predigitaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpriːˈdɪdʒᵻtl/, U.S.

/priˈdɪdʒᵻdl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, digital adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + digital adj.

A. adj.

1. Relating to or characteristic of a period prior to the use of the fingers as a method for counting. rare.

ΚΠ

1875 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 1874 76 The pre-digital numbers so formed might include the 4, the natural order being 2, 1, 4, 3.

1962 M. McLuhan Gutenberg Galaxy 178 There is a mode of calculation that is pre-digital.

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the period preceding the widespread adoption of digital technologies.

ΚΠ

1980 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 31 Oct. b5/2 Time, in fact, is marching backwards—a trend that is seen in the ever-growing popularity of mechanical, pre-digital age clocks.

1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 July 23/6 Most of these errors stem from entrenched predigital habits of microphone placement and mixing the tonal balance at the studio controls.

1990 Classic CD July 86/1 The recording, from around 1964, is not only pre-digital but even pre-Dolby.

1995 D. Marc Bonfire of Humanities 12 If no one was home, those heavy little desk models just kept ringing, perhaps even ‘ringing off the hook’, as the old predigital expression used to go.

B. n.

Ornithology. Either of two remiges attached to the distal phalanx of the middle digit of a bird's wing. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > other types of

wing-covert1815

under-covert1817

contour feather1867

tectrix1874

marginal1887

predigital1887

1887 R. S. Wray in Proc. Zool. Soc. 348 The pre~digitals are the only other remiges of the manus which show modifications of any interest.

1897 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. II. 357 These are again distinguished into a single ad-digital.., two mid-digitals..and two pre-digitals.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xvi. 434 They [sc. the primary quills] are eleven in number, of which six are attached to the middle metacarpal..and two, pre-digital, one of which is small, are attached to the distal phalanx of the middle digit.]

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predigital
释义	predigitaladj.n. Brit. /ˌpriːˈdɪdʒᵻtl/, U.S. /priˈdɪdʒᵻdl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, digital adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + digital adj. A. adj. 1. Relating to or characteristic of a period prior to the use of the fingers as a method for counting. rare. ΚΠ 1875 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 1874 76 The pre-digital numbers so formed might include the 4, the natural order being 2, 1, 4, 3. 1962 M. McLuhan Gutenberg Galaxy 178 There is a mode of calculation that is pre-digital. 2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the period preceding the widespread adoption of digital technologies. ΚΠ 1980 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 31 Oct. b5/2 Time, in fact, is marching backwards—a trend that is seen in the ever-growing popularity of mechanical, pre-digital age clocks. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 July 23/6 Most of these errors stem from entrenched predigital habits of microphone placement and mixing the tonal balance at the studio controls. 1990 Classic CD July 86/1 The recording, from around 1964, is not only pre-digital but even pre-Dolby. 1995 D. Marc Bonfire of Humanities 12 If no one was home, those heavy little desk models just kept ringing, perhaps even ‘ringing off the hook’, as the old predigital expression used to go. B. n. Ornithology. Either of two remiges attached to the distal phalanx of the middle digit of a bird's wing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > other types of wing-covert1815 under-covert1817 contour feather1867 tectrix1874 marginal1887 predigital1887 1887 R. S. Wray in Proc. Zool. Soc. 348 The pre~digitals are the only other remiges of the manus which show modifications of any interest. 1897 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. II. 357 These are again distinguished into a single ad-digital.., two mid-digitals..and two pre-digitals. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xvi. 434 They [sc. the primary quills] are eleven in number, of which six are attached to the middle metacarpal..and two, pre-digital, one of which is small, are attached to the distal phalanx of the middle digit.] This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1875
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