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单词 appropinquation
释义 appropinquation|ˌæprəʊpɪŋˈkweɪʃən|
[ad. L. appropinquātiōn-em, f. appropinquāre: see prec.]
1. The action of coming near, approach.
1628Donne Serm. xlviii. 476 He gave him a rapture..and in that an appropinquation, an approximation to Himselfe.1636Evelyn Mem. App. I. 423 At the appropinquation of the King..the Vice-Chancellor spoke a speech.1670Wallis in Phil. Trans. V. 2074 The Earth and Moon's Appropinquation and Elongation.1842De Morgan Calculus 412 The appropinquation of the straight lines.
2. The action of bringing into contiguity. rare.
1864T. Trollope Lindisf. Chase II. 149 The ants too..evidently communicate intelligence..by the appropinquation of noses.
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