单词 | theorics |
释义 | theoricsn. Now archaic. That which is theoretical; the theoretical aspects of a subject. Often opposed to practics, practice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun] > theory as opposed to practice theoric?a1425 theoricala1500 theorics1551 theory1588 science fiction1881 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. As they in theyr theorikes (which ar only mind workes) do precisely vnderstand these definitions. 1637 H. Wotton in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 371 He was..a rare mathematician even..in algebra and the theoriques. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 202 Atwell..was well seen in the Theoricks of Physick, and happy in the practise thereof. 1777 N. Falck in R. Wilkes Hist. Ess. Dropsy App. 434 The question how, requires a deeper enquiry than we learn from the generality of theorics, handed to us by the learned physiologists. 1905 Single Tax Rev. Apr. 28 Shibboleths that stand for nothing in his theorics of social adjustments. 2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 143 Men fully conversant with the theorics of astronomy while being active across the range of practical mathematics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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