单词 | pertingency |
释义 | † pertingencyn. Obsolete. rare. The fact or condition of reaching so as to touch; contingency. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity > fact or condition of reaching so as to touch pertingency1656 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1712) 3 The Outward Senses, which upon the pertingency of the Object to the Sensitive Organ cannot fail to act. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pertingency, (in Philos.) a reaching to. 1782 Mr. Lemon Diss. Errors Marksmen & Gunmakers 27 The protuberance of the muzle throws your visual line of aim and the centre of your charge so much divergent..that there is no intersection nor pertingency with the range of your shot and visual rays. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1656 |
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