单词 | quadripartition |
释义 | quadripartitionn. Division into four parts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > division into four quadrature1578 quadripartitiona1661 quadrisection1673 quadripartiting1702 tetrachotomy1858 tetramerism1888 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) 125 Here to avoid all offence we collect the Quality of this Soyle from a Native thereof. Who may be presumed exact in this quadri-partition. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 144 The..Rules..of Logarithms, whereby..the Square Root [is] extracted by Bipartition..the Biquadrate Root by Quadrupartition, &c. 1734 Builder's Dict. II Quadripartition, dividing by four. 1886 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 528 This convenient quadri-partition of the month. 1918 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 5 392 In most instances there is apparently perfect quadripartition. 1960 S. Potter Lang. in Mod. World v. 63 We might attempt a more discriminating quadripartition of languages into isolating, flexional, agglutinative, and incorporating. 2002 C. Baker Absolutism & Sci. Revol. 128 Published in Leyden in 1638, the Discourses..retains the characters, dialogical style, and quadripartition of the Dialogue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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