| 释义 |
quaquaversal, a.|kweɪkwəˈvɜːsəl|
Also quâquâ-, quâ-quâ-versal.
[f. late L. quāquāversus, -versum, f. quāquā where-, whithersoever + versus towards.]
Turned or pointing in every direction; chiefly Geol. in phr. quaquaversal dip (see quot. 1877).
1728Nicholls in Phil. Trans. XXXV. 442 The quaquaversal Pressure of the Blood will be controll'd by the Pressure on the Artery. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 394 The slope and quâquâ-versal dip of the beds. 1862Latham Elem. Comp. Philol. 126 The affinities of the Lap are one-sided, those of the Turk (to borrow an expression from the geologists) quaquaversal. 1877A. H. Green Phys. Geol. ix. §3. 347 If the beds dip away in all directions from a centre they are said to have a quaquaversal dip.
Hence quaquaˈversally adv.
1875R. F. Burton Ultima Thule I. 38 The strata all incline gradually and quaquaversally..towards the centre of the island. 1883Burton & Cameron Gold Coast I. iii. 76 A central boss..with lines radiating quaquaversally. |