Word of the Day: Vinculum

Pronunciation: ving-kyuh-luh m

Definition:
1. a bond signifying union or unity; tie.
2. Mathematics. a stroke or bracedrawn over a quantity consisting of several members or terms, as /(a+b), in order to show that they are to be considered together.

Examples:
1. Mr. Bowditch, too, refuses us; so fascinatingis the vinculum of the dulce natale solum. -Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson: Thomas Jefferson

2.The notion of the vinculum juris, so far as myknowledge extends, is exclusively Roman. -Ancient Law: Sir Henry James Sumner Maine