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单词 alligation
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alligationn.

Brit. /ˌalᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌæləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s alligacion, 1500s–1600s allegation, 1500s– alligation, 1600s– aligation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alligātiōn-, alligātiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin alligātiōn-, alligātiō action of tying or binding, bond < alligāt- , past participial stem of alligāre alligate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French, French alligation (1565 in regle d'alligation, or earlier).
1. The action of attaching, joining, binding, or linking; the state or fact of being attached, joined, or bound; union, conjunction; combination. Now rare.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun]
alligation1538
pertinence1610
confixure1654
attachment1765
hitch1844
1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. v. f. xv Of predestination there may be .ij. partes. The one is called predestination of alligacion... Alligacion is the necessite of things present, as when a thing is sene to be present by gods foresyght, yt same must nedes be, although it hath no necessite of nature.
1555 Last Exam. Ridley in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) II. xi. 1925/1 Christes church is vniuersally spread through out the world, not contained in the alligation of places.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 20v The transuerse Processes of the xi. and xij. are not like: for to them (comprehendyng but the false ribbes) such strong alligation, as is vnto the rest, was nothyng so needefull.
1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 196 The alligation of Gods worship to the first day of the weeke is ceremoniall.
1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. xlvi. 92 Vitall vertue is sent..from the trunk to the twig graffed into it, by way of contact and alligation.
1772 S. Pegge Assemblage of Coins 100 One stroke or line in a monogram may serve to two purposes; this being a kind of principle, upon which the combination or alligation of letters..is..founded.
1868 E. Seyd Bullion 238 Iridium is found..in alligation with the latter metal.
1985 Perspectives New Music 24 250 The alligation of materials is clearly articulated in measure 517 as the Haupstimme F♯s..conjoin in register.
2. The arithmetical method of solving problems that involve the combining of things of different quality or price; an instance of the use of this method.An example given by Baker (quot. 1562) involves a goldsmith with three kinds of gold worth respectively 30, 36, and 45 crowns per pound weight; how much gold of each kind should be used to make a sceptre worth 40 crowns per pound?
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > rule of mixtures
alligation1552
combination1552
combining1552
1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. U.vi Alligation..hath his name, for that by it there are diuers parcels of sundry prices, and sundrie quantities alligate, bounde or myxed togyther.
1562 H. Baker Well Sprynge Sci. iii. xiii. f. 148v First you must set downe the numbers whereof you wyll make the Alligation.
1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 73 The Rules of Fellowship, Aligation, with others.
1754 D. Fenning Brit. Youth's Instructor x. 254 What other Rules are there in Common Arithmetic?..Several others, as Alligation Medial..&c.
1789 O. Equiano Interesting Narr. Life II. ix. 85 This he did as far as barter and aligation; so that all the time I was there I was entirely employed.
1890 Fibre & Fabric 11 Oct. 56/2 It must be borne in mind..in working by the rules of aligation, that the differences above and under the mean value must balance in order to work out problems correctly.
1958 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 40 97 Two successive alligations give us a mixture meeting two specifications.
2004 H. C. Ansel & S. J. Prince Pharmaceut. Calculations v. 76 Alligation alternate may be used by a pharmacist who wishes to determine..relative amounts of preparations of different strengths to mix to achieve a product of the desired strength.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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