| 单词 | to be contained under |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be contained under a. Geometry. To enclose, include, form the boundary of (a figure, an angle); in passive formerly to be contained under.A rectangle may be said to be contained under the two lines which form its length and breadth; so †transferred a composite number was formerly said to be contained under its factors. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > manipulate shapes or figures [verb (transitive)] > draw or form boundary of descrivec1392 describe1559 circumscribe1570 contain1570 inscribe1570 conscribe1704 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 2v If the lines which containe the angle be right lynes, then is it called a rightlyned angle. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 3 A circle is a plaine figure, conteyned vnder one line, which is called a circumference. 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria Defs. sig. T ij v Icosaedron is a solide Figure, vnder twentye equall equiangle triangles conteyned. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 8 Two right lines do not contein a space. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 34 A rectangle conteined under two right lines given. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements xi. 168 Like solid figures are such as are contained under like planes equall in number. 1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 123 The new figures would be contained within 24 isosceles triangular planes. < as lemmas |
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