单词 | sex- |
释义 | sex-comb. form 1. a. Forming parasynthetic compounds. ΚΠ 1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 317 Loxocera,..abdomen elongate, sexannulate [L. sexannulatum]. ΚΠ 1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 345 Chironomus,..antennæ filiform,..in females sexarticulate [L. sexarticulatae]. sexbasic adj. Brit. /sɛksˈbeɪsɪk/ , U.S. /sɛksˈbeɪsɪk/ Chemistry (now disused) having six combining proportions of the base; = hexabasic adj. at hexa- comb. form .ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > bases > [adjective] > polybasic > by number sexbasic1841 bibasic1849 1841 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) ii. vi. 839 A hydrated sexbasic nitrate of lead is formed. 1875 T. S. Hunt Chem. & Geol. Ess. xx. 467 We have the following salts, which, in accordance with Wurtz's notation, correspond to the annexed radicles..4. Sexbasic S2H6O12 = S2 hexatomic. 1912 J. H. Tucker Man. Sugar Anal. (ed. 7) ii. 60 The body thus formed..may also be obtained by the action of carbonic acid on the sexbasic sucrate. ΚΠ 1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. 560 In the molars..the derivation from the sexcuspidate type is equally recognizable. sexdigital adj. Brit. /sɛksˈdɪdʒᵻtl/ , U.S. /sɛksˈdɪdʒᵻd(ə)l/ rare = sexdigitate adj.ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [adjective] > having specific number of pentadactylous1717 didactylous1802 didactyl1803 pentadactyl?a1808 polydactyl1827 hexadactylous1828 tetradactyl1847 polydactylous1858 sexdigitated1868 sexdigital1875 hexadactylic1880 pentadactylic1880 1875 Appendix Jrnls. Senate & Assembly Calif. 3 433 The sexdigital Colburn family cleared itself of the supernumerary finger and toe in about four generations. 1953 C. Wakeley Faber Med. Dict. 387/2 Sexdigital, sexdigitate, having six fingers or six toes on one hand or foot. sexdigitate adj. Brit. /sɛksˈdɪdʒᵻteɪt/ , U.S. /sɛksˈdɪdʒᵻˌteɪt/ rare having six fingers or toes; hexadactylic.ΚΠ 1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 597/2 Sexdigitate, having six fingers on the hand or six toes on the foot. 1989 Slavic & East European Jrnl. 33 259 Earlier in ‘Solus Rex’ Adulf mentions a predecessor on the throne of Thule who minted coins with the impression of a sexdigitate hand. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [adjective] > having specific number of pentadactylous1717 didactylous1802 didactyl1803 pentadactyl?a1808 polydactyl1827 hexadactylous1828 tetradactyl1847 polydactylous1858 sexdigitated1868 sexdigital1875 hexadactylic1880 pentadactylic1880 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants II. xii. 13 The child of the fifth generation would have only 1-32nd part of the blood of his sedigitated ancestor. sexdigitism n. Brit. /sɛksˈdɪdʒᵻtɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /sɛksˈdɪdʒᵻˌtɪz(ə)m/ [after French sexdigitisme (1753 or earlier)] now historical the condition of having six fingers or toes; hexadactylism.ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [noun] > having specific number of sexdigitism1775 polydactylism1865 pentadactylism1879 polydactyly1886 tetradactylity1891 pentadactyly1892 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Sexdigitism. 1825 A. Clarke Bible Comm. II. 2 Sam. xxi. 20 Maupertius..says, that he met with two families near Berlin, where sexdigitism was equally transmitted on both sides of father and mother. 1903 Lancet 20 June 1756/1 There were certain hereditary conditions such as albinism, sexdigitism, and colour-blindness which did not affect longevity. 1981 S. A. Roe Matter, Life, & Generation v. 126 He [sc. C. F. Wolff] discusses the formation of monsters and the inheritability of monstrous structures such as sexdigitism. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [noun] > having specific number of > person having sexdigitist1775 pentadactyl1875 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Sexdigitist. ΚΠ 1853 Hooker's Jrnl. Bot. 5 373 They are less rigidly bifarious and the spike less sexfarious than in the latter. sexfid adj. Brit. /ˈsɛksfɪd/ , U.S. /ˈsɛksˌfɪd/ [compare scientific Latin sexfidus (1751 or earlier)] Botany (now rare) divided into six lobes. Cf. sexifid adj. at sexi- comb. form .ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [adjective] > divided into six sexpartitea1654 sexfid1760 sexifid1841 sextupled1853 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xi. 24 In respect to its Segments..it [sc. a calyx] is..Sexfid, in six, as in Pavia. 1829 London Encycl. XVIII. 572 Rheum, in botany, rhubarb..cor. sexfid and persistent. 1962 B. W. Aldiss Hothouse xx. 171 Beneath five bright and simple petals grew a disproportionately large seed pod, a sexfid drum, from each face of which protruded gummy and fringed bosses resembling sea anemones. ΚΠ 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xv. 38 The Fruit in respect to the Loculaments, or internal Divisions of the Pericarpium, is either Unilocular, of one cell, as in Trientalis..Sexlocular, of six, as in Asarum, [etc.]. 1829 London Encycl. XXII. 207/2 T[riglochin] maritimum, or sea spiked grass, has ovate sexlocular capsules; the stalk is short..and flowers purplish. sexradiate adj. Brit. /sɛksˈreɪdɪeɪt/ , /sɛksˈreɪdɪət/ , U.S. /sɛksˈreɪdiˌeɪt/ , /sɛksˈreɪdiət/ [compare scientific Latin sexradiatus (1818 as a specific name)] Zoology (esp. of a sponge spicule) having six rays.ΚΠ 1862 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861 366 There is, very rarely, the slightest approach to the sexradiate arrangement of the other valve [in the fossil bivalve Neithea Moretoni]. 1928 C. von Bonde Compar. Zool. iii. 150 Sponges with sexradiate siliceous spicules (triaxons) isolated or bound together by masses of silica into a continuous firm frame work. 2002 K. R. Tabachnick & H. M. Reiswig in J. N. A. Hooper & R. W. M. Van Soest Systema Porifera II. (gloss.) 1226/2 Holactin(e), sexradiate, triaxon. sextactic adj. Brit. /sɛksˈtaktɪk/ , U.S. /sɛksˈtæktɪk/ Mathematics relating to or involving a point of contact of the sixth degree.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [adjective] > specific numbers of sextactic1859 triacnodal1873 tricrunodal1873 bipunctual1878 uninodal1894 1859 A. Cayley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 149 389 If the conic meet the cubic in six coincident points, that is, if the point of contact be a singular point of the kind already spoken of, or, as we may term it, a sextactic point, then the last-mentioned line must coincide with the tangent at the point. 2002 Nagoya Math. Jrnl. 167 55 In analogy with tangent lines and inflection points of regular curves in the real or complex projective plane, one can consider their osculating conics and sextactic points. sextubercular adj. Brit. /ˌsɛkst(j)ᵿˈbəːkjᵿlə/ , /ˌsɛkstʃᵿˈbəːkjᵿlə/ , U.S. /ˌsɛkstəˈbərkjələr/ , /ˌsɛksˌt(j)uˈbərkjələr/ Zoology rare = sextuberculate adj.; cf. sexitubercular adj. at sexi- comb. form .ΚΠ 1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 1076 The inferior primitive triangle broken, as the upper molars develop into the sextubercular and the lower into the quadritubercular type. 1937 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 30 110 In Periptychus and Ectoconus these two cusps occupy the normal position of the protocone and hypocone of the normal quadritubercular or sextubercular tooth. sextuberculate adj. Brit. /ˌsɛkst(j)ᵿˈbəːkjᵿlət/ , /ˌsɛkstʃᵿˈbəːkjᵿlət/ , U.S. /ˌsɛkstəˈbərkjəˌleɪt/ , /ˌsɛkst(j)uˈbərkjəˌleɪt/ , /ˌsɛkstəˈbərkjələt/ , /ˌsɛksˌt(j)uˈbərkjələt/ [compare scientific Latin sextuberculatus (1801 as a specific name)] Zoology having six tubercles or cusps.ΚΠ 1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. 558 The unworn molars..are..sextuberculate. 1942 Jrnl. Palaeontol. 16 207/2 Ribs more or less distinctly sex-tuberculate. 1980 Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 82 321 The sextuberculate ornament is unique among the ammonite subfamily Texanitinae, but appears to have been an evolutionary cul-de-sac. sexvalent adj. Brit. /sɛksˈveɪlənt/ , /sɛksˈveɪln̩t/ , U.S. /sɛksˈveɪlənt/ Chemistry having a valency of six; = hexavalent adj.; cf. sexivalent adj.