单词 | stereotomy |
释义 | stereotomyn. The science or art of cutting, or making sections of, solids; that department of geometry which deals with sections of solid figures; the art of cutting stone or other solid bodies into measured forms, as in masonry. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > cutting stone stereotomy1728 stone-cutting1828 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > [noun] > cross-section or cross-sectioning intercision1726 stereotomy1728 cross-section1835 cross-sectioning1876 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Stereotomy, the Art or Science of cutting Solids, or making Sections therof. 1801 J. Jones tr. T. Bugge Trav. French Republic v. 101 Stereotomy,..in the scientific language of the Polytechnic School, signifies that part of stone-cutting, on which Frezier and De la Rue have written so much. The theory and rules of projection are first studied. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 618 A division of the cube, or, as he [De Lisle] called it, the stereotomy of the cube. 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 99/1 His stereotomy, profile, proportion, and composition are admirable. 1903 Nature 12 Mar. 439/1 Stereotomy. By A. W. French..and H. C. Ives... This is another text-book for the student in civil engineering, and treats of masonry work. Derivatives stereotomic adj. /ˌstɛriːəʊˈtɒmɪk/ relating to stereotomy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [adjective] > branches of stereometrical1656 Apollonian1704 Euclidean1714 isoperimetrical1743 stereotomical1828 stereotomic1860 stereometric1862 graphic1865 parabolic1872 metageometrical1882 pangeometrical1882 Riemannian1889 synthetic1889 polygonometric1890 Lobachevskian1896 topological1913 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Stereotomic. stereotomical adj. = stereotomic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [adjective] > branches of stereometrical1656 Apollonian1704 Euclidean1714 isoperimetrical1743 stereotomical1828 stereotomic1860 stereometric1862 graphic1865 parabolic1872 metageometrical1882 pangeometrical1882 Riemannian1889 synthetic1889 polygonometric1890 Lobachevskian1896 topological1913 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stereotomical. stereˈotomist n. a person skilled in stereotomy. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who cuts > in specific way slicer1598 slitter1611 stereotomistc1900 c1900 Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer Handbk. Eng. Cathedrals 32 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) Gothic architects were wonderfully skilful stereotomists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1728 |
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