单词 | sextuplicate |
释义 | sextuplicateadj.n. A. adj. Originally: (Mathematics) designating a proportion between two pairs of quantities in which the ratio of one pair is equal to the ratio of the sixth powers of the other pair, and one between two variable quantities in which one has a constant ratio to the sixth power of the other (now historical). Later: (gen.) sixfold; sextuple; consisting of six identical or similar things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [adjective] > sixfold sixfolda1000 six-double1552 sextuple?1563 sextupla1570 sextuplicate1657 sextuplex1668 sextupled1853 1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι 10 An infinite row of Arithmetically proportionalls in proportion quadruplicate, quintuplicate, sextuplicate &c. 1784 J. Michell On Means Discovering Distance, Magnitude, &c. Fixed Stars 14 Their densities,..being in the inverse duplicate ratio of their semi-diameters, must be in the inverse sextuplicate ratio of the distance of the revolving body. 1924 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 105 572 The sextuplicate series agreed well with one another. 1979 Jrnl. Parasitol. 65 863/2 All test antigens, mitogens, and controls were assayed in sextuplicate wells. B. n. Each of six things exactly alike or closely resembling one another. in sextuplicate: in six identical copies or transcripts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > action of repeating in a copy or making a copy > duplicate or exact copy > of specific number in series sextuplicate1908 octuplicate1923 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adverb] > in duplicate, etc. in quadruplicate1790 in multiplicate1858 in duplicate1884 in sextuplicate1975 1908 Treaty betw. Japan & Colombian Republic in Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law (1910) 4 Suppl. 143 Done in sextuplicate at Washington, this twenty-fifth day of the fifth month. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Sextuplicate, n., a sixth thing corresponding to five others of the same kind; an exact copy of something of which five other exact copies exist. 1975 Daily Tel. 1 Aug. 12 Contestants..have been asked to submit their entries in sextuplicate. 1994 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 3777/2 Values in A and B are means..obtained from sextuplicates (A) and triplicates (B) in three separate experiments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1657 |
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