traversableadj.

Brit.

/trəˈvəːsəbl/,

/ˈtravəsəbl/, U.S.

/trəˈvərsəb(ə)l/,

/ˈtrævərsəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English 1600s– traversable, 1500s trauersable, 1600s traverseable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: traverse v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < traverse v. + -able suffix.In sense 1 rendering Middle French entreverchié confused (1422 in the passage translated), use as adjective of past participle of entreverchier to confuse (late 13th cent. in Old French as entrevaschier , also entreveschier ; < an unattested post-classical Latin form *interversicare < classical Latin inter- inter- prefix + an unattested post-classical Latin verb *versicare , frequentative of classical Latin versāre to turn: see verse v.²). The English translator appears to have associated the French adjective with the etymologically unrelated traverse v. (compare the senses of branch I. of that verb, which relate to thwarting, opposing, etc.). In sense 2 after Anglo-Norman and Law French traversable, in the same sense (early 13th cent. or earlier).

†1. Of a person's mind: confused. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective]

yblenta1225

amazed?c1225

wory?c1225

mingedc1275

willc1300

distracta1340

confounded1362

confuse1362

distraitc1374

whapedc1374

wilsomea1375

poseletc1390

distraught1393

perplexa1425

wildc1440

wiltc1440

dodemusydc1450

mistedc1450

unclearc1475

mazed1493

perplexeda1500

traversablea1500

mazyc1525

entangled1561

muddy?1571

distraughted1572

moidered1587

wondering1592

puzzled1598

plundered1601

distracted1604

uncollected1613

wildered1642

turbid1647

tosticated1650

fuddled1656

pixie-led1659

puzzling1692

bumbazed1720

maffled1820

obfuscated1822

confused1825

muddly1829

mystified1833

maze1842

obfusticatedc1844

head-scratching1849

clueless1862

flustery1862

befogged1868

deurmekaar1871

mosy1887

skewgee1890

buggered-up1893

confusticated1898

smock-ravelled1904

messed-up1913

screwed-up1943

hung up1945

lost1967

gravelled-

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 119 Thei swomme above and foonde neuir the botoom, and flyen all abowte and cowde fynde no place wherin thei cowde reste their traversable [a1500 Newberry transversable; Fr. entreuerchiez] myndes.

2. Law and in legal contexts. Of an allegation, claim, etc.: that may be formally disputed or challenged. Cf. traverse v. 1a. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted

traversable?1530

deniable1548

repugnable1578

refutable1600

improvable1604

revincible1633

confutable1638

convincible1643

rebuttable1646

overthrowable1653

disprovable1686

improbative1754

?1530 T. Phaer tr. Natura Breuium f. 7 And it was said that yf one plea be remoued out of ye court of one lord for one cause the cause is trauersable but of one pleynt out of the countye otherways is.

1534 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 323 Eny other thyng, being materyall or trauersable, and not before aunswered confessed, avoyded, or trauersed, is true.

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 110 A presentment made by fewer than by xii is traversable.

1884 Law Times Rep. 51 535/2 Returns such as this..have not generally been traversed..but it does not..follow that they are not traversable.

2002 Fundamina 204 207 The averment was held to be not traversable.

3. That may be traversed or crossed. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be

trespassablec1400

permeable?a1439

passable1483

travellable1521

passageable1574

perviable1610

transpassable1614

perviousa1631

commerceable1654

traversable1658

practicable1710

viable1856

crossable1865

negotiable1880

1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World vi. 218 Darius commanded it to be made all level, that it might be made the more traverseable for his horse [L. ut commodus ad equitandum fieret].

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. Introd. p. xxxiii The land of philosophy..partly..traversable only by the speculative.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. ii. 121 Roads..open and traversable at all seasons.

2014 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 21 Mar. 26 The path is easily traversable with baby strollers.

4. †Of a geometric figure: capable of being (notionally) traced continuously in such a way that no line or segment is traced over more than once (obsolete rare). In later use also: (in graph theory): designating a graph having a mathematical property analogous to that of being capable of being traced continuously.More formally, a graph is traversable if every pair of vertices is connected by an edge and there exists an alternating sequence of vertices and edges that starts and ends at a vertex and is such that: (a) every edge of the graph occurs only once as a term; (b) every vertex of the graph occurs as a term; and (c) each edge is incident with the vertices which immediately precede and follow it in the sequence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > being acted upon > drawn > continuously

traversable1905

1905 J. C. Wilson On traversing Geom. Figures i. §29. 43 Resolution of a figure into a minimum of figures traversable in one traverse.

1953 B. E. Meserve Fund. Concepts Geom. ii. 47 The..theory of traversable graphs..was one of the starting points of the whole subject of topology.

