单词 | physio- |
释义 | physio-comb. form1 Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘relating to nature; natural and ——’. ΚΠ 1844 W. Upton Physioglyphics 101 In a literal hieroglyphic, therefore, or what I shall now more aptly term a physioglyphic, no name must be involved. The letter, as the representative of a thing, only denotes such characteristic qualities as the idea of that thing may excite in the mind. ΚΠ 1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 60 The Meteorologians answer not so fully satisfactorie as theirs, who treate of spirits, whom I may well call Physiognosticks. physiognosy n. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪˈɒɡnəsi/ , U.S. /ˌfɪziˈɑɡnəsi/ rare (a) natural science, the study of nature; (b) the branch of geology that deals with the structure and composition of rocks, as distinct from their origin and development.ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > biology biology1799 organomy1801 physiognosya1832 biological science1856 organonomy1857 life science1861 biognosy1880 bugs1900 bioscience1941 bio1943 a1832 J. Bentham Ess. Logic in Wks. (1843) VIII. 284 Natural History..which..may more aptly and expressively, it should seem, be designated by the term Physiognosy. 1885 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 23 226 It should consist of three parts or sections, first Statical Geognosy or Physiognosy. 1950 T. A. Goudge Thought of C. S. Peirce ii. 47 This class divides into two subclasses, the physical and the psychical sciences, or ‘physiognosy’ and ‘psychognosy’. The former studies the working of efficient causation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > person who studies > [noun] > natural history naturalist1600 natural historian1640 physiologist1653 naturala1682 field naturalist1789 physiophilist1804 natural scientist1872 naturist1925 wildlifer1963 1804 S. T. Coleridge Let. to R. Sharp in Lett. (1895) 448 I have met with several genuine Philologists, Philonoists, Physiophilists, keen hunters after knowledge and science. physioplastic adj. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪə(ʊ)ˈplastɪk/ , U.S. /ˌfɪzioʊˈplæstɪk/ formed or determined by nature.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > natural or existing in nature kindlOE kindlyc1225 naturalc1390 kindlike1489 native1560 real1602 physiurgic1817 physioplastica1832 physiurgoscopica1832 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective] > of living thing > of human physioplastica1832 a1832 J. Bentham Ess. Logic in Wks. (1843) VIII. 284/1 In their physioplastic state, in the state in which, fashioned by the hand of nature, they [sc. bodies] are found in the bosom of nature. 1988 Current Anthropol. 29 309/2 Contrary to what Halverson does in his exposition, it does not demand the creation of stages (‘ideoplastic’, ‘physioplastic’, or whatever). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > magic lantern > types of lucernal microscope1743 megascope1831 oxyhydrogen microscope1839 physioscope1844 aphengescope1869 sciopticon1870 stereopticon1875 anarithmoscope1882 tri-unial1891 triple1892 episcope1909 1844 Times 5 Apr. 1 The arrangement for the Easter Holidays includes the exhibition of Longbottom's physioscope. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 64/2 The physioscope is a modification of the magic lantern. physioscopy n. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪˈɒskəpi/ , U.S. /ˌfɪziˈɑskəpi/ rare the representation in art of various phenomena of perspective, light, and colour as perceived in nature.ΚΠ 1904 H. Spencer Autobiogr. II. xlvi. 193 (note) Under ‘physioscopy’ I propose to include the rendering of the phenomena of linear perspective, of aerial perspective, of light and shade, and of colour in so far as it is determined not by artistic choice, but by natural conditions. physiosophic adj. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪəˈsɒfɪk/ , U.S. /ˌfɪziəˈsɑfɪk/ rare of or relating to Naturphilosophie.ΚΠ 1821 S. T. Coleridge Note 22 Sept. in Marginalia (2000) V. 427 Much of what is most valuable in the physiosophic works of Schelling, Schubert and Eschenmeyer is to be found anticipated in this supposed Dementato. 1937 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 47 267 The author's physiosophic explanations of the spiritual, ethical, and social life of man are hardly either as convincing or as obvious as he so passionately believes. physiosophy n. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪˈɒsəfi/ , U.S. /ˌfɪziˈɑsəfi/ rare = Naturphilosophie n., physiophilosophy n.ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > natural history > assumption of knowledge physiosophy1816 1816 S. T. Coleridge Let. 16 July (1959) IV. 654 According to the Physiosophy (Natúr-philosophie) of the Schellingians, the Air..is at present in a very bad state of Health. 1937 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 47 267 The author contends that in conformity with the abstract, invisible, and stuffless realities of subatomic and stellar physics a new science of the spirit is in process of development, which he terms ‘physiosophy’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). physio-comb. form2 Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘relating to physiology; physiological and ——’. physiosociological adj. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪə(ʊ)səʊʃ(ɪ)əˈlɒdʒᵻkl/ , /ˌfɪzɪə(ʊ)səʊsɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌfɪzioʊˌsoʊsiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ , /ˌfɪzioʊˌsoʊʃ(i)əˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ rare combining physiology and sociology.ΚΠ 1904 Westm. Gaz. 29 June 2/1 The average medical man cannot afford the leisure for the systematic study of the physio-sociological problems that lie in his path. 1945 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 16 239/1 Physiosociological chirography: ‘The Influence of Muscular Atrophy on the Neo-Cuneiform Script of Debutantes' Cigarette Endorsements’. 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