单词 | cross-division |
释义 | cross-divisionn. The division of any group according to more than one principle of division at the same time, so that the species cut across one another and produce confusion; an instance of such an intersecting division. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [noun] > cross-division cross-division1828 1828 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. 246/1 Arguments are divided according to several different principles..And these cross-divisions have proved a source of endless perplexity to the Logical and Rhetorical student. 1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic 60 A division..of men into Frenchmen, Asiatics, the unproductive classes, and barbarians, would be a cross-division. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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