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单词 equability
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equabilityn.

/ɛkwəˈbɪlɪti//iːkwəˈbɪlɪti/
Forms: 1500s equabilite, 1500s–1600s equabilitie, 1600s aequability, 1500s– equability.
Etymology: < Latin aequābilitās, < aequābilis equable adj.: see -ity suffix.
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.
2. Capability of being regarded as equal, or of being compared on equal terms. Obsolete.
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.
3. Due or just proportion; well-balanced condition. Obsolete.
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.
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