单词 | branched |
释义 | branchedadj. 1. Provided with branches. literal and figurative. (Cf. senses of the noun; often combined with numeral or other adjectives, as double-branched, five-branched, many-branched.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [adjective] > of or having branch(es) brancheda1375 branchinga1382 branchy1382 boughedc1400 branch-bearing1567 boughy1570 branch-embellished1596 embranched?1596 rameous1760 ramous1813 rameal1816 ramal1834 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into branches or sub-branches branched1668 sub-branched1682 subdichotomous1777 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 754 Vnder a tri appeltre..þat was braunched ful brode. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus i. i, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 56 The Elme displayes his braunched armes. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 157 A double branched brow-antler. 1841 E. B. Browning House of Clouds 29 A spacious hall..Branched with corridors sublime. 1877 R. J. More Under Balkans A lighted triple-branched wax taper. a. Divided, distributed; descended (from a family or an ancestor). (Cf. branch v. 3 – 5.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > [adjective] descendantc1429 branchedc1475 originala1500 descended1565 descending1594 originary1594 exact1596 prognatec1600 c1475 ( in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 141 Royal braunched, descended from two lynes. b. Adorned with a figured pattern in embroidery, gilding, chasing, etc. Cf. branch v. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > others horned1382 branched1509 filleted1611 serpentiferous1743 honeycombed1855 skeuomorphic1889 thistledown1889 Paisley1913 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > velvet > patterned ramage1579 brancheda1616 sparky1620 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxvii. xxxii The rofe was braunched curiously Of the beten golde both gaye and glorious. 1552 H. W. King Invent. Ch. Goods (1885) 15 A cope of blew and Braunched Damaske..xxs. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 45 Calling my Officers about me, in my branch'd Veluet gowne. View more context for this quotation 1703 London Gaz. No. 3895/4 Seven Silver Spoons..branched on the tops. Thesaurus » Categories » 3. Hence in Architecture branched work n. the carved foliage on friezes and monuments. 4. Chemistry. branched chain n. an open chain (chain n. 5g) of atoms having one or more side chains. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical structure or stereochemistry > [noun] > chain of atoms > types side chain1873 branched chain1889 straight chain1890 open chain1928 short chain1940 the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > [noun] > organic structure > carbon chain chain1881 branched chain1889 short chain1940 1889 G. M'Gowan tr. A. Bernthsen Text-bk. Org. Chem. i. 43 The boiling point becomes lowered continuously the more the carbon atom chain is branched. 1903 A. J. Walker & O. E. Mott tr. A. F. Holleman Text-bk. Org. Chem. I. 46 In branched chains there are carbon atoms which are directly linked to three or four others. 1903 A. J. Walker & O. E. Mott tr. A. F. Holleman Text-bk. Org. Chem. I. 46 Branched-chain compounds are often distinguished by the prefix iso. 1939 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 43 42 Straight-run petrols..and branched-chain paraffins are the outstandingly useful aviation fuels. 1946 Nature 14 Dec. 863/1 One fundamental approach to this problem was based on fatty acids with branched-chains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1375 |
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