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单词 dimensive
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dimensiveadj.

/dɪˈmɛnsɪv/
Etymology: < Latin dīmens- participial stem (see dimense v.) + -ive suffix.
Now rare or Obsolete.
1. Having, or related to, physical dimension or extension in space. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measurable
estimablec1460
measurable1565
dimensive1570
mensurablea1600
quantitive1626
commensurable1654
dimensurable1660
metesome1674
gaugeable1768
quantifiable1868
evaluable1880
dimensionable1884
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 296/1 In heauen the existence of his body is dimensiue.
1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. x. 434 When two vnequall dimensiue quantities are placed togither.
1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 106 Matter is..the first subject of dimensive spacious Quantity.
2. Serving to measure or trace out the dimensions of something. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > that measures > serving to measure
dimensive1599
mensurative1645
1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 23 All bodies haue their measure, and their space, But who can draw the Soules dimensiue lines?
1610 Histrio-mastix i. 43 The very state of Peace shall seeme to shine In every figure or dimensive lyne.
3. Of or belonging to dimension or magnitude; dimensional. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective]
dimensional1816
dimensive1844
1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 250 A few of the streets in the European town are of great dimensions;..the Chowringhee-road..is nearly two miles long, and in average width not less than eighty feet... The Dhurrumtollah is nearly equal, in dimensive character, to this.

Derivatives

diˈmensively adv. Obsolete
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [adverb] > in a measurable manner
dimensively1601
measurably1861
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 55 Neither spirites nor diuels (they being no corporal substances stretched out by Dimensions..) may truely be said to be in a place commensuratiuelie, or dimensiuelie.
diˈmensiveness n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > condition of having
dimensiveness1601
dimensionality1875
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 89 It ariseth..from the finitenesse, and dimensiuenesse of the angelicall nature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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