释义 |
aˈttingent, a. and n. [f. L. attingentem, pr. pple. of attingĕre: see attinge.] A. adj. Touching, in contact. †B. n. Obs. That which comes in contact.
1578Banister Hist. Man. i. 37 The sides are attingent to the sides of y⊇ vj and iiij bones [of the foot]. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 302 With hard pricks it punges its attingents. 1895M. H. N. Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. ii. §15. 16 To each octant there will correspond three adjacent octants, which have each one axial plane in common with the original octant; three attingent octants, in contact with it only along an axis. |