metabaticadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈbatɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈbædɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μεταβατικός.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μεταβατικός involving change < ancient Greek μετα- meta- prefix + -βατικός ( < -βατός , adjective corresponding to βαίνειν to go (see basis n.) + -ικός -ic suffix), after μεταβαίνειν (see metabasis n.). In sense 2 after metabasis n.

†1. Physics. metabatic function n. a function whose identity for two substances implies an equilibrium of energy between them. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1855 W. J. M. Rankine Misc. Sci. Papers (1881) 225 The function..whose identity for the two substances expresses the condition of equilibrium of the actual energy between them, may be called the metabatic function for that kind of energy. In the science of thermodynamics the metabatic function is absolute temperature.

2. Rhetoric. Relating to metabasis; serving to link two subjects or points. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > relating to transition

metabatic1900

1900 Expositor Nov. 391 Even if the δέ be genuine..it is not adversative but metabatic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metabatic
释义	metabaticadj. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈbatɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈbædɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μεταβατικός. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μεταβατικός involving change < ancient Greek μετα- meta- prefix + -βατικός ( < -βατός , adjective corresponding to βαίνειν to go (see basis n.) + -ικός -ic suffix), after μεταβαίνειν (see metabasis n.). In sense 2 after metabasis n. †1. Physics. metabatic function n. a function whose identity for two substances implies an equilibrium of energy between them. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1855 W. J. M. Rankine Misc. Sci. Papers (1881) 225 The function..whose identity for the two substances expresses the condition of equilibrium of the actual energy between them, may be called the metabatic function for that kind of energy. In the science of thermodynamics the metabatic function is absolute temperature. 2. Rhetoric. Relating to metabasis; serving to link two subjects or points. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > relating to transition metabatic1900 1900 Expositor Nov. 391 Even if the δέ be genuine..it is not adversative but metabatic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1855
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