单词 | antiperistatic |
释义 | ˌantiperiˈstaticˌantiperiˈstaticaladj. rare. Of the nature of antiperistasis; contrary or in opposition to its surroundings, heightened by force of contrast. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > contrasting or having force of contrast antiperistatic1601 contrastive1816 counterpointed1877 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xlvi. sig. Hh8v, For in reason and discourse..there is more then an Antipæristaticall vertue. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 270 The antiperistatick faculty of a fountain or spring-well in the Summer season, whose nature is to be the colder within it self, the greater circumobresistence of heat be in the aire, which surrounds it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.1601 |
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