单词 | tardity |
释义 | tardityn. Now rare. 1. Slowness of movement or action: = tardiness n. a. In later use, a technical term of Physics, opposed to velocity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] slacknessc1000 hoolinessa1340 latesomeness1357 slothc1380 lateshipc1390 slownessa1398 lateliness?c1400 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 tardityc1450 lenta1500 ignavy1543 retardance1550 lingering1570 tardiness1608 lentitude1623 languidness1634 tediousness1691 lentora1763 slow-coaching1837 snailishness1905 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > tardiness or sluggishness hoolinessa1340 latesomeness1357 slothc1380 lateshipc1390 lateliness?c1400 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 tardityc1450 ignavy1543 tardiness1608 lentitude1623 languidness1634 tediousness1691 lentora1763 tarditude1794 laggardness1869 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > [noun] > speed or direction as vector quality > opposite of tardity1852 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋644 The synne that men clepen Tarditas, as whan a man is to laterede or tariyng er he wole turne to god.] c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4410 Wightlayke delyvrenesse with out ony tarditee. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 178v For his rude simplicitie and tarditie. 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xxiii. 514 [He] confesseth velocitie, and tarditie, in the Moone. 1656 S. Holland Don Zara i. i. 2 The Champion began to tax himself of tardity. 1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. vii. v. 177 The tardity of the periodick motion in their respective Orbits. 1852 A. De Morgan Let. 16 Apr. in R. P. Graves Life Sir W. R. Hamilton (1889) III. 353 In every semicircle, the intension of the breadth (ordinate) begins from the utmost degree of velocity, and terminates at the utmost degree of tardity in the middle of the arc. 2. The fact of being late; lateness. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > lateness latesomeness1357 lateness1564 tardity1599 belatedness1631 tardiness1752 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 33 [They] furrowe vp the rugged brine, and sweepe through his tumultuous oous [= ooze]..rather then in tendring their alleagance they should be benighted with tardity. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 41 For tarditie and suspence of the assent, may arise by some obstacle not remooued. 1638 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 486 I beseech you..not to conceive by the tarditie of my Answer unto you, any faintnesse in the acknowledgment of your favors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1450 |
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