单词 | regularness |
释义 | regularnessn. The state or quality of being regular (in various senses); regularity.Apparently rare between 17th and 20th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [noun] proportiona1382 measurec1384 symmetry1601 symmetry1601 conformity1607 regularness1648 balance1733 regularity1758 symmetricalness1858 symmetricality1893 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > conformity to rule regularity1600 regularness1648 1648 J. Goodwin Divine Authority Script. 155 Morall converts..are reduced from waies of loosenesse and vanity, to more regularnesse in their course. 1672 R. Boyle Ess. Origine & Virtues Gems 56 Long Christals..that did emulate native Christal as well in the regularness of the shape as in the transparency of the substance. 1754 A. Berthelson Eng. & Danish Dict. at Regular Regularness or Regularity. 1846 J. S. Stone Church Universal ii. vii. 118 1846 C 118, I say not, that it concedes to them [sc. non-Episcopal denominations] the same regularness, perfectness, or scripturalness of Church character. 1911 A. W. Porterfield Karl Lebrecht Immermann i. 7 He ascribes the present confused and uncertain condition of the German stage as much to the whimsicalness of the romanticists as to the regularness of the classicists. 1946 Warren (Pa.) Times-Mirror 6 Sept. 9/3 These men will be hand-picked by the coaches as to their regularness in coming to practice and their ability as proven on the field. 1973 Ecol. Monogr. 43 272/1 The presumed regularness of many microtine fluctuations has misled us..into expecting that simple explanations will be found adequate. 2003 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 8 June e1 When you look at regular America, you see how our regularness shapes everything from television programming to politics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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