Member vs Membrane - What's the difference?
member | membrane |
One who officially belongs to a group.
A part of a whole.
* 1979 , Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia",
Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
* Bible, Rom. xii. 4
The penis.
(logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
(set theory) An element of a set.
(computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
(AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
(math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
(obsolete) To remember.
(obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
(Webster 1913)
1000 English basic words
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A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
As nouns the difference between member and membrane
is that member is member (person) while membrane is membrane.member
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).Alternative forms
* membre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
- The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
- We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.