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单词 anatical
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anaticaladj.

Brit. /əˈnatᵻkl/, U.S. /əˈnædək(ə)l/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anaticus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin anaticus containing equal quantities of each ingredient (1564 or earlier; frequently from 1660; < ana ana adv. + -ticus , extended form of -icus -ic suffix) + -al suffix1.Compare French †anatique (1611; rare before mid 18th cent.). With anatical proportion compare post-classical Latin anatica proportio (1564 or earlier).
Chiefly Alchemy. historical and rare after 18th cent.
Consisting of equal quantities of each ingredient.
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1662 [implied in: J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike lxxvii. 574 Which Oyle is then at length most exactly cleansed from every whit of its corrosive, not indeed prepared by a separation of its salt, and Mercurie; but anatically or unhurtfully reduced wholly into the form of an Oyl. (at 1662 at anatically adv.)].
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica ii. 152 I took of the Caput mort, or Viride Eris,..with which I mixed an Anatical proportion of Sal Armoniack pulverized very well.
1671 J. Webster Metallographia xi. 154 The four Elements are in Gold, joyned together in an equal and anatical proportion.
?1700 Dulcedo ex Acerbis (ed. 2) 11 (margin) It is the Harmony and Anatical mixture of the two great Contraries, to wit: Fire and Water.
1788 Monthly Rev. June 454 We have found that 98 parts of mild alkali are necessary to saturate the vitriolic acid in 100 of Epsom salt.., so that the anatical proportion is..assumed.
1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire iii. 105 In corpuscular terms this anatical proportion results when the scoria has been expelled completely from the mercury, leaving it in a state of homogeneity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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