regularityn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛɡjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌrɛɡjəˈlɛrədi/

Forms: see regular adj., n., and adv. and -ity suffix; also 1600s regulartye.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: regular adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < regular adj. + -ity suffix, perhaps after French régularité (c1370 in Middle French). Compare Spanish regularidad (early 16th cent.), Portuguese regularidade (1611), Italian regolarità (1561), and also post-classical Latin regularitas adherence to monastic rule (12th cent. in a British source), consistency, state or quality of being regular (from early 13th cent. in British sources).

1. The state or quality of being regular (in various senses); an example or instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > conformity to rule

regularity1600

regularness1648

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] > orderly, regular, or consistent behaviour

orderliness1581

consistency1715

regularity1728

steadiness1864

the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [noun]

proportiona1382

measurec1384

symmetry1601

conformity1607

regularness1648

balance1733

regularity1758

symmetricalness1858

symmetricality1893

the world > time > frequency > [noun] > being periodical or regularity

periodicalness1671

eurhythmy1706

rhythm1778

periodicity1820

regularity1856

seasonality1934

recursiveness1936

recursivity1952

1600 C. Edmondes Obseruations Fiue Bks. Caesars Comm. iii. vi. 113 They stand for true principles of regularitie.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 217 They..conceive a regularity in mutations,..and forget that variety which Physitians therein discover.

1669 F. Vernon Let. 20 Oct. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1969) VI. 294 His supposition..wholly rested on the Regularity of the Moone, whose Motions are found to bee very anomalar & extreame difficult to state & calculate.

1728 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (1732) II. 14 He must..have had no knowledge of the Regularity of that Life she led at Rome.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 21 Different methods..have different effects on the figure and regularity of the crystals.

1789 Rules & Regulations Field Exercises & Movements Army in Ireland i. 54 In Common Route marching the same regularity of step cannot be required, as is necessary in the operation of manœuvre.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 86 The sweating stage..does not appear with any regularity at the second or third return of the paroxysm.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 175 [He was] present at the services in chapel two or three times a day with unfailing regularity.

1884 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. (1885) iv. 99 The regularity of nature is the first postulate of Science.

1937 Woman's Jrnl. Nov. 101/3 (advt.) Get yourself back to regularity with Kellogg's All-Bran, the natural laxative food.

1981 A. Gray Lanark i. xx. 205 Even when very rich he would walk through these streets with such regularity that folk who lived there would set their clocks by him.

1992 J. G. Oxley Matroid Theory ii. 85 The converse is immediate from the definition of regularity.

2002 B. Risebero Story Western Archit. (ed. 3) 207 Engels found a greater regularity of layout, but the houses were no more spacious.

2. As a count noun: a regular or habitual occurrence or activity; something which conforms to a trend, pattern, law, etc.

ΚΠ

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 67 Reason..causeth Morall vertues not to be impassibilities, but rather mediocrities and regularities [Fr. mais plustost reglements et moderations].

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 18 The Exceptions in this kind, being as many as the Regularities.

1704 A. L. Let. Mr. Calamy 19 We are now going to open another Scene, and show you in your Niceties and Regularities.

1766 F. Webb Serm. (ed. 2) II. xi. 73 Perhaps to a few contemplative minds, the order, and regularities of nature are convincing instances of that infinite power by which all things were created.

1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. vi. 83 To rest in mere automatic regularities.

1872 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 192/1 There was a certain stately stepping of forms and regularities, beginning with some little change in Miss Widgery's dress.

1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) ii. 15 To explain the regularities described, Faraday suggested that the neutral dissolved molecules of an electrolyte consist of two oppositely charged parts, which he termed ions.

1961 Word 17 250 Certain regularities are exhibited over certain stretches of language activity.

2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 Dec. 59 The rivalry between the sisters was once a novelty but has become a regularity as they dominate the game.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.Frequently in Philosophical contexts; cf. regularity theory n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > elements of

regularity1841

1841 E. Brontë in Brontës: Lives, Friendships & Corr. (1932) I. x. 238 I have just made a new regularity paper!

1918 Mind 27 493 Naturally the regularity view is to be adopted.

1965 Language 41 186 The second breakthrough [in linguistics] was achieved in the 1870's, in the emergence of what I shall call the regularity hypothesis.

1992 Reading Res. Q. 27 32/1 To the extent that a reader makes use of phonological processes, regular words should have an advantage; the magnitude of the advantage is called the regularity effect.

2003 Philos. of Sci. 70 845 Psillos is clear about the fact that he favors a regularity view of laws.

C2.

regularity theory n. (in full regularity theory of causation) Philosophy any of various theories which analyse the nature of the relation between cause and effect in terms of regular empirical sequences of events of particular types.Particularly associated with the work of David Hume (1711–76), the theory in its most basic form argues that the mind comes to perceive one event as causing another through constantly repeated experiences in which events of the first kind are followed by events of the second.

ΚΠ

1925 C. D. Broad Mind & its Place x. 457 The two conditions..are not jointly sufficient..to cause a memory even on the most extreme form of the regularity-theory of causation.

1951 A. C. Ewing Fund. Questions Philos. (1968) viii. 162 All this should make one hesitate very much before accepting the regularity theory merely because it is the simplest and keeps closest to what is empirically observed.

1982 D. N. Robinson Towards Sci. of Human Nature iv. 141 Humean self is part of the Humean natural order and is completely blanketed by Hume's regularity theory of causation.

