单词 | concretion |
释义 | concretionn. 1. a. The action or process of growing together or of uniting in one mass; concrescence, coalescence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > coalescence or fusion concretion1603 coalition1605 confusion?1608 coagulation1622 coalescence1652 concrement1656 fusion1776 coalescent1784 solution1820 intergrowtha1859 symphytism1871 fusing1886 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 672 An egge hath the generation and concretion within the bodie onely of a living creature. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. §14 The concretion of bodyes by the concourse of these Atoms. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vii. 288 Upon great Mutations of the World perfect Creatures were first ingendred of Concretion. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 246 These two substances were perfectly soft..at the moment of their concretion. 1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (1869) I. 264 Have we not the idea of a wood, or a forest?.. These are instances of the concretion of synchronous ideas. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 130 A cohesion, of the styles, by which their tendency to concretion may be recognised. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion > formation of petrifaction?a1425 concretion?1541 lithiasis1657 petrescency1662 lapillation1722 ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Hj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens [They] do crud & make concrecyon in ye partyes of the bulke or oesophage. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 537 Such obstinate concretion and obstruction..as bring on gout. 2. Congelation or coagulation of a liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [noun] > state of being coagulated > coagulation runninga1398 congealmentc1400 quailing1440 coagulationc1477 congelation1547 clodding1552 curdlea1591 clottering1611 concretion1617 clotter1658 concoagulationa1691 congealing1739 thrombosis1857 coagulating1872 clotting1880 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 340 Concretion is diuaporation of humidity in fluid things, by gentle decoction on fire. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Concretion, a congealment. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 275 Fluids capable of concretion. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 419/1 The blood's speedy concretion in debility. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] colligation1502 colligance?1541 connexity1603 concretion1605 connection1609 connexure1615 band1631 connectedness1844 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xvii. 93 It is..freed from all mortal concretion. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xv. §18 If we consider good life in union and concretion with particular..actions of piety. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. viii. 243 The soul..is blind of this Eye, because of her concretion with this mortal body. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xi. 613 Clear from all mortal concretion. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > [noun] > consistency compage1550 concretion1606 consistence1626 compages1660 consistencya1661 constitution1668 consisture1776 1606 Bp. J. King Serm. Sept. 14 Of a strange composition and concretion. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 129 Other starres might also attain to the like luminous concretion. 1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 31 Diminished in its hardness and concretion. 5. quasi-concrete. A concrete mass of (anything). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > a dense or solid thing or body > of something clouda1350 clota1398 clodc1420 cake1549 dodge1562 concretion1617 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §568 Some Plants..Being supposed to grow of some Concretion of Slime from the Water. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xx. 337 Salt is a Concretion of Sea-water. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 651 A concretion of marine shells. 1886 H. B. Wheatley in Antiquary Feb. 58/2 The pearl is a mere concretion of the carbonate of lime forming the shell. 6. concrete. A solid mass formed by aggregation and cohesion of particles; a lump, nodule, clot: esp. (a) (Pathology) a hard morbid formation in the body, a calculus, stone; (b) (Geology) a mass formed by aggregation of solid particles, usually around a nucleus; characteristic of certain rocks (cf. concretionary adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > a dense or solid thing or body clota1000 goba1382 massa1382 gobbetc1384 clustera1387 lumpa1400 grume1555 solidity1604 concrescence1610 concression1613 concretion1646 ponderant1656 condensation1665 clumper1673 clue1674 solid1698 clump1699 wodge1847 density1858 boulder1861 doorstop1967 swadge1968 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [noun] congelation1605 concretion1646 lapidescency1646 petrifaction1667 petrification1677 mineralization1799 permineralization1893 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion stonec1000 felta1548 toph1598 gravel-stone1606 tophus1607 concretion1646 talusa1728 calculus1732 osteid1855 concrement1885 inolith1886 milkstone1892 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > formed by coalescence or cohesion clota1000 conglutination?1533 coagulation1646 concretion1646 coagmentation1678 fusion1823 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 137 Conceiving the stones..to be a Minerall concretion . View more context for this quotation 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iii. 61 Stones..to which earthy concretions may be annexed by way of affinity. 1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 33 He cut a stony Concretion out of the Liver. 1823 C. Lamb Imperfect Sympathies in Elia 133 Such poor concretions as mankind. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xxxiv. 285 Tabasheer..is a silicious concretion found in the joints of the bamboo. 1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 123 Nodules like those of chert and ironstone..and the grape-like clusters of the magnesian limestone, are termed ‘concretions’, as formed by a molecular aggregation distinct from crystallisation. 7. a. The action of making, or condition of being, concrete (see concrete adj. 5). ? Obsolete. †in concretion: in the concrete (see concrete adj. 5). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adverb] > concretely concretively1637 in concretion1642 concretely1654 in the concrete1655 the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > concreteness > embodiment incarnation1615 concretion1642 corporality1642 incorporation1642 corporification1651 substantiation1770 embodiment1858 insubstantiation1867 bodiment1873 concretization1939 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 152 In such distinction and subordination & in concretion a Presbyter is sometimes called Sacerdos. 1751 J. Harris Hermes iii. i. 306 But the Mind surmounts all power of Concretion. b. The result of such action; embodiment in a concrete form; a concrete thing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > concreteness > that which is concrete congest1625 concrete1656 concretion1841 1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 401 If our national institutions are but so many concretions of the national will. 1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) 195 All knowledge and all thought are concrete, and deal only with concretions—the concretion of the particular and the universal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?1541 |
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