(Anatomy)a connecting band of tissue, such as that attaching a flexor tendon to the bone of a finger or toe (剖)纽, 系带
(Mathematics)a horizontal line drawn over a group of terms in a mathematical expression to indicate that they are to be operated on as a single entity by the preceding or following operator (数)线括号
派生 vincular adjective 语源
mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'bond, tie'): from Latin, literally bond', from vincire 'bind'. The term has been used in anatomy since the mid 19th cent