adequationn.

Brit.

/ˌadᵻˈkweɪʒn/, U.S.

/ædəˈkweɪʒ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s– adequation, 1600s adaequation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin adaequation-, adaequatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin adaequation-, adaequatio agreement (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), action or fact of balancing or levelling (13th cent. in British sources), correspondence (from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin adaequāt- , past participial stem of adaequāre adequate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly later adequate v.In sense 4 after German adäquation ( J. Stöcklein Bedeutungswandel der Wörter (1898) 20 et seq.).

†1. The action of equalling, or fact of being equal to. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Eiii^v Let vs with Themistocles, set before our eyes one of the excellentest to imitate, in whose example insisting, our industry may be doubled, to the adequation of his praise.

1611 T. Higgons Serm. Pauls Crosse 13 If therefore we will obtain and retain the loue of God, we must be as he is..Not by adequation; that is beyond our power: but by imitation, that is our duety.

1686 H. C. tr. Aristotle Rhetoric iii. ix. 188 Adequation is when the members are equal.

2. The result of being made equal, balanced or commensurate; equivalence; exact correspondence; (also occasionally concrete) an equivalent. Frequently, esp. in early use, in philosophical contexts with reference to truth (cf. adequately adv. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun]

comparison1340

evennessa1398

evenhead?a1400

equipollencec1430

pareil?c1450

equalityc1460

comparation1483

egalness1526

equalness1530

equivalency1535

eveningc1540

equivalencea1542

indifferency1569

owelty1579

coequality1583

mateship1593

equal1596

adequation1605

parity1609

parility1610

matchableness1611

equipollency1623

equiparance1624

egality1628

equipage1633

comparitya1635

omniparity1635

peership1641

exequation1656

equipoise1658

equipotency1658

countervalue1660

adequateness1664

commensurablenessa1676

peerage1681

égalité1794

peerdom1891

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. iv. 116 The perfect combination, adequation, equabilitie of elements.

1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker v. 50 The truth..importeth a certaine adequation or leuelling of a thing with the vnderstanding.

a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) xi. 102 Then are the words uttered true, when there is a just adequation between them and the mind.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 98 The arme..of King Edward the first..is notoriously known to have been the adequation of a yard.

1726 W. Penn Wks. I. 452 There ought to be an Adequation and Resemblance betwixt all Ends, and the Means to them.

1797 G. Brown Philos. no Friend to Atheism iv. 28 Though we feign our imagination a million centuries old, yet it has no sensible adequation to his eternity.

1897 C. H. Bromby tr. Dante Question of Water & Land 39 There may be here an adequation of weight, where there may not be an adequation of quantity.

1942 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 2 vi. 65 Truth is the adequation of intellect and things: beauty is a joyful, lovable, reposeful, tranquil adequation.

2010 B. Blundell Paul Ricoeur between Theol. & Philos. v. 108 Searching for adequation between our life plan and our concrete decisions becomes an act of self-interpretation.

3. The action of making commensurate, equal, or balanced; the matching or proportioning of one thing to another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > making equal

coequation1471

perequation1611

equiparation1615

pariation1623

adequation1650

equation1656

equalization1793

nivellization1947

1650 Andrewes's Pattern Catechistical Doctr. (new ed.) viii. x. 489 We laid down diverse rules before, concerning the adequation of the price to the value of the thing contracted for.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §295. 218 There is required an adæquation of the remedy to the indisposition.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 87 The concoction and maturation of Defluxions, is the moderation or adequation of their substance.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler V. Contents The adequation of punishments to crimes.

1832 Instr. to Assistant Commissioners (Poor Law Commissioners) 42 The adequation of their numbers to the demand for labour.

1866 Q. Rev. 119 74 The growing strength of criticism in society must be met by the continuous adequation of a like reflective strength in the individual.

1938 S. Beckett Murphy x. 216 My attitude..being the auscultation, execution and adequation of the voices, or rather voice, of Reason and Philautia.

1966 Times 12 Dec. 7/5 Dr. Jorge Salimei..told the press that there had not been any devaluation—merely the ‘adequation’ of the peso to its true value.

2004 L. Zuidervaart Artistic Truth ii. 35 Theoretical truth involves the adequation of intellect to thing; practical truth involves the adequation of thing to intellect.

4. Linguistics. In or with reference to the theories of Gustaf Stern: a type of semantic change arising from a change in the perception of a word's referent, e.g. the word horn coming to refer to a wind instrument as this became the predominant use for animal horns.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > types of semantic change > [noun]

usurpation1644

amelioration1871

pejoration1889

adequation1931

permutation1931

melioration1939

loan-shift1950

signal reaction1976

1931 G. Stern Meaning & Change of Meaning xiv. 387 I define adequation as an unintentional sense-change consisting in a shift of attention from one characteristic of the word referent to another.

1967 R. A. Waldron Sense & Sense Devel. vi. 135 No change of meaning occurs in such cases until there is adequation, or change in the word's criteria of reference.

