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Sensu is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of". It is used in a number of fields including biology, geology, linguistics, semiotics, and law.Commonly it refers to how strictly or loosely an expression is used in describing any particular concept, but it also appears in expressions that indicate the convention or context of the usage.
The Clostridiaceae are a family of the bacterial class Clostridia, and contain the genus Clostridium.. The family Clostridiaceae (scientific name) defined by the taxonomic outline of Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology contains as its core the genus Clostridium (sensu stricto), as well as Acetivibrio, Acidaminobacter, Alkaliphilus, Anaerobacter, Caloramator, Caloranaerobacter ...
sensu lato "in the wide or broad sense" Example: "New Age s.l. has a strong American flavor influenced by Californian counterculture." sine loco "without place of publication" Commonly used in bibliography. s.s. sensu stricto "in the strict sense"
stricto sensu cf. sensu stricto: with the tight meaning: Less literally, "in the strict sense". stupor mundi: the wonder of the world: A title given to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. More literally translated "the bewilderment of the world", or, in its original, pre-Medieval sense, "the stupidity of the world". sua sponte: by its own accord
s.s., sens. str., sensu stricto : Latin, in the strict sense, in the narrow sense, i.e. of a taxon, in the sense of the type of its name; or in the sense of its circumscription by its original describer; or in the sense of its nominate subordinate taxon (in the case of a taxon with 2 or more subordinate taxa); or with the exclusion of similar ...
sensu ("sense" in Latin): as in sensu stricto (s. s.) (in the strict sense), sensu lato (in a broad sense), etc.; see sensu for more variants and details;
A node-based definition for the genistoids is: "the MRCA of Poecilanthe parviflora and Lupinus argenteus." [2] ... also known as the genistoids sensu stricto, ...
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (/ b r aɪ ˈ ɒ f ə t ə /, [3] / ˌ b r aɪ. ə ˈ f aɪ t ə /) sensu stricto.Bryophyta (sensu lato, Schimp. 1879 [4]) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hornworts. [5]