单词 | equability |
释义 | equabilityn. 1. The quality of being equable or uniform; evenness of mind, temper, or behaviour; freedom from fluctuation or variation in condition, rate of movement, degree of intensity, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] resteOE peacea1225 egalityc1374 tranquillityc1374 peaceabilityc1384 sobernessc1384 tranquille1412 quietness?a1425 evenheadc1440 equalitya1475 equability1531 sobermood1556 calmness1561 evenness1561 serenity1599 collection1602 equilibrium1608 calm1609 temperateness1609 composedness1611 recollection1611 temper1611 unpassionateness1611 placidity1619 sereneness1628 attemperature1635 quietationa1639 equableness1641 steadiness1642 sedateness1647 imperturbation1648 placidness1654 centredness1662 equanimity1663 composure1667 serenitude1672 equalness1675 unperturbedness1676 dispassion1690 quietism1735 serene1744 relaxednessa1750 self-composure1762 sober-mindedness1767 collectedness1789 unprovokedness1795 comfortableness1815 repose1815 levelness1824 dispassionateness1842 unruffledness1858 passionlessness1867 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [noun] unchangeabilityc1400 equability1531 unchangeableness1548 constancy1593 immutability1593 immutableness1610 oneness1611 unvariableness1611 irrevocability1613 unalterableness1620 fixedness1626 irreversiblenessa1631 equableness1641 invariability1644 irrevocableness1649 undiminishableness1653 invariableness1654 incommutability1674 intransmutability1692 inalterability1715 inconvertibleness1727 inchangeability1773 unimprovability1814 irreversibility1824 inconvertibilitya1832 unarbitrarinessa1834 changelessness1840 inadaptability1840 unalterability1847 unvaryingness1851 monotone1856 unmodifiableness1876 unchangingness1878 unchangedness1880 irreformability1883 plateau1897 homoeostasis1926 invariance1939 plateauing1957 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xx. sig. eviv There is also moderation in tolleration of fortune of euerye sorte; which of Tulli is called equabilite. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) iii. vii. 21/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I He would not have beene led with such an equabilitie of mind. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. vi. 22 Uniformity, equability, ubiquity, and constancy of holiness. 1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) ii. 87 The Equability of the Sun's diurnal Motion. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 33 Where is that æquability of Nine Months warmth to be found? 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 68. ¶3 I should join to these other Qualifications a certain Æquability or Evenness of Behaviour. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 28 July 2/2 The Equability of his Numbers..cloyed and satiated the Ear for want of Variety. 1762 J. Foster Ess. Accent & Quantity 8 A monotony and æquability in the voice. a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Penal Law in Wks. (1843) I. 456 In respect of equability, these punishments [by disgrace] are really more defective than at first sight they might appear. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. Shakespeare (1849) I. 48 The security, the comparative equability..of human life. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. vii. 169 The humidity, and equability of the climate. 1882 Med. Temp. Jrnl. 1 104 The excessive sensitiveness and want of equability of which so many complain. ΚΠ 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 35 May any equabilitie seeme to bee betwixt them? either in the excellencie of the holy Ghost? or in sinceritie of Lyfe? 1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 183 You that make the servant..but as the Oxe and Asse is..have utterly destroyed this equability. a1652 R. Brome Love-sick Court iv. i. 138 in Five New Playes (1659) Their merits bear no æquability With mine. 1817 T. Cogan Ethical Questions v. (R.) Bodies seem to act mutually upon each other, with a kind of equability in power. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > due proportion or proportionateness proportiona1382 equality1447 proportioningc1450 temperance1471 temperancy1526 proportionality1545 commensurability1570 equability1576 proportionableness1606 apportionateness1645 proportionateness1658 commensurateness1661 proportionability1697 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. i. f. 6 If he finde the plighte and state of his bodye to be in equability and perfect temperatenes, it shalbe good to cheerishe and preserue it wyth his like. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. iv. 116 The perfect combination, adequation, equabilitie of elements, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1531 |
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