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > valency > [adjective] > having a valency of six sexivalent1867 hexatomic1868 sexvalent1868 1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) ii. 233 Sulphur,..which is sexvalent in sulphur trioxide, SO3, is quadrivalent in sulphur dioxide, SO2. 1912 A. H. Phillips Mineralogy ii. i. 230 In the sexvalent state the sulphates, molybdates, chromates, and tungstates are very closely related. 1970 Jrnl. Physics & Chem. Solids 31 723/2 For formation of compounds in such a model, the entropy change due to changes in free-electron concentrations ranges in value from −2 e.u. for divalent Cd and Ca to −4 e.u. for sexvalent U. ΚΠ 1819 T. Thomson in Ann. Philos. 13 p. lxxxi He considers it as composed of an atom of the sexsilicate of lithina and three atoms of trisilicate of alumina. 1831 T. Thomson in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 11 252 It will be a compound of 6 atoms sexaluminate of glucina. 1 atom sexaluminate of iron. 1849 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. III. 89 Sexborate of soda. 1860 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) I. ii. 238 A sexborate of potash..may be obtained in crystals. 2. Combined with a numerical element. See also sexdecimal adj. sexdecimo n. Brit. /sɛksˈdɛsᵻməʊ/ , U.S. /sɛksˈdɛsəmoʊ/ rare = sexto-decimo n.ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > sixteenmo decimo-sexto1594 sixteen?1606 sexto-decimo1626 sixteenmo1847 sexdecimo1870 1870 J. Power Handy-bk. Bks. 112 Sex-decimo,—sixteenmo; contraction, 16mo, now called foolscap 8vo. sexdecyl n. Brit. /sɛksˈdɛsʌɪl/ , /sɛksˈdɛs(ᵻ)l/ , U.S. /sɛksˈdɛs(ə)l/ Chemistry (now disused) = hexadecyl n. at hexadecane n. Derivatives.ΚΠ 1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 632 Sexdecyl, or Cetyl Alcohol..also called Ethal, is obtained from spermaceti. 1906 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 41 113 The separation from Canadian petroleum of the following series of sulphur compounds:..quartdecyl, sexdecyl, octodecyl thiophanes. ΚΠ 1813 F. Accum Elements Crystallogr. 279 Sexduodecimal. Ex. Sexduodecimal carbonated lime. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 201 Sex-decimal.., when the planes that belong to the prism..and those which belong to the two summits, are the one six, and the other ten in number, or vice versa.. . In the same manner, we say, octo-decimal, sex-duodecimal [etc.]. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [adjective] > sexmillary sexmillenarian1851 1851 A. P. Stanley in Life & Lett. (1893) I. 429 A conversation..going on between the Dean, Dr. Spry, and the sexmillenarian C——. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years millenary1604 triennal1611 Olympiadical1638 decennal1648 decennial1656 tricennial1656 octodesexcentenary1677 sexmillennial1690 sexmillenary1728 quinquennial1746 milliary1753 decennalian1794 millennial1807 chiliadal1816 enneaeteric1846 chiliadic1854 decennary1855 sexcentenary1864 millennian1873 tricentenary1882 tricentennial1883 Olympiadic1890 postmillennial1977 1728 M. Earbery tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead II. ix. 16 The Prophecy of the Jews..of the Sexmillenary Duration..of the World [L. sexmillenni Propheti Judæorum]. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years millenary1604 triennal1611 Olympiadical1638 decennal1648 decennial1656 tricennial1656 octodesexcentenary1677 sexmillennial1690 sexmillenary1728 quinquennial1746 milliary1753 decennalian1794 millennial1807 chiliadal1816 enneaeteric1846 chiliadic1854 decennary1855 sexcentenary1864 millennian1873 tricentenary1882 tricentennial1883 Olympiadic1890 postmillennial1977 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 34 The prophecy..concerning the sexmillennial duration of the world. 1875 G. Oliver Pythagorean Triangle vi. 160 This sexmillennial duration of the world was..the belief of the ancient fathers, who conceived that, as the creation was formed in six days..,every day is with God as a thousand years. ΚΠ 1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. 30 Plomb carbonaté (carbonate of lead) sexoctonal. 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