单词 | dichotomizing |
释义 | dichotomizingn. The action of dichotomize v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] dichotomy1588 dichotomizing1623 bipartition1652 bisection1656 1623 E. Misselden Circle of Commerce 73 Who was so admirable in all the Arts, and aboue all the rest, in this Logicall skill of Dichotomizing. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xv. 255 The Turks, who in the dichotomizing of the world fall under the Northern part. a1691 R. Baxter Reliquæ Baxterianæ (1696) iii. 69 I had been Twenty Six Years convinced that Dichotomizing will not do it. 1855 F. McCoy Descr. Brit. Palæozoic Fossils 198 in A. Sedgwick Synopsis Classif. Brit. Palæozoic Rocks From the dichotomising of the lateral ribs they often seem to arch outwards. 1933 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 8 130 It is generally admitted that the dichotomising of behavior is not the unambiguous procedure that it was once thought to be. 1989 New Scientist 3 June 61/3 The struggle over classification, the dichotomising of masculine and feminine, is a political struggle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dichotomizingadj. That dichotomizes (in various senses); characterized by (the use of) dichotomy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > composed of many parts > branching dichotomizing1606 branching1720 dichotomous1752 ramulose1753 subramose1797 trichotomous1801 tetrachotomous1829 ramellose1853 alar1858 biramose1877 biramous1877 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adjective] > division into two categories dichotomizing1606 dichotomous1752 dichotomic1825 dichotomistic1847 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia To Ladies sig. A3 He ha's no fine Dichotomizing wit. 1651 J. Rocket Christian Subj. Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Protection this desires not (though never more needed than in this crititall [sic] and dichotomizing age). 1830 G. Darley Familiar Astron. vii. 158 The dichotomizing line shall be upright to the ring. 1881 Jrnl. Microsc. Soc. Jan. 5 Numerous, long, sparsely dichotomising, biserial branches. 1933 T. G. Halle Struct. Certain Fossil Spore-bearing Organs 58 (caption) Derivation of a pinnule from a dichotomizing branch-system. 1977 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 64 1061/1 A more recent sampling yielded a high proportion of dichotomizing apices. 2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory viii. 598 Levi-Strauss and the French structuralists may well be correct in holding that human brains work best as dichotomizing machines at single levels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623adj.1606 |
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