| 释义 |
agential, a.|eɪˈdʒɛnʃəl|
[f. late L. agentia, or L. agenti- stem of agens (see agent a.) + -al1; cf. essential, prudential.]
Of or pertaining to an agent or agency.
1872F. Hall False Philol. 65 Of the same class with them [‘tangential’ and ‘exponential’] is ‘agential,’ a word of prime utility, as referring, indifferently, to ‘agent’ and to ‘agency.’ Ibid. 60 To obtain an agential substantive complementing the verb photograph. |