small worldn.adj.

(in sense A. 2)Brit.

/smɔːl ˈwəːld/, U.S.

/ˌsmɔl ˈwər(ə)ld/,

/ˌsmɑl ˈwər(ə)ld/ (in sense B.)Brit.

/ˈsmɔːl wəːld/, U.S.

/ˈsmɔl ˌwər(ə)ld/,

/ˈsmɑl ˌwər(ə)ld/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: small adj., world n.

Etymology: < small adj. + world n., after French microcosme microcosm n. or its etymon post-classical Latin microcosmos microcosmos n.

A. n.

†1. = microcosm n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [noun]

maneOE

worldOE

all fleshc1000

mankinOE

earthOE

little worldc1175

man's kinda1200

mankinda1225

worldrichec1275

slimec1315

kindc1325

world1340

sectc1400

humanityc1450

microcosma1475

peoplea1500

the human kindred?1533

race1553

homo1561

humankind1561

universality1561

deadly?1590

mortality1598

rational1601

vicegerent1601

small world1604

flesh and blooda1616

mannity1621

human race1623

universea1645

nations1667

public1699

the species1711

Adamhood1828

Jock Tamson's bairns1832

folx1833

Bimana1839

human1841

peeps1847

menfolk1870

manfolk1876

amniota1879

peoplekind1956

personkind1972

1604 J. Hanson Time is Turne-coate 37 Graue learn'd Writers call Thee [sc. time]..Small world of thrall.

1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice sig. Q2 Whose soule did animate thy small-world too To be the soule of all that here I doe.

2. (it's a) small world: see Phrases.

B. adj.

In form small-world. Of a network, esp. a social one: having nodes that can be reached from every other node in only a small number of hops, despite nodes not being neighbours of most other nodes; relating to or involving such a network.

ΚΠ

1967 S. Milgram in Psychol. Today 1 62/1 The simplest way of formulating the small-world problem is: Starting with any two people in the world, what is the probability that they will know each other?

1998 Nature 4 June 440/2 These systems can be highly clustered..yet have small characteristic path lengths... We call them ‘small-world’ networks, by analogy with the small-world phenomenon.

2006 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 273 2747 Connectivity is highest if the original network is small-world.

Phrases

(it's a) small world and variants: a comment on an unexpected meeting with an acquaintance or other similar coincidence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > at an unexpected meeting

hillo1873

(it's a) small world1959

1873 G. T. Chesney True Reformer I. x. 129 This is a small world we live in... Only think that Mrs West should have been brought up at Leatherby, a place I know so well.

1895 A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray iii. 147 Mr. Ardale and I have met in London... They say the world's very small, don't they.

1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement i. 17 He was in the pub tonight... It's a small world, isn't it?

1967 R. Rendell Wolf to Slaughter iii. 21 ‘Small world,’ he said... ‘That bloke was in here yesterday.’

1979 S. Barlay Crash Course i. 13 ‘How did you know?’.. ‘It's a small world.’

2006 A. Steffen et al. Worldchanging (2008) 32/1 It's a small world, and it's getting smaller.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	small world
释义	small worldn.adj. (in sense A. 2)Brit. /smɔːl ˈwəːld/, U.S. /ˌsmɔl ˈwər(ə)ld/, /ˌsmɑl ˈwər(ə)ld/ (in sense B.)Brit. /ˈsmɔːl wəːld/, U.S. /ˈsmɔl ˌwər(ə)ld/, /ˈsmɑl ˌwər(ə)ld/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: small adj., world n. Etymology: < small adj. + world n., after French microcosme microcosm n. or its etymon post-classical Latin microcosmos microcosmos n. A. n. †1. = microcosm n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] maneOE worldOE all fleshc1000 mankinOE earthOE little worldc1175 man's kinda1200 mankinda1225 worldrichec1275 slimec1315 kindc1325 world1340 sectc1400 humanityc1450 microcosma1475 peoplea1500 the human kindred?1533 race1553 homo1561 humankind1561 universality1561 deadly?1590 mortality1598 rational1601 vicegerent1601 small world1604 flesh and blooda1616 mannity1621 human race1623 universea1645 nations1667 public1699 the species1711 Adamhood1828 Jock Tamson's bairns1832 folx1833 Bimana1839 human1841 peeps1847 menfolk1870 manfolk1876 amniota1879 peoplekind1956 personkind1972 1604 J. Hanson Time is Turne-coate 37 Graue learn'd Writers call Thee [sc. time]..Small world of thrall. 1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice sig. Q2 Whose soule did animate thy small-world too To be the soule of all that here I doe. 2. (it's a) small world: see Phrases. B. adj. In form small-world. Of a network, esp. a social one: having nodes that can be reached from every other node in only a small number of hops, despite nodes not being neighbours of most other nodes; relating to or involving such a network. ΚΠ 1967 S. Milgram in Psychol. Today 1 62/1 The simplest way of formulating the small-world problem is: Starting with any two people in the world, what is the probability that they will know each other? 1998 Nature 4 June 440/2 These systems can be highly clustered..yet have small characteristic path lengths... We call them ‘small-world’ networks, by analogy with the small-world phenomenon. 2006 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 273 2747 Connectivity is highest if the original network is small-world. Phrases (it's a) small world and variants: a comment on an unexpected meeting with an acquaintance or other similar coincidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > at an unexpected meeting hillo1873 (it's a) small world1959 1873 G. T. Chesney True Reformer I. x. 129 This is a small world we live in... Only think that Mrs West should have been brought up at Leatherby, a place I know so well. 1895 A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray iii. 147 Mr. Ardale and I have met in London... They say the world's very small, don't they. 1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement i. 17 He was in the pub tonight... It's a small world, isn't it? 1967 R. Rendell Wolf to Slaughter iii. 21 ‘Small world,’ he said... ‘That bloke was in here yesterday.’ 1979 S. Barlay Crash Course i. 13 ‘How did you know?’.. ‘It's a small world.’ 2006 A. Steffen et al. Worldchanging (2008) 32/1 It's a small world, and it's getting smaller. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1604
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