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单词 quadripartition
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quadripartitionn.

Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻpɑːˈtɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌkwɑdrəˌpɑrˈtɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1600s quadrupartition, 1600s– quadripartition.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadripartītiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin quadripartītiō, quadripertītiō division into four parts (Varro) < quadripartītus , quadripertītus quadripartite adj. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare earlier quadripartite adj.With the form quadrupartition compare quadru- comb. form.
Division into four parts.
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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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