incompleteadj.

/ɪnkəmˈpliːt/

Etymology: < Latin incomplētus, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + complētus complete adj.: compare French incomplet, -plète, in Old French -plette (1372 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

a. Not complete; not fully formed, made, or done; not whole, entire, or thorough; wanting some part; unfinished, imperfect, defective.

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the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > [adjective]

incompletec1380

rudea1387

imperfecta1398

occasionala1398

unperfecta1398

unperfecteda1513

uncompleted1513

imperfected1552

unfinished1553

unconsummate1609

half-baked1627

illaborate1631

inconsummatea1641

uncrowned1743

stickit1784

unconsummated1813

incompleted1836

behindhand1853

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adjective]

halfa1300

brokec1380

incompletec1380

imperfecta1398

infecta1398

unperfecta1398

uncompletec1430

unfullc1450

partile1576

unentire?1605

half-faced1607

fragmentary1612

broken1634

partiary1654

fractional1675

fractionarya1690

half-way1694

fragmentala1763

half-and-half1796

fragmentitious1827

incompleted1836

sectional1848

mincemeaty1870

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 342 Þe chesyng maad of man is fals signe, and incompleet, for to make Cristis viker.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvi. 125 It pleaseth him in mercie to accompt himselfe incomplete and maimed without vs.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xviii. 152 That they be comparativly incomplete wee need not to denie.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. To Sophronia sig. A4 What I had written was In-compleat.

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 114 If we consider whether an action be compleat or incompleat.

1817 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 39 The abolition [of slavery] was incomplete even in England.

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 91 The Resistance was delivered incomplete ten months after the contractor's agreement.

1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 79 Thou would'st be child for ever, Completer whilst incomplete.

b. In technical uses: incomplete flower, a flower wanting one or more of the normal parts (calyx, corolla, stamens, or pistils). incomplete metamorphosis (in insects, etc.) = imperfect adj. metamorphosis. incomplete areolet: see quot. 1826.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > flower lacking stamen or pistil

incomplete flower1760

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. vii. 87 Such as are incomplete. Note, Calyx or Corolla wanting.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. ix. 101 Incomplete flowers only are found..on separate trees or plants.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 342 Incomplete [areolets], open areolets that terminate short of the margin.

1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 190 Flowers are incomplete, in which any one or more of the four kinds of organs is wanting.

a. Philosophy. incomplete symbol (see quot. 1910).

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [noun] > incomplete symbol

incomplete symbol1910

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [noun] > mathematical or symbolic logic > Polish school of symbolic logic > symbols

parenthesis1880

incomplete symbol1910

stroke1925

horseshoe1926

Sheffer('s) stroke1932

hook1967

tilde1979

1910 A. N. Whitehead & B. Russell Principia Mathematica I. iii. 69 By an ‘incomplete’ symbol we mean a symbol which is not supposed to have any meaning in isolation, but is only defined in certain contexts.

1919 B. Russell Introd. Math. Philos. xvii. 182 Classes are in fact, like descriptions, logical fictions, or (as we say) ‘incomplete symbols’.

1930 L. S. Stebbing Mod. Introd. Logic ix. 156 The notion of an incomplete symbol is required in order to define what is meant by a ‘logical construction’.

1956 J. O. Urmson Philos. Anal. iii. 30 Russell is now writing as though to show that ‘X’ is an incomplete symbol is tantamount to showing that there are no X's.

1967 R. A. George tr. R. Carnap Logical Struct. World ii. §27. 48 These other signs we call, after Frege, incomplete symbols.

1967 R. A. George tr. R. Carnap Logical Struct. World ii. §27. 49 An incomplete symbol designates..a quasi object.

b. Logic and Mathematics. Of a formal logical or mathematical system: containing true propositions for which no proof of validity is possible using only the formal rules of the system. Cf. incompletability n. b.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > mathematical philosophy > [adjective] > of other theories or systems

finitist1904

incomplete1932

proof-theoretic1940

model-theoretic1956

model-theoretical1958

1932 C. I. Lewis & C. H. Langford Symbolic Logic xi. 365 It is to be observed that there is an important respect in which each of these sets is incomplete and therefore open to further determination.

1937 A. Smeaton tr. R. Carnap Logical Syntax Lang. iii. 100 Now, however, Gödel has shown that not only all former systems, but all systems of this kind in general, are incomplete.

1958 E. Nagel & J. R. Newman Gödel's Proof vi. 58 Gödel showed that Principia [Mathematica], or any other system within which arithmetic can be developed, is essentially incomplete.