2005 Sociol. Methodology 35 103 Regularity theories are one attempt to explicate the nature of causation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	regularity
释义	regularityn. Brit. /ˌrɛɡjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S. /ˌrɛɡjəˈlɛrədi/ Forms: see regular adj., n., and adv. and -ity suffix; also 1600s regulartye. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: regular adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < regular adj. + -ity suffix, perhaps after French régularité (c1370 in Middle French). Compare Spanish regularidad (early 16th cent.), Portuguese regularidade (1611), Italian regolarità (1561), and also post-classical Latin regularitas adherence to monastic rule (12th cent. in a British source), consistency, state or quality of being regular (from early 13th cent. in British sources). 1. The state or quality of being regular (in various senses); an example or instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > conformity to rule regularity1600 regularness1648 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] > orderly, regular, or consistent behaviour orderliness1581 consistency1715 regularity1728 steadiness1864 the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [noun] proportiona1382 measurec1384 symmetry1601 symmetry1601 conformity1607 regularness1648 balance1733 regularity1758 symmetricalness1858 symmetricality1893 the world > time > frequency > [noun] > being periodical or regularity periodicalness1671 eurhythmy1706 rhythm1778 periodicity1820 regularity1856 seasonality1934 recursiveness1936 recursivity1952 1600 C. Edmondes Obseruations Fiue Bks. Caesars Comm. iii. vi. 113 They stand for true principles of regularitie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 217 They..conceive a regularity in mutations,..and forget that variety which Physitians therein discover. View more context for this quotation 1669 F. Vernon Let. 20 Oct. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1969) VI. 294 His supposition..wholly rested on the Regularity of the Moone, whose Motions are found to bee very anomalar & extreame difficult to state & calculate. 1728 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (1732) II. 14 He must..have had no knowledge of the Regularity of that Life she led at Rome. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 21 Different methods..have different effects on the figure and regularity of the crystals. 1789 Rules & Regulations Field Exercises & Movements Army in Ireland i. 54 In Common Route marching the same regularity of step cannot be required, as is necessary in the operation of manœuvre. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 86 The sweating stage..does not appear with any regularity at the second or third return of the paroxysm. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 175 [He was] present at the services in chapel two or three times a day with unfailing regularity. 1884 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. (1885) iv. 99 The regularity of nature is the first postulate of Science. 1937 Woman's Jrnl. Nov. 101/3 (advt.) Get yourself back to regularity with Kellogg's All-Bran, the natural laxative food. 1981 A. Gray Lanark i. xx. 205 Even when very rich he would walk through these streets with such regularity that folk who lived there would set their clocks by him. 1992 J. G. Oxley Matroid Theory ii. 85 The converse is immediate from the definition of regularity. 2002 B. Risebero Story Western Archit. (ed. 3) 207 Engels found a greater regularity of layout, but the houses were no more spacious. 2. As a count noun: a regular or habitual occurrence or activity; something which conforms to a trend, pattern, law, etc. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 67 Reason..causeth Morall vertues not to be impassibilities, but rather mediocrities and regularities [Fr. mais plustost reglements et moderations]. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 18 The Exceptions in this kind, being as many as the Regularities. 1704 A. L. Let. Mr. Calamy 19 We are now going to open another Scene, and show you in your Niceties and Regularities. 1766 F. Webb Serm. (ed. 2) II. xi. 73 Perhaps to a few contemplative minds, the order, and regularities of nature are convincing instances of that infinite power by which all things were created. 1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. vi. 83 To rest in mere automatic regularities. 1872 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 192/1 There was a certain stately stepping of forms and regularities, beginning with some little change in Miss Widgery's dress. 1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) ii. 15 To explain the regularities described, Faraday suggested that the neutral dissolved molecules of an electrolyte consist of two oppositely charged parts, which he termed ions. 1961 Word 17 250 Certain regularities are exhibited over certain stretches of language activity. 2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 Dec. 59 The rivalry between the sisters was once a novelty but has become a regularity as they dominate the game. Compounds C1. General attributive.Frequently in Philosophical contexts; cf. regularity theory n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > elements of regularity1841 1841 E. Brontë in Brontës: Lives, Friendships & Corr. (1932) I. x. 238 I have just made a new regularity paper! 1918 Mind 27 493 Naturally the regularity view is to be adopted. 1965 Language 41 186 The second breakthrough [in linguistics] was achieved in the 1870's, in the emergence of what I shall call the regularity hypothesis. 1992 Reading Res. Q. 27 32/1 To the extent that a reader makes use of phonological processes, regular words should have an advantage; the magnitude of the advantage is called the regularity effect. 2003 Philos. of Sci. 70 845 Psillos is clear about the fact that he favors a regularity view of laws. C2. regularity theory n. (in full regularity theory of causation) Philosophy any of various theories which analyse the nature of the relation between cause and effect in terms of regular empirical sequences of events of particular types.Particularly associated with the work of David Hume (1711–76), the theory in its most basic form argues that the mind comes to perceive one event as causing another through constantly repeated experiences in which events of the first kind are followed by events of the second. ΚΠ 1925 C. D. Broad Mind & its Place x. 457 The two conditions..are not jointly sufficient..to cause a memory even on the most extreme form of the regularity-theory of causation. 1951 A. C. Ewing Fund. Questions Philos. (1968) viii. 162 All this should make one hesitate very much before accepting the regularity theory merely because it is the simplest and keeps closest to what is empirically observed. 1982 D. N. Robinson Towards Sci. of Human Nature iv. 141 Humean self is part of the Humean natural order and is completely blanketed by Hume's regularity theory of causation. 2005 Sociol. Methodology 35 103 Regularity theories are one attempt to explicate the nature of causation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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