单词 | overbound |
释义 | † overboundv.1 Obsolete. rare. intransitive. = overabound v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] > superabound suraboundc1400 overabound?a1425 superabounda1425 overbounda1500 overflowa1522 redound1612 a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 16v (MED) Of Malancoly that ouerboundethe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † overboundv.2 Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1778 H. Laurens Let. 6 July in Papers (1873) II. 473 I have a feeling of joy respecting your General which..seems to overbound all other joy. 1872 J. P. Curran Speeches 128 If anyone is bold enough to tell them they over-bound their duty, they may be tortured into rectitude. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † overboundv.3 Obsolete. rare. transitive. To leap over, overcome. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)] > leap, spring, or jump over leapc900 overleapeOE freea1578 overjump1604 jump1609 overskip1629 fly1719 top1735 spring?a1775 clear1791 overbound1813 over1837 overspring1847 leap-frog1872 vault1884 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ii. 21 All-prevailing wisdom..o'erbounds Those obstacles, of which an earthly soul Fears to attempt the conquest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). overboundv.4 1. transitive. Mathematics. To set an upper bound to (a result, function, etc.). ΚΠ 1959 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 38 639 First, we overbound Ω(θ)/Ω(θ1) using (21). 1980 Operations Res. 28 520 This result overbounds the Poisson approximation in the deterministic case. 2003 M. J. Rycroft Satellite Navigation Syst. 253 The Signal In Space Accuracy..can be defined as a prediction of the minimum standard deviation (1-sigma) of the unbiased Gaussian distribution, which overbounds the signal-in-space error (SISE) distribution for all possible user locations. 2. transitive. Chiefly Geography. To set the bounds of something larger than is appropriate, or larger than the minimum necessary; to draw a boundary so as to include too large an area, category, etc. ΚΠ 1964 Demography 1 185/1 One trend clearly visible in Japan's urbanization from 1920 to 1955 is the increasing tendency to ‘overbound’ urban areas. 1981 A. H. Hawley & S. M. Mazie Nonmetropolitan Amer. in Transition ii. 81 The use of a thirty-mile ring around a central city to indicate a metro area may overbound or underbound the metro areas. 1991 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 53 942/2 Sex ratio effects may go undetected when the sex ratio is measured for units such as the nation or region that overbound marriage markets. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : † over-boundadv. < see also |
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