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单词 rubification
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rubificationn.

Brit. /ˌruːbᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrubəfəˈkeɪʃən/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rubification-, rubificatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin rubification-, rubificatio (in alchemy) process of transforming a substance to a state of redness (from a1200 in British sources), reddening or redness of the skin (13th cent. in a British source; 1363 in Chauliac) < rubificare (see rubify v.) + -atio -ation suffix. In sense 3 after French rubification (1882 or earlier). Compare earlier rubefaction n.
1. Alchemy. The process of transforming a substance to a state of redness (see rubify v. 1). Now historical or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > to redness
rubification1592
rubifying1624
1592 J. Lyly Gallathea ii. iii. sig. C3 It is a very secrete Science, for none almost can vnderstand the language of it. Sublimation, Almigation,..Rubification [etc.].
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 107 To passe all the degrees and effects of fire as distillation,..dealbation, rubification, and fixation.
1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica ii. xxiii. 288 (heading) Of the four principal Operations, Solution, Congelation, Albification and Rubification.
1893 Pall Mall Mag. 1 178 There is a great deal about solution, congelation, albification, and rubification.
1944 Stud. Philol. 41 380 The processes mentioned by Chaucer are sublimation,..rubification.., albification [etc.].
1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 82 Not simple albifaction but rubification have we witnessed.
2. Medicine. = rubefaction n. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [noun] > making red
rubefaction?a1425
redding1503
rubrification?1541
rubrication1658
rubification1661
rubricating1705
rubefacience1804
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 273 Soranus used them with alcyonium,..after shaving and rubification.
1830 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 7 347 Sinapisms present this peculiarity; they determine in the skin a rubification, accompanied with sharp and burning pains.
1895 Arena 12 140 One notable experiment is the production of rubification and vesication upon the surface of the body.
3. Chiefly Soil Science. = rubefaction n. 3.
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1882 Geol. Mag. 226 Grey diluvium..its rubification, to introduce a French phrase of M. Vanden Broeck, being due to the infiltration of water containing acids.]
1943 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 241 476 In a forthcoming publication..Movius introduces the term, rubification, for the process of making a material red during a period of warm, moist climate.
1978 S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 33 27/2 The palaeoclimatic implications of the formation of an indurated crust and the rubification of these sediments are not clear.
2002 Arctic, Antarctic, & Alpine Res. 34 313/2 The depth of staining..refers to the depth to which distinct reddening (rubification) from weathering of iron-bearing minerals has occurred.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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