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单词 synectic
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synecticadj.

Brit. /sᵻˈnɛktɪk/, U.S. /səˈnɛktɪk/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin synecticus; Greek συνεκτικός.
Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin synecticus (of a cause) producing its effect directly (5th cent.), or its etymon (ii) ancient Greek συνεκτικός fit for holding together, (of a cause) producing its effect directly < συν- syn- comb. form + ἑκτικός habitual (see hectic adj.), after συνέχειν to hold or keep together. Compare earlier synectical adj.In sense 2 after French synectique (A. Cauchy 1852, in Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de l'Académie des Sciences 34 267).
1. History of Science. Designating an immediate cause coinciding completely in time with its effect; = continent adj. 7b.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause
nigh1551
next1581
procatarctical1601
procatarctic1603
objective1620
defective1624
univocala1640
proximate1641
propinque1649
proxime1649
proegumene1650
proegumenal1656
con-causal1660
proegumenical1663
propinquate1665
proegumenous1676
synectical1697
proegumenic1711
proximous1724
proximal1828
synectic1869
monocausal1937
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > direct cause
synectic1869
1869 W. Wilson tr. St. Clement of Alexandria Writings II. 508 Of Causes, some are Procatarctic and some Synectic [Gk. συνεκτικά], some Co-operating, some Causes sine quâ non.
1869 W. Wilson tr. St. Clement of Alexandria Writings II. 514 But a Synectic cause is that, which being present, the effect remains, and being removed, the effect is removed.
1890 Cent. Dict. at Cause The physicians, following Galen, recognized three kinds of causes, the procatarctic, proëgumenal, and synectic... The synectic, containing, or continent cause is the essence of the disease itself considered as the cause of the symptoms.
1930 Jrnl. Relig. 4 533 His [sc. Clement's] causes are the procatarctic, synectic, the co-operating and the causa sine qua non.
2003 R. J. Hankinson in J. Barnes et al. Galien et la Philosophie ii. 51 In fact, it seems that when Galen refers to the three factors being synectic causes of the condition of the pulse, he means that they are so taken together.
2. Mathematics. = analytic adj. 2b. Now chiefly historical.Chiefly with reference to A. L. Cauchy (1789–1857), French mathematician.
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the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [adjective] > relating to expressions > relating to functions
generating1671
exponential1704
discontinuous1803
functional1806
odd1812
periodic1820
syzygetic1850
convex1858
graphometric1865
polycyclic1869
subrational1875
synectic1876
variational1879
polyhedral1881
holomorphic1886
tropical1887
Gudermannian1888
monogeneous1888
monotonous1890
oscillating1893
monotonic1901
monotone1903
orthogonalized1909
schlicht1925
concave1942
deconvolved1974
unate1978
1870 Sat. Rev. 27 Aug. 273/1 Synectic, it must be said, is a mathematical term, first used by Cauchy in his Theory of Functions.]
1876 Proc. London Math. Soc. 8 23 Perhaps we may regard as the fundamental theorem in the whole subject the proposition of Cauchy, that every differential equation admits (in the vicinity of any non-singular point) of an integral which is synectic within a certain circle of convergence.
1888 B. Williamson in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 72/1 A function of a complex variable which is continuous, one-valued, and has a derived function when the variable moves in a certain region of the plane is called by Cauchy synectic in this region.
1900 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 505 A function f(z) existing as a single valued function of z on a continuum is synectic if for every such z it is continuous and has a derivative in each axial direction, these axial derivatives being equal, and this common derivative-value being itself a continuous function on the continuum.
1919 F. Cajori Hist. Math. (ed. 2) 428 According to A. L. Cauchy a function is analytic (his ‘synectic’) if it possesses a single-valued differential coefficient.
1969 Amer. Math. Monthly 76 1043 Cauchy proved that there exists a solution of the initial value problem if f and fv are continuous, or if f is synectic (continuous, monodrome, and monogenic).
2004 Math. Mag. 77 128 Study referred to analytic functions of a dual variable (p = 0) as synectic functions.

Derivatives

synecticity n. Obsolete rare synectic quality or nature.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > from direct cause
synecticity1891
1891 Cent. Dict. Synecticity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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