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单词 consensus
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consensusn.

Brit. /kənˈsɛnsəs/, U.S. /kənˈsɛnsəs/
Etymology: < Latin consensus agreement, accord, sympathy, common feeling, < consens- participial stem of consentīre : see consent v. Used in the physiological sense by Bausner, De consensu partium humani corporis, 1556, whence sense 1 in modern French and English.
1. Physiology. General agreement or concord of different parts or organs of the body in effecting a given purpose; sympathy. Hence transferred of the members or parts of any system of things.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun]
accordmentc1330
accorda1398
consonancya1398
unitya1398
accordancea1400
commoningc1400
convenience1413
correspondence1413
answeringc1425
conformityc1430
consonance1430
congruity1447
concordancec1450
consonantc1475
agreement1495
monochordc1500
conveniencya1513
agreeance1525
agreeableness1531
concinnity1531
congruence1533
harmony?1533
concent1563
tunableness1569
agreeing1575
answerableness1577
concert1578
consent1578
sympathy1578
concord1579
symphonia1579
correspondency1589
atone1595
coherence1597
respondence1598
symphony1598
sortance1600
coherency1603
respondency1603
symbolizing1605
coaptation1614
compositiona1616
sympathizing1632
comportance1648
compliance1649
syntax1649
concinneness1655
symmetry1655
homology1656
consistency1659
consentaneousness1660
consistence1670
comportment1675
harmoniousness1679
symbolism1722
congruousness1727
accordancy1790
sameness1790
consentaneity1798
consilience1840
chime1847
consensus1854
solidarity1874
synchromesh1966
concordancing1976
the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > specific relation between
sympathy1603
consent1615
consensus1854
1854 G. Brimley in Spectator 11 Feb. 165 In the universe..he resolves to see only a vast consensus of forces.
1861 G. Smith Lect. Mod. Hist. 24 There is a general connexion between the different parts of a nation's civilization; call it, if you will, a consensus, provided that the notion of a set of physical organs does not slip in with that term.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. ii. ix. 278 A mutually-dependent set of organs having a consensus of functions.
2.
a. Agreement in opinion; the collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > generally accepted or expressed opinion
voicea1393
vox populic1547
common ground1570
suffrage1576
orthodox1619
cry1628
general compact1750
consensus1861
1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 637 Bishop Colenso is..decidedly against what seems to be the consensus of the Protestant missionaries.
1880 Athenæum 10 Apr. 474/3 A consensus had actually been arrived at on the main features involved.
in extended use.1884 H. A. Holden Plutarch's Themist. 190 The consensus of [the MSS.] ABC leaves no room for doubt about a reading.
b. Also consensus of opinion, consensus of authority, consensus of testimony, etc.
ΚΠ
1858 Sat. Rev. 5 287/1 Supported by a great consensus of very weighty evidence.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist v. i. 289 Sustained by a great consensus of opinion.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.
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1966 New Statesman 21 Oct. 583/3 The essence of consensus politics is directly related to consensus communications.
1967 Listener 3 Aug. 136/2 Consensus journalism—with its millionaire proprietors and its multitudinous advertising departments—has been praised for being politically permissive.
1968 Peace News 10 May 10/2 Cicero..is a more dubious case—an unsuccessful consensus-politician, if ever there was one.

Draft additions July 2010

Genetics. A notional nucleotide or amino acid sequence in which each nucleotide or amino acid is the one most frequently found at that position when a comparison of many sequences of similar structure or function is made. Frequently attributive, esp. in consensus sequence.
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1978 J. F. Catterall et al. in Nature 12 Oct. 511/2 The redundant sequences all vary, yet are related in that they are all contained within the hexanucleotide (5′) T-C-A-G-G-T (3′)... A ‘consensus’ sequence may be derived..by counting the frequency of each nucleotide at positions a–h... Seven junctions contain the consensus C-A-G-G.
1985 J. H. Rogers in D. C. Reanney & P. Chambon Genome Evol. Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes 243 Different mammalian orders have entirely different consensuses.
2002 Jrnl. Heredity 93 341/2 A consensus map for the strictum complex that includes all the detected sites in the three subspecies..has been considered.
2005 D. P. Clark Molecular Biol. vi. 136 Although a few highly expressed genes do have the exact consensus sequences in their promoters, the −10 and −35 region sequences are rarely perfect.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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