verticityn.

/vəˈtɪsɪti/

Etymology: < modern Latin verticitās, < Latin vertic- , stem of vertex vertex n. So French verticité, Spanish verticidad, Portuguese verticidade.

Now rare.

I. The facility or power of turning.

a. The faculty of turning, or tendency to turn, towards a vertex or pole, esp. as exhibited in the lodestone or magnetic needle.Very common in the 17th cent.; now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > turning towards a vertex or pole

verticity1625

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 72 The Verticity is that whereby the Poles of the earthly Spheare, conforme and settle themselues vnto the Poles of the Heauen.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 140 We believe the verticity of the Needle, without a Certificate from the dayes of old.

1706 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 2136 And having again straitened it, I was surprized to find it had quite lost its Verticity.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. l. 457 His poker and tongs were natural magnets, and had their verticity fixed by being heated and cooled in a vertical position.

1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 169 The little magnet or needle turned itself briskly,..shewing great verticity.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 712.

figurative.1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 184 The Soul will then point to the center of Happiness with her full bent and verticity.1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 170 His Will has lost much of its Verticity or Magnetick Inclination towards the chief Good.

b. With a and plural.

ΚΠ

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 68 A Loadstone fired..according to the position in cooling contracts a new verticity .

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 198 If any shall further quæry why magneticall Philosophy excludeth decussations, and needles transversly placed do naturally distract their verticities.

1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm 265 If you heat an Iron Red, and let it cool perpendicular to the Earth,..its lowest end will gain a Verticity towards the North Pole.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Magnet A Bar of Iron that has gain'd a Verticity by being heated red-hot and cool'd again.

figurative.1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 244 Though the body by a kind of Magnetism be drawn down..; yet the thus impregnate spirit contracts a Verticity to objects above the Pole.

2. The power of turning or revolving; rotation, revolution. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > capacity for

volubility1593

verticity1672

revolvency1785

1672 R. Hooker Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 181 The verticity of Jupiter and Mars on their axes.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. ii. 267 A certain number of Globules,..having a verticity about their own Centres.

1819 H. Busk Banquet iii. 241 Hence on all subjects sparks of light you throw..: Blaze with the comet in his swift verticity, Or rouse us with a flash of electricity.

II. Senses relating to a vertex or vertical position.

†3. The vertex or top of something. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1656 in T. Blount Glossographia

†4. Vertical position in the heavens. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > [noun] > zenith > as position

verticality1570

verticity1646

1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xxxiv. 150 The verticity of any of those [stars] could not have come and stood over the place where the Young Child was.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xiii. 333 The Æstival Part of Heaven does more invigorate those Planets which attend the ☉, not only by their higher Exaltation or Approches to Verticity, but [etc.].

5. pole of verticity (see quot. 1886).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [noun] > pole of magnet > with vertical force

pole of verticity1886

1886 L. Cumming Electricity i. iv. 54 There are two points, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern, at which the dip is 90°, or the magnetic force is vertical. These points are called the Magnetic Poles of the earth... The term Pole of Verticity is sometimes applied to them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	verticity
释义	verticityn. /vəˈtɪsɪti/ Etymology: < modern Latin verticitās, < Latin vertic- , stem of vertex vertex n. So French verticité, Spanish verticidad, Portuguese verticidade. Now rare. I. The facility or power of turning. 1. a. The faculty of turning, or tendency to turn, towards a vertex or pole, esp. as exhibited in the lodestone or magnetic needle.Very common in the 17th cent.; now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > turning towards a vertex or pole verticity1625 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 72 The Verticity is that whereby the Poles of the earthly Spheare, conforme and settle themselues vnto the Poles of the Heauen. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 140 We believe the verticity of the Needle, without a Certificate from the dayes of old. 1706 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 2136 And having again straitened it, I was surprized to find it had quite lost its Verticity. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. l. 457 His poker and tongs were natural magnets, and had their verticity fixed by being heated and cooled in a vertical position. 1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 169 The little magnet or needle turned itself briskly,..shewing great verticity. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 712. figurative.1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 184 The Soul will then point to the center of Happiness with her full bent and verticity.1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 170 His Will has lost much of its Verticity or Magnetick Inclination towards the chief Good. b. With a and plural. ΚΠ 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 68 A Loadstone fired..according to the position in cooling contracts a new verticity . View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 198 If any shall further quæry why magneticall Philosophy excludeth decussations, and needles transversly placed do naturally distract their verticities. 1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm 265 If you heat an Iron Red, and let it cool perpendicular to the Earth,..its lowest end will gain a Verticity towards the North Pole. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Magnet A Bar of Iron that has gain'd a Verticity by being heated red-hot and cool'd again. figurative.1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 244 Though the body by a kind of Magnetism be drawn down..; yet the thus impregnate spirit contracts a Verticity to objects above the Pole. 2. The power of turning or revolving; rotation, revolution. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > capacity for volubility1593 verticity1672 revolvency1785 1672 R. Hooker Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 181 The verticity of Jupiter and Mars on their axes. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. ii. 267 A certain number of Globules,..having a verticity about their own Centres. 1819 H. Busk Banquet iii. 241 Hence on all subjects sparks of light you throw..: Blaze with the comet in his swift verticity, Or rouse us with a flash of electricity. II. Senses relating to a vertex or vertical position. †3. The vertex or top of something. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1656 in T. Blount Glossographia †4. Vertical position in the heavens. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > [noun] > zenith > as position verticality1570 verticity1646 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xxxiv. 150 The verticity of any of those [stars] could not have come and stood over the place where the Young Child was. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xiii. 333 The Æstival Part of Heaven does more invigorate those Planets which attend the ☉, not only by their higher Exaltation or Approches to Verticity, but [etc.]. 5. pole of verticity (see quot. 1886). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [noun] > pole of magnet > with vertical force pole of verticity1886 1886 L. Cumming Electricity i. iv. 54 There are two points, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern, at which the dip is 90°, or the magnetic force is vertical. These points are called the Magnetic Poles of the earth... The term Pole of Verticity is sometimes applied to them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1625
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