| 释义 |
tetraˈchotomy, n.
[f. as prec. + -tomy.]
a. Division into four branches.
b. Logic. A division having four members.
a1856W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics & Logic (1860) IV. xxv. 23 If a division has only two members, it is called a dichotomy;..if four, a tetrachotomy. 1858C. J. Ellicott Destiny Creature Notes 172 Bull's theory is, in fact, really a ‘tetrachotomy’—body, soul, spirit, and Holy Spirit. |