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单词 schistic
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schisticadj.1

Forms: In 1700s irregular schystic.
Etymology: < assumed Greek *σχιστικός, < σχιδ- , σχίζειν to split: see schism n.
Obsolete. rare.
Dividing, analytical. (In quot. 1743 humorously pedantic.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > relating to analysis
analytic1602
analyticala1652
schistic1743
meta-analytic1971
1743 H. Fielding Misc. I. 273 We are forced to proceed..by the Metabolic or Mutative [method], not by the Schystic or Divisive.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

schisticadj.2

Etymology: < schist n.1 + -ic suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈschistic.
Geology. rare.
Pertaining to, resembling a schist: = schistoid adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > schist
schistic1803
schistous1829
schistose1843
schistoid1852
1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Innerleithen The rocks in the parish are mostly whinstone, and schistic strata.
1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 50 Masses of schistic rock.
1931 Discovery Nov. 355/2 Around the melting snow in schistic soil Androsace hedreantha was flowering in hundreds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

schisticadj.3

/ˈskɪstɪk/
Forms: In 1800s skhistic.
Etymology: See quot.
Acoustics.
Of a system of musical temperament, or tones as tempered on this system: Based on an allowance for the difference of a ‘schist’.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [adjective] > specific system of tuning
tempered1728
well-tempered1820
isotonic1828
mesotonic1864
commatic1875
schistic1875
tertian1875
temperate1876
1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone App. xix. 652 Skhistic, or Helmholtzian [temperament] as it may be called... The name Skhistic is derived from skhist..which I use for the small interval that is one-eighth of the Greek skhisma.
1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone App. xix. 652 The complete series of skhistic tones.
1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone App. xix. 764 If skhistic intonation could be easily produced in practice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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