2017 K. J. Smith Nature Math. (ed. 13) ix. 431 If there are more than two odd vertices, the network is not traversable. A network cannot have more than one starting point and one ending point.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	traversable
释义	traversableadj. Brit. /trəˈvəːsəbl/, /ˈtravəsəbl/, U.S. /trəˈvərsəb(ə)l/, /ˈtrævərsəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English 1600s– traversable, 1500s trauersable, 1600s traverseable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: traverse v., -able suffix. Etymology: < traverse v. + -able suffix.In sense 1 rendering Middle French entreverchié confused (1422 in the passage translated), use as adjective of past participle of entreverchier to confuse (late 13th cent. in Old French as entrevaschier , also entreveschier ; < an unattested post-classical Latin form interversicare < classical Latin inter-* inter- prefix + an unattested post-classical Latin verb versicare , frequentative of classical Latin versāre* to turn: see verse v.²). The English translator appears to have associated the French adjective with the etymologically unrelated traverse v. (compare the senses of branch I. of that verb, which relate to thwarting, opposing, etc.). In sense 2 after Anglo-Norman and Law French traversable, in the same sense (early 13th cent. or earlier). †1. Of a person's mind: confused. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective] yblenta1225 amazed?c1225 wory?c1225 mingedc1275 willc1300 distracta1340 confounded1362 confuse1362 distraitc1374 whapedc1374 wilsomea1375 poseletc1390 distraught1393 perplexa1425 wildc1440 wiltc1440 dodemusydc1450 mistedc1450 unclearc1475 mazed1493 perplexeda1500 traversablea1500 mazyc1525 entangled1561 muddy?1571 distraughted1572 moidered1587 wondering1592 puzzled1598 plundered1601 distracted1604 uncollected1613 wildered1642 turbid1647 tosticated1650 fuddled1656 pixie-led1659 puzzling1692 bumbazed1720 maffled1820 obfuscated1822 confused1825 muddly1829 mystified1833 maze1842 obfusticatedc1844 head-scratching1849 clueless1862 flustery1862 befogged1868 deurmekaar1871 mosy1887 skewgee1890 buggered-up1893 confusticated1898 smock-ravelled1904 messed-up1913 screwed-up1943 hung up1945 lost1967 gravelled- a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 119 Thei swomme above and foonde neuir the botoom, and flyen all abowte and cowde fynde no place wherin thei cowde reste their traversable [a1500 Newberry transversable; Fr. entreuerchiez] myndes. 2. Law and in legal contexts. Of an allegation, claim, etc.: that may be formally disputed or challenged. Cf. traverse v. 1a. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted traversable?1530 deniable1548 repugnable1578 refutable1600 improvable1604 revincible1633 confutable1638 convincible1643 rebuttable1646 overthrowable1653 disprovable1686 improbative1754 ?1530 T. Phaer tr. Natura Breuium f. 7 And it was said that yf one plea be remoued out of ye court of one lord for one cause the cause is trauersable but of one pleynt out of the countye otherways is. 1534 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 323 Eny other thyng, being materyall or trauersable, and not before aunswered confessed, avoyded, or trauersed, is true. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 110 A presentment made by fewer than by xii is traversable. 1884 Law Times Rep. 51 535/2 Returns such as this..have not generally been traversed..but it does not..follow that they are not traversable. 2002 Fundamina 204 207 The averment was held to be not traversable. 3. That may be traversed or crossed. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be trespassablec1400 permeable?a1439 passable1483 travellable1521 passageable1574 perviable1610 transpassable1614 perviousa1631 commerceable1654 traversable1658 practicable1710 viable1856 crossable1865 negotiable1880 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World vi. 218 Darius commanded it to be made all level, that it might be made the more traverseable for his horse [L. ut commodus ad equitandum fieret]. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. Introd. p. xxxiii The land of philosophy..partly..traversable only by the speculative. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. ii. 121 Roads..open and traversable at all seasons. 2014 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 21 Mar. 26 The path is easily traversable with baby strollers. 4. †Of a geometric figure: capable of being (notionally) traced continuously in such a way that no line or segment is traced over more than once (obsolete rare). In later use also: (in graph theory): designating a graph having a mathematical property analogous to that of being capable of being traced continuously.More formally, a graph is traversable if every pair of vertices is connected by an edge and there exists an alternating sequence of vertices and edges that starts and ends at a vertex and is such that: (a) every edge of the graph occurs only once as a term; (b) every vertex of the graph occurs as a term; and (c) each edge is incident with the vertices which immediately precede and follow it in the sequence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > being acted upon > drawn > continuously traversable1905 1905 J. C. Wilson On traversing Geom. Figures i. §29. 43 Resolution of a figure into a minimum of figures traversable in one traverse. 1953 B. E. Meserve Fund. Concepts Geom. ii. 47 The..theory of traversable graphs..was one of the starting points of the whole subject of topology. 2017 K. J. Smith Nature Math. (ed. 13) ix. 431 If there are more than two odd vertices, the network is not traversable. A network cannot have more than one starting point and one ending point. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500
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