| 释义 |
subdiˈvisional, a.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of the nature of subdivision; pertaining to subdivision, or a subdivision; consisting of a subdivision.
1656in Petty Down Survey (1851) 90 In making of provinciall lots, subdivisionall lotts must follow, soe far as they could be practized, to promote the settlement of the army. 1834J. P. Smith Script. & Geol. Sci. (1839) 60 Particular formations, one, two, or more in a system or subdivisional group. 1847Grote Greece ii. xxii. III. 463 The Italians or Itali.., the Morgetes, and the Chaones, all of them names of tribes either cognate or subdivisional. 1864Athenæum No. 1920. 215/2 Subdivisional multiplications and production by budding. 1898Daily News 24 Jan. 3/4 The station is a subdivisional one for the E Division. |