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单词 indivisible
释义 indivisible, a. and n.|ɪndɪˈvɪzɪb(ə)l|
Also 4–6 with y for i; (7–9 erron. -able, 8 -viseable).
[ad. late L. indīvīsibilis, f. in- (in-3) + dīvīsibilis divisible. Cf. F. indivisible (13–14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
A. adj. Not divisible; incapable of being divided (actually, or in thought); incapable of being distributed among a number; incapable of being separated or detached, inseparable (obs.).
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 197 Ech þing þat God contynneþ is maad of partis indyvysible.1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 190 Fayth is a supernaturall lyght, & therfore it is indiuysyble.1553Gardiner True Obed. 43 (R.) [In] all thynges which he created, spake, or did, he was alwaies, together with the Holy Ghost, the indiuisible worker, (one substaunce of the three persons in diuinitie.)1638F. Junius Paint. of Ancients 164 They carried him every where along as an indivisible companion.1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. ix. §1. 135 Dominion (that is) supreme power is indivisible, insomuch as no man can serve two Masters.1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. Wks. 1839 I. 313 Besides, equality and inequality are found out often by the division of the two quantities into parts which are considered as indivisable; as Cavallerius Bonaventura has done in our time, and Archimedes often.1694South Twelve Serm. III. 304 Who can resolve..the Difficulties about the Composition of a continued Quantity, as whether it is Compounded of Parts Divisible or Indivisible?a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 218 A thousand Years is but one Day In God's Indivisible Ray.1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. iii. §86 The consciousness of a self within, a percipient indivisible Ego.1853W. Gregory Inorg. Chem. (ed. 3) 21 According to the atomic hypothesis..matter is composed of certain minute, indivisible particles, or atoms; and consequently cannot be divided infinitely.1870Daily News 11 Nov., M. Gent..calls on the Marseillais in the name of the Republic one and indivisible, to carry on the war without truce or mercy.
B. n. That which is indivisible; an infinitely small particle or quantity.
method of indivisibles: a method of calculating areas, volumes, etc. based on the conception of indivisibles, published by Bonaventura Cavalieri in 1635. (Cf. quot. 1656 in A.)
1644Digby Man's Soul (1645) 140 One instant or indivisible of time.1647H. More Philos. Poems 376 If quantity consists of Indivisibles or Atoms.1656Hobbes 6 Less. Wks. 1845 VII. 301 The method of indivisibles, invented by Bonaventura.1664Power Exp. Philos. Pref. 7 The very Atoms and their reputed Indivisibles and least realities of Matter.1721Bailey, Indivisibles, (in Geometry), are such Elements or Principles, as any Body or Figure, may be supposed to be ultimately resolved into.1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. III. iii. viii. §11. 400 Galileo trod in the steps of Kepler, and..became conversant with indivisibles.
Hence indiˈvisibleness, indivisibility.
1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. ii. §2. 19 In which the intire Trinity doth reside, the Son of God in Person, the Holy Ghost or Spirit of God by Character and impression, and consequently God the Father by the indivisibleness of his essence from their presences.1682H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux O. 220 We will conclude with Mr. Baxter's Conceit of the Indivisibleness of a Spirit.
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