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单词 addible
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addibleadj.

Brit. /ˈadᵻbl/, U.S. /ˈædəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: add v., -ible suffix.
Etymology: < add v. + -ible suffix, perhaps after post-classical Latin addibilis (a1273 in Aquinas; 1344 in a British source, rare). Compare addibility n. Compare earlier addable adj.
Capable of being added. Cf. addable adj.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > characterized by addition > capable of addition
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addible1690
additive1833
cipherable1888
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xvii. 104 The clearest Idea it can get of Infinity, is the confused incomprehensible remainder of endless addible Numbers, which affords no prospect of Stop or Boundary.
1718 S. Colliber Impartial Enq. Existence & Nature God i. iv. 25 For to Such Power thô we should imagin further Degrees to be addible yet, since they would be in vain or to no purpose, they could not be conceiv'd to render it more Perfect by their Accession.
1892 Philos. Rev. 1 21 It is of the very nature of a quantum to be infinitely divisible and infinitely addible.
1978 W. K. C. Guthrie Hist. Greek Philos. V. x. 473 Xenocrates took from Plato the conception of ideal numbers as..not mutually comparable or addible as mathematical numbers are.
1998 R. Koivula in N. E. Shanmugam et al. Thin-walled Structures v. 536 In a centric joint the deformations are continuous and forces addible as vectors in the solving system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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