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单词 self-similarity
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self-similarityn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfsɪmᵻˈlarᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌsɪməˈlɛrədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, similarity n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + similarity n., after self-similar adj.
The state or condition of being self-similar (in various senses; now chiefly in sense 2b).rare before the mid-twentieth century.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [noun]
evenlinesseOE
evennessa1398
equality1398
uniformity?a1475
equalness1545
uniformness1579
coherence1588
constancy1593
identity1611
oneness1611
holdinga1616
homogeneity1625
homogeny1626
unity1638
equiformity1646
self-consistencya1652
invariableness1654
homogeneousness1658
univocacy1658
sameness1743
consistency1787
self-similarity1847
consistence1850
flushnessa1878
homogenization1938
1847 J. J. G. Wilkinson tr. E. Swedenborg Outl. Philos. Argument Infinite i. 75 The same self-similarity [L. simile] cannot exist in the ultimate derivatives.
1882 J. Martineau Study Spinoza i. 121 From the defined circumference of a circle we learn its uniform self-similarity, possessed by no other curve.
1956 Jrnl. Philos. 53 88 Such reflective self-similarity can go on indefinitely... The baking-powder can on which is printed the picture of the baking-powder can, and so on, makes the point graphic.
1978 Sci. Amer. Apr. 22/2 The fractals that occur in nature—coastlines, rivers, trees, star clustering, clouds and so on—are so irregular that their self-similarity..must be treated statistically.
2012 N. N. Taleb Antifragile vi. xx. 325 ‘Fractal’ entails both jaggedness and a form of self-similarity in things.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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