discriminaladj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈskrɪmᵻnl/, U.S.

/dᵻˈskrɪmənl/,

/dᵻˈskrɪmn(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s discriminall, 1600s 1800s– discriminal.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin discriminalis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin discriminalis serving to divide or separate (early 5th cent. in Jerome; already in classical Latin as discrīminālia , plural noun, denoting a hair-clasp (attested in an inscription)) < classical Latin discrīmin- , discrīmen division, distinction (see discriminate v.) + -ālis -al suffix¹.

†1. Palmistry. Designating the line that separates the hand from the arm; = dragon's tail n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > mark on skin > line in palmistry > [noun]

headline1571

lifeline1571

rascette1571

discriminal1652

heart line1652

bracelet1883

fate-line1889

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > other lines

line of the livera1440

sister1558

headline1571

liver line1571

discriminal1652

heart line1652

line of (the) sun1653

natural line1653

sun line1653

dragon's tail1678

fate-line1889

1652 G. Wharton tr. J. Rothmann Κειρομαντία: Art of Divining 3 This Line [sc. the Restricta or Dragon's Tail]..is likewise called the Discriminall Line.

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 224/1 The lines on the palm of the hand are divided into principal and inferior: the former are five—the line of life..the dragon's tail, or discriminal line, between the hand and the arm.

2. Physiology and Psychology. Of or relating to the capacity to discriminate between stimuli; spec. relating to discrimination between different magnitudes of a specific attribute, trait, attitude, etc.

ΚΠ

1914 J. V. Breitwieser Psychol. Exper. ix. 77 Get the maximal illumination for the windows and record the just discriminal setting of the levers that can be discerned.

1965 Jrnl. Math. Psychol. 2 280 The first theoretical attack on the problem of human detection of signals in a noise background was made with statistical decision theory coupled with an assumption that resembles Thurstone's discriminal processes.

2007 Y. K. Kwan et al. in K. T. Froeling Criminol. Res. Focus i. 11 There will be a normally distributed number of discriminal processes on the psychological continuum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discriminal
释义	discriminaladj. Brit. /dᵻˈskrɪmᵻnl/, U.S. /dᵻˈskrɪmənl/, /dᵻˈskrɪmn(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s discriminall, 1600s 1800s– discriminal. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin discriminalis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin discriminalis serving to divide or separate (early 5th cent. in Jerome; already in classical Latin as discrīminālia , plural noun, denoting a hair-clasp (attested in an inscription)) < classical Latin discrīmin- , discrīmen division, distinction (see discriminate v.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. †1. Palmistry. Designating the line that separates the hand from the arm; = dragon's tail n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > mark on skin > line in palmistry > [noun] headline1571 lifeline1571 rascette1571 discriminal1652 heart line1652 bracelet1883 fate-line1889 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > other lines line of the livera1440 sister1558 headline1571 liver line1571 discriminal1652 heart line1652 line of (the) sun1653 natural line1653 sun line1653 dragon's tail1678 fate-line1889 1652 G. Wharton tr. J. Rothmann Κειρομαντία: Art of Divining 3 This Line [sc. the Restricta or Dragon's Tail]..is likewise called the Discriminall Line. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 224/1 The lines on the palm of the hand are divided into principal and inferior: the former are five—the line of life..the dragon's tail, or discriminal line, between the hand and the arm. 2. Physiology and Psychology. Of or relating to the capacity to discriminate between stimuli; spec. relating to discrimination between different magnitudes of a specific attribute, trait, attitude, etc. ΚΠ 1914 J. V. Breitwieser Psychol. Exper. ix. 77 Get the maximal illumination for the windows and record the just discriminal setting of the levers that can be discerned. 1965 Jrnl. Math. Psychol. 2 280 The first theoretical attack on the problem of human detection of signals in a noise background was made with statistical decision theory coupled with an assumption that resembles Thurstone's discriminal processes. 2007 Y. K. Kwan et al. in K. T. Froeling Criminol. Res. Focus i. 11 There will be a normally distributed number of discriminal processes on the psychological continuum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652
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