2003 K. Queller in H. Cuyckens et al. Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics 237 There is no need for any separate adjustment process (Stern's adequation) in order to free the innovative sense from the particular contextual nexus that gave rise to it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	adequation
释义	adequationn. Brit. /ˌadᵻˈkweɪʒn/, U.S. /ædəˈkweɪʒ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s– adequation, 1600s adaequation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin adaequation-, adaequatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin adaequation-, adaequatio agreement (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), action or fact of balancing or levelling (13th cent. in British sources), correspondence (from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin adaequāt- , past participial stem of adaequāre adequate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly later adequate v.In sense 4 after German adäquation ( J. Stöcklein Bedeutungswandel der Wörter (1898) 20 et seq.). †1. The action of equalling, or fact of being equal to. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Eiii^v Let vs with Themistocles, set before our eyes one of the excellentest to imitate, in whose example insisting, our industry may be doubled, to the adequation of his praise. 1611 T. Higgons Serm. Pauls Crosse 13 If therefore we will obtain and retain the loue of God, we must be as he is..Not by adequation; that is beyond our power: but by imitation, that is our duety. 1686 H. C. tr. Aristotle Rhetoric iii. ix. 188 Adequation is when the members are equal. 2. The result of being made equal, balanced or commensurate; equivalence; exact correspondence; (also occasionally concrete) an equivalent. Frequently, esp. in early use, in philosophical contexts with reference to truth (cf. adequately adv. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] comparison1340 evennessa1398 evenhead?a1400 equipollencec1430 pareil?c1450 equalityc1460 comparation1483 egalness1526 equalness1530 equivalency1535 eveningc1540 equivalencea1542 indifferency1569 owelty1579 coequality1583 mateship1593 equal1596 adequation1605 parity1609 parility1610 matchableness1611 equipollency1623 equiparance1624 egality1628 equipage1633 comparitya1635 omniparity1635 peership1641 exequation1656 equipoise1658 equipotency1658 countervalue1660 adequateness1664 commensurablenessa1676 peerage1681 égalité1794 peerdom1891 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. iv. 116 The perfect combination, adequation, equabilitie of elements. 1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker v. 50 The truth..importeth a certaine adequation or leuelling of a thing with the vnderstanding. a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) xi. 102 Then are the words uttered true, when there is a just adequation between them and the mind. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 98 The arme..of King Edward the first..is notoriously known to have been the adequation of a yard. 1726 W. Penn Wks. I. 452 There ought to be an Adequation and Resemblance betwixt all Ends, and the Means to them. 1797 G. Brown Philos. no Friend to Atheism iv. 28 Though we feign our imagination a million centuries old, yet it has no sensible adequation to his eternity. 1897 C. H. Bromby tr. Dante Question of Water & Land 39 There may be here an adequation of weight, where there may not be an adequation of quantity. 1942 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 2 vi. 65 Truth is the adequation of intellect and things: beauty is a joyful, lovable, reposeful, tranquil adequation. 2010 B. Blundell Paul Ricoeur between Theol. & Philos. v. 108 Searching for adequation between our life plan and our concrete decisions becomes an act of self-interpretation. 3. The action of making commensurate, equal, or balanced; the matching or proportioning of one thing to another. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > making equal coequation1471 perequation1611 equiparation1615 pariation1623 adequation1650 equation1656 equalization1793 nivellization1947 1650 Andrewes's Pattern Catechistical Doctr. (new ed.) viii. x. 489 We laid down diverse rules before, concerning the adequation of the price to the value of the thing contracted for. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §295. 218 There is required an adæquation of the remedy to the indisposition. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 87 The concoction and maturation of Defluxions, is the moderation or adequation of their substance. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler V. Contents The adequation of punishments to crimes. 1832 Instr. to Assistant Commissioners (Poor Law Commissioners) 42 The adequation of their numbers to the demand for labour. 1866 Q. Rev. 119 74 The growing strength of criticism in society must be met by the continuous adequation of a like reflective strength in the individual. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy x. 216 My attitude..being the auscultation, execution and adequation of the voices, or rather voice, of Reason and Philautia. 1966 Times 12 Dec. 7/5 Dr. Jorge Salimei..told the press that there had not been any devaluation—merely the ‘adequation’ of the peso to its true value. 2004 L. Zuidervaart Artistic Truth ii. 35 Theoretical truth involves the adequation of intellect to thing; practical truth involves the adequation of thing to intellect. 4. Linguistics. In or with reference to the theories of Gustaf Stern: a type of semantic change arising from a change in the perception of a word's referent, e.g. the word horn coming to refer to a wind instrument as this became the predominant use for animal horns. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > types of semantic change > [noun] usurpation1644 amelioration1871 pejoration1889 adequation1931 permutation1931 melioration1939 loan-shift1950 signal reaction1976 1931 G. Stern Meaning & Change of Meaning xiv. 387 I define adequation as an unintentional sense-change consisting in a shift of attention from one characteristic of the word referent to another. 1967 R. A. Waldron Sense & Sense Devel. vi. 135 No change of meaning occurs in such cases until there is adequation, or change in the word's criteria of reference. 2003 K. Queller in H. Cuyckens et al. Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics 237 There is no need for any separate adjustment process (Stern's adequation) in order to free the innovative sense from the particular contextual nexus that gave rise to it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1589
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