1970 J. van Heijenoort tr. Gödel Completeness & Consistency in Frege & Gödel 107 If S contains Z, S is incomplete, that is, there are in S propositions..that are undecidable on the basis of the axioms of S, provided that S is w-consistent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	incomplete
释义	incompleteadj. /ɪnkəmˈpliːt/ Etymology: < Latin incomplētus, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + complētus complete adj.: compare French incomplet, -plète, in Old French -plette (1372 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. a. Not complete; not fully formed, made, or done; not whole, entire, or thorough; wanting some part; unfinished, imperfect, defective. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > [adjective] incompletec1380 rudea1387 imperfecta1398 occasionala1398 unperfecta1398 unperfecteda1513 uncompleted1513 imperfected1552 unfinished1553 unconsummate1609 half-baked1627 illaborate1631 inconsummatea1641 uncrowned1743 stickit1784 unconsummated1813 incompleted1836 behindhand1853 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adjective] halfa1300 brokec1380 incompletec1380 imperfecta1398 infecta1398 unperfecta1398 uncompletec1430 unfullc1450 partile1576 unentire?1605 half-faced1607 fragmentary1612 broken1634 partiary1654 fractional1675 fractionarya1690 half-way1694 fragmentala1763 half-and-half1796 fragmentitious1827 incompleted1836 sectional1848 mincemeaty1870 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 342 Þe chesyng maad of man is fals signe, and incompleet, for to make Cristis viker. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvi. 125 It pleaseth him in mercie to accompt himselfe incomplete and maimed without vs. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xviii. 152 That they be comparativly incomplete wee need not to denie. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. To Sophronia sig. A4 What I had written was In-compleat. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 114 If we consider whether an action be compleat or incompleat. 1817 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 39 The abolition [of slavery] was incomplete even in England. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 91 The Resistance was delivered incomplete ten months after the contractor's agreement. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 79 Thou would'st be child for ever, Completer whilst incomplete. b. In technical uses: incomplete flower, a flower wanting one or more of the normal parts (calyx, corolla, stamens, or pistils). incomplete metamorphosis (in insects, etc.) = imperfect adj. metamorphosis. incomplete areolet: see quot. 1826. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > flower lacking stamen or pistil incomplete flower1760 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. vii. 87 Such as are incomplete. Note, Calyx or Corolla wanting. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. ix. 101 Incomplete flowers only are found..on separate trees or plants. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 342 Incomplete [areolets], open areolets that terminate short of the margin. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 190 Flowers are incomplete, in which any one or more of the four kinds of organs is wanting. 2. a. Philosophy. incomplete symbol (see quot. 1910). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [noun] > incomplete symbol incomplete symbol1910 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [noun] > mathematical or symbolic logic > Polish school of symbolic logic > symbols parenthesis1880 incomplete symbol1910 stroke1925 horseshoe1926 Sheffer('s) stroke1932 hook1967 tilde1979 1910 A. N. Whitehead & B. Russell Principia Mathematica I. iii. 69 By an ‘incomplete’ symbol we mean a symbol which is not supposed to have any meaning in isolation, but is only defined in certain contexts. 1919 B. Russell Introd. Math. Philos. xvii. 182 Classes are in fact, like descriptions, logical fictions, or (as we say) ‘incomplete symbols’. 1930 L. S. Stebbing Mod. Introd. Logic ix. 156 The notion of an incomplete symbol is required in order to define what is meant by a ‘logical construction’. 1956 J. O. Urmson Philos. Anal. iii. 30 Russell is now writing as though to show that ‘X’ is an incomplete symbol is tantamount to showing that there are no X's. 1967 R. A. George tr. R. Carnap Logical Struct. World ii. §27. 48 These other signs we call, after Frege, incomplete symbols. 1967 R. A. George tr. R. Carnap Logical Struct. World ii. §27. 49 An incomplete symbol designates..a quasi object. b. Logic and Mathematics. Of a formal logical or mathematical system: containing true propositions for which no proof of validity is possible using only the formal rules of the system. Cf. incompletability n. b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > mathematical philosophy > [adjective] > of other theories or systems finitist1904 incomplete1932 proof-theoretic1940 model-theoretic1956 model-theoretical1958 1932 C. I. Lewis & C. H. Langford Symbolic Logic xi. 365 It is to be observed that there is an important respect in which each of these sets is incomplete and therefore open to further determination. 1937 A. Smeaton tr. R. Carnap Logical Syntax Lang. iii. 100 Now, however, Gödel has shown that not only all former systems, but all systems of this kind in general, are incomplete. 1958 E. Nagel & J. R. Newman Gödel's Proof vi. 58 Gödel showed that Principia [Mathematica], or any other system within which arithmetic can be developed, is essentially incomplete. 1970 J. van Heijenoort tr. Gödel Completeness & Consistency in Frege & Gödel 107 If S contains Z, S is incomplete, that is, there are in S propositions..that are undecidable on the basis of the axioms of S, provided that S is w-consistent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † incompletev. Etymology: < incomplete adj. after complete v. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To render incomplete, to destroy the completeness of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > make incomplete [verb (transitive)] incomplete1656 1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 26 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity Will Christ then..suffer any thing to prevaile against his Church, which is his fulness? What were that but to mayme and incompleate him? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1380v.1656
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incompleteadj.

† incompletev.