单词 | corresponding |
释义 | correspondingn. The action of correspond v. ΚΠ 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xv. 201 What ever good we do, is a corresponding to, and as it were an assisting, him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). correspondingadj. 1. a. That corresponds or answers to another; correspondent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > corresponding or matching evenOE accordingc1300 answeringc1443 correspondentc1460 agreeing1533 answerable1534 suitable1548 suit-like1555 well-matched1576 corresponding1579 corresponsivea1616 matching1630 schematic1701 companionable1823 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos ii. v. 40 Which Deducted from the corresponding parte of the Divisible leaueth o. 1683 W. Soames tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Art of Poetry i. 11 Diff'ring parts have Corresponding Grace. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 140 An obtuse angle in the lower mandible..a corresponding angle in the upper one. 1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. 127 The triangles are..similar; therefore their corresponding sides are proportional. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. 481 His reserve..was met by a corresponding caution. b. corresponding points n. any pair of points (one on each retina) which give rise to a single visual impression of an object whose image falls upon them. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > retina > other parts of retina macula1670 fundus1682 yellow spot1798 macula lutea1818 ora serrata1833 corresponding points1841 identical points1841 blind spot1864 fixation-point1890 cyanolabe1958 1841 W. Mackenzie Physiol. Vision xvi. 253 (heading) Corresponding or identical points of the retina. 1879 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 828/1 If,..by means of a stereoscope, or by holding a card between the two eyes, and causing a slight convergence of the eyes, the two images are brought upon corresponding points of the two retinæ, the image will at once be seen in relief. 1906 J. R. Murlin tr. R. Tigerstedt Text-bk. Human Physiol. 555 Those points of the retinæ upon which the same parts of the two images fall are called corresponding points. 1907 W. H. Howell Physiol. (ed. 2) 350 Corresponding or identical points in the two retinas. 1963 G. L. Walls Vertebr. Eye x. 317 The two images of any object-point must fall upon ‘corresponding points’ of the two retinæ if they are to be fused. 2. That corresponds by letters. corresponding member of a society: one residing at a distance, who corresponds with the society by letters, but has no deliberative voice in its affairs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > [adjective] > corresponding corresponding1772 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > other types of member fellowc1405 entrant1560 redemptionary1583 honorary1675 confrere1753 constituent1755 corresponding member1772 new (also fresh) blood1782 life member1813 young blood1830 old guard1841 cardholder1869 hardcore1922 fully paid-up member1960 teleocrat1971 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. 373 The royal academy of sciences..were pleased to express their esteem..by admitting him a corresponding member. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 311 Corresponding misses fill the ream With sentimental frippery. 1872 A. P. Stanley Lect. Ch. Scotl. (title page) Corresponding member of the Institute of France. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1672adj.1579 |
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