costate

Borrowed from Latin costātus, from costa (“rib”) +‎ -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒsteɪt/, enPR: kŏstāt
• Rhymes: -ɒsteɪt

costate (not comparable)

1. Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs.
2. (botany) Having one or more longitudinal ribs.

• costated

• “costate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From co- +‎ state.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊsteɪt/, enPR: kōstāt

costate (plural costates)

1. (international law) A state in alliance with another state.
2. (mathematics, physics) An equation or variable related to the state equation of an optimal control problem in a dynamical system.

costate f

1. plural of costata

costate

1. inflection of costare:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. second-person plural imperative

costate f pl

1. feminine plural of costato

• Cosetta, cosetta, cotesta, sottace

costāte

1. vocative masculine singular of costātus

costate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of costar combined with te