单词 | redescent |
释义 | redescentn. New or repeated descent; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > a fresh descent redescent1808 1808 London Med. Rev. Jan. 127 The re-descent of the bowel. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 755/1 Such pressure will be sufficient to prevent a re-descent. 1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 10 218 The balloon rapidly ascended..and, after a temporary re-descent, floated away northwards. 1928 Biol. Bull. 55 346 One testicle was removed from the scrotum into the abdomen and the inguinal canal closed to prevent scrotal redescent. 1961 P. Mairet tr. M. Eliade Images & Symbols 13 A redescent towards the deepest sources of organic life. 1997 Mideast Mirror (Israel) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 70 National machismo..merely accelerates the redescent of the region into an all-out war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1808 |
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