a college. adjective

A parietal part, such as a wall or bone. noun

The rules governing the visiting privileges of members of the opposite sex in college or university dormitories. noun

Pertaining to a wall.

Pertaining to buildings or the care of them; resident within the walls or buildings of a university or college, or having charge over the buildings and the conduct of the students, etc., of a university or college.

In anatomy and zoology, specifically, pertaining to the walls of a cavity of the body, in distinction from its contents: opposed to visceral: as, parietal and visceral reflections of the peritoneum.

In botany, pertaining to or arising from a wall: usually applied to ovules when they proceed from or are borne on the walls or sides of the ovary.

Superior, the superior parietal lobule.

Ascending, the posterior central convolution; the convolution lying immediately back of the fissure of Rolando. See cut under cerebral.

In herpetology, an unossified space in the roof of the skull of some reptiles, especially in Lacertilia, along the sagittal or coronal suture.

Superior, that convolution of the parietal lobe which lies above the intraparietal sulcus and behind the upper part of the posterior central convolution.

In anatomy, one of a pair of bones of the cranium, right and left, developed in membrane, forming a part of the top and sides of the brain-box, between the occipital and the frontal bone. noun

Specifically, in fishes, a superior lateral bone of the cranium. In some forms it articulates with its fellow of the opposite side in front of the supraoccipital; in others it lies on one side of the latter bone remote from its fellow. Posteriorly it overlies the epiotic; at its outer edge it articulates with the pterotic. noun

Same as parietal shield. noun

Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them. adjective

Resident within the walls or buildings of a college. adjective

Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.

Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.

A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.

Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

2 tones ass. Half baked. Urban Dictionary

1) Latin derivative for "wall". 2) Stupid system banning a person from the oppostite sex's dorm. Enacted mostly by Catholic universities, i.e. Notre Dame. Urban Dictionary

You ask for parietals if you want to have a MOS in your room. Parietals is not the act of banning them from your room, it is the practice of asking permission, and, at some places, leaving the door partly open (with a shoe or something.) It does not START at midnight. Urban Dictionary

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