septa

[ sep-tuh ]

noun

1. the plural of septum.

septa

/ ˈsɛptə /

noun

1. the plural of septum

Example Sentences

The fibers also lack internal walls called septa that often divide such tubes into cells.

From Scientific American

Klug described how these walls, or septa, "were attached to the inside of the coiled shell tube. The line of attachment becomes visible, when the shell is weathered away. These lines are called suture lines."

From Salon

Light poles? @eagles fans scale the top of awnings and the covering to the @septa entrance on the Broad Street line.

From Washington Post

They are perfect diagrams of the apparent equality and actual inequality of the tech sphere, where impermeable septa divide those in the inner circles from the rest.

From The Guardian

The specimens may share characteristics with red algae, he says, but it would take more than a few septa to convince him that they are true eukaryotes.

From Nature