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单词 stereotomy
释义

stereotomyn.

/stɛriːˈɒtəmi/
Etymology: < French stéréotomie, < Greek στερεός solid + -τομία : see -tomy comb. form.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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