单词 | subalternating |
释义 | subalternatingadj. 1. Superior, higher, not subordinate or subalternate; spec. (a) Logic designating the universal proposition in a pair of subaltern propositions; (also) designating either of such a pair of propositions; cf. subaltern adj. 1a (now rare); (b) (in Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy) designating a higher science from which subordinate sciences may draw axioms; cf. subalternate adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] bettereOE selerOE betc1175 greaterc1325 unmeeta1393 masculinec1425 above one's matchc1500 superior?c1550 uppera1586 precedent1598 supereminent1599 empyreal1641 prerogative1646 paramount1654 subalternating1671 racy1675 ranking1847 plus1860 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > of types of propositions causalc1530 subalternate1599 equipollent1642 reduplicative1671 subalternating1671 pure1697 poristic1704 desitive1725 inceptive1725 contrary1739 exponible1788 analytic1797 analytical1797 poristical1828 oristica1832 oristicosemeiotica1832 balanced1849 plurative1849 molecular1892 dyadic1897 monadic1897 dispositional1909 non-atomic1934 1671 J. Newton Introd. Art Logick i. xix. 63 If the universal or subalternating proposition be true, then the particular or subalternated proposition is also true. 1701 tr. F. Burgersdijck Introd. Art Logick ii. xxiii. 111 The Science Subalternate, as has been said before, is not esteem'd diverse from the Subalternating, &c. 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Subaltern, or subalternating propositions, in Logic, universal and particular propositions, which agree in quality but not in quantity. 1895 Amer. Eccl. Rev. Jan. 62 The subject matter of a subaltern science adds to that of its subalternating science some new though not essential or substantial determination. 1901 Hartford Seminary Rec. Nov. 52 The fallacy of direct inference from the particular to the subalternating universal. 2007 Jrnl. Musicol. 24 45 The higher science (arithmetic, for example) was the ‘subalternating’ science, while the lower science (music) was ‘subalternated’ to it. 2. Botany and Zoology. = subalternate adj. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > arranged in other ways latticed1664 tiled1751 subalternate1791 subalternating1831 clathrate- 1831 J. E. Gray Zool. Misc. 67 Higina fasciata. Blackish brown, with subalternating white cross bands on the sides and beneath. 1873 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 192 Cell-apertures arranged in two subalternating rows, both on the stems and branches. 1890 J. D. Hooker Flora Brit. India V. 561 Leaves 4–8 in., coriaceous, with often minute subalternating leaflets. 1914 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 66 409 Caudal tibiæ less than a twelfth longer that the caudal femora, straight, spurs subopposite distad, subalternating proximad. 1959 Jrnl. Paleontol. 33 1116/1 Pinnae subalternating, 0.14 to 0.32 mm. wide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1671 |
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