dimidiateadj.

/dɪˈmɪdɪət/

/dʌɪˈmɪdɪət/

Etymology: < Latin dīmidiātus, past participle of dīmidiāre to halve, < dīmidium half, < di-, dis- asunder + medius mid, medium middle.

1. Divided into halves; halved, half.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adjective] > division into two equal parts > divided into halves

dimidiated1572

dimidiate1768

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 278 The dimidiate platform of your staircase.

1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 25 He..allows his hero a sort of dimidiate pre-eminence:—‘Bully Dawson kicked by half the town, and half the town kicked by Bully Dawson’.

1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 43 Dimidiate quantification.

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. iii. 61 When the tree is dimidiate, one half the green, the other the red shades of colour.

2. Botany and Zoology.

a. Of an organ: Having one part much smaller than the other, so as to appear to be wanting.

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1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §6. 255 The anther of Gomphrena is completely unilocular by abortion..of the companion cell. Thus losing one half, it is said to be dimidiate, or halved.

b. Split in two on one side, as the calyptra of some mosses.

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1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 322 The dimidiate calyptra.

1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 432 Dimidiate, a tubular calicle bisected vertically nearly to its base.

1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses Gloss. 312 Dimidiate, the same with cucullate.

c. Zoology. Relating to the lateral halves of an organism: applied to hermaphrodites having one side male and the other female.

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1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) 18 Insects, like crustaceans, are occasionally subject to one-sided or dimidiate hermaphroditism.

Compounds

In botanical terms, as dimidiate-cordate, said of a dimidiate leaf (see 2a) of which the full-grown part is cordate; so dimidiate-oblong, dimidiate-obovoid. (Sometimes written dimidiato-cordate, etc.)

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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Dimidiato-cordate, when the larger half of a dimidiate leaf is cordate.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 329 Euphorbia peplis..leaves dimidiate-cordate.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 435 Leersia oryzoides..Spikelet dimidiate-oblong.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dimidiatev.

/dɪˈmɪdɪeɪt/

/dʌɪˈmɪdɪeɪt/

Etymology: < participial stem of Latin dīmidiāre: see dimidiate adj.

1. transitive. To divide into halves; to halve; to reduce to the half.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > divide in two [verb (transitive)] > divide into two equal parts

halvea1300

medie?c1425

mediate1543

midmeasure1578

dimidiate1623

bisect1646

halfen1677

middle1703

hemisect1885

medisect1886

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Dimediate, to part into two parts.

1652 W. Sclater Civil Magistr. (1653) 42 Who dimidiate Christ, would have him onely by halfes.

1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris (1663) 321 Dimidiated, as 'twere by forked tongues.

1789 S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 412 I hope he had a complete service, not mutilated and dimidiated, as it was for poor Johnson at the Abbey.

2. Heraldry. To cut in half; to represent only half of (a bearing), esp. in one half of a shield party per pale: see dimidiated adj., dimidiation n.

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1864 [see dimidiating n. at Derivatives].

1893 E. Howlett in Reliquary July 160 The arms of the Cinque Ports, England dimidiating azure three ships' hulls in pale or.

Derivatives

diˈmidiating n.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > the various coats combined on a shield > combining two or more coats > specific

quarteringa1450

impaling1605

discincture1610

impalement1778

dimidiation1780

tierce1847

dimidiating1864

1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xiv. §1. 146 This was styled Impaling by Dimidiation or Dimidiating.

1880 J. L. Warren Guide Study Book-plates 128 The sinister shield bears the dexter half of an escutcheon charged with a wheel, impaling the sinister half of a shield charged with a fleur-de-lis (this is called ‘dimidiating’).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	dimidiate
释义	dimidiateadj. /dɪˈmɪdɪət//dʌɪˈmɪdɪət/ Etymology: < Latin dīmidiātus, past participle of dīmidiāre to halve, < dīmidium half, < di-, dis- asunder + medius mid, medium middle. 1. Divided into halves; halved, half. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adjective] > division into two equal parts > divided into halves dimidiated1572 dimidiate1768 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 278 The dimidiate platform of your staircase. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 25 He..allows his hero a sort of dimidiate pre-eminence:—‘Bully Dawson kicked by half the town, and half the town kicked by Bully Dawson’. 1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 43 Dimidiate quantification. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. iii. 61 When the tree is dimidiate, one half the green, the other the red shades of colour. 2. Botany and Zoology. a. Of an organ: Having one part much smaller than the other, so as to appear to be wanting. ΚΠ 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §6. 255 The anther of Gomphrena is completely unilocular by abortion..of the companion cell. Thus losing one half, it is said to be dimidiate, or halved. b. Split in two on one side, as the calyptra of some mosses. ΚΠ 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 322 The dimidiate calyptra. 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 432 Dimidiate, a tubular calicle bisected vertically nearly to its base. 1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses Gloss. 312 Dimidiate, the same with cucullate. c. Zoology. Relating to the lateral halves of an organism: applied to hermaphrodites having one side male and the other female. ΚΠ 1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) 18 Insects, like crustaceans, are occasionally subject to one-sided or dimidiate hermaphroditism. Compounds In botanical terms, as dimidiate-cordate, said of a dimidiate leaf (see 2a) of which the full-grown part is cordate; so dimidiate-oblong, dimidiate-obovoid. (Sometimes written dimidiato-cordate, etc.) ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Dimidiato-cordate, when the larger half of a dimidiate leaf is cordate. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 329 Euphorbia peplis..leaves dimidiate-cordate. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 435 Leersia oryzoides..Spikelet dimidiate-oblong. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dimidiatev. /dɪˈmɪdɪeɪt//dʌɪˈmɪdɪeɪt/ Etymology: < participial stem of Latin dīmidiāre: see dimidiate adj. 1. transitive. To divide into halves; to halve; to reduce to the half. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > divide in two [verb (transitive)] > divide into two equal parts halvea1300 medie?c1425 mediate1543 midmeasure1578 dimidiate1623 bisect1646 halfen1677 middle1703 hemisect1885 medisect1886 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Dimediate, to part into two parts. 1652 W. Sclater Civil Magistr. (1653) 42 Who dimidiate Christ, would have him onely by halfes. 1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris (1663) 321 Dimidiated, as 'twere by forked tongues. 1789 S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 412 I hope he had a complete service, not mutilated and dimidiated, as it was for poor Johnson at the Abbey. 2. Heraldry. To cut in half; to represent only half of (a bearing), esp. in one half of a shield party per pale: see dimidiated adj., dimidiation n. ΚΠ 1864 [see dimidiating n. at Derivatives]. 1893 E. Howlett in Reliquary July 160 The arms of the Cinque Ports, England dimidiating azure three ships' hulls in pale or. Derivatives diˈmidiating n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > the various coats combined on a shield > combining two or more coats > specific quarteringa1450 impaling1605 discincture1610 impalement1778 dimidiation1780 tierce1847 dimidiating1864 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xiv. §1. 146 This was styled Impaling by Dimidiation or Dimidiating. 1880 J. L. Warren Guide Study Book-plates 128 The sinister shield bears the dexter half of an escutcheon charged with a wheel, impaling the sinister half of a shield charged with a fleur-de-lis (this is called ‘dimidiating’). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1768v.1623
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