单词 | grouping |
释义 | groupingn. 1. Fine Art. The arrangement of figures or objects in a group or groups in order to create harmony and balance; composition. ΚΠ 1704 J. Ozell tr. C. Perrault Characters Greatest Men in France I. 211 Any manner of Grouping [Fr. aucunes manieres de groupper], Disposition, Drapery, or Colouring. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 412 Their painters..rarely succeeding..in the grouping of large compositions. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) II. 141 A piece in an uncommon stile, done on oak, of Esther and Ahasuerus: the colours tawdry, but the grouping..pleasing. 1842 Art-union 1 Apr. 80/1 The grouping is highly successful, and the eye is led to the principal figures without any forced effects. 1899 G. L. Raymond Proportion & Harmony v. 62 Some principle of order exercised sufficiently, at least, to cause the confusion of mere variety to be counteracted by the grouping. 1922 G. M. A. Richter Handbk. Classical Coll. 20 These [subjects] are executed in a free and graceful style, with a fine feeling for selection and grouping. 2009 K. Baetjer Brit. Paintings in Metrop. Museum of Art 254 The grouping appears to have been carefully arranged and the motif was carried over quite precisely. 2. a. gen. The action or process of arranging or placing things in a group or groups; the manner in which things are grouped. Also: classification into groups.ability, age grouping, etc.: see the first element.In early use sometimes with implication of harmony; cf. sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > [noun] > arrangement in a group grouping1759 groupage1778 aggroupment1822 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > gathering in a group squadding1802 grouping1813 1759 T. Wilkes Gen. View Stage i. i. 8 Thus, with..choice of expression, grouping of ideas, and harmony of numbers, he smooths the rough path of philosophy. 1789 P. Robinson Cometilla vii. 90 Cometilla had now familiarized her ideas with regard to the grouping and names of the constellations. 1794 R. Heron New Gen. Hist. Scotl. I. p. xi The skilful selection and grouping of imagery, and the occasional pomp of words. 1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 266/1 Faculties of combination and grouping, equal to those of Newton. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 149 The grouping of its objects..is materially changed. 1883 Law Times 10 Nov. 21/1 A similar effect is produced by the grouping of counties for the purposes of an assize. 1919 Camera June 283 Even in an ordinary stretch of coast scenery, where the grouping of rocks..is fixed, the variety of ‘effects’ produced by lighting..is a source of surprise. 1958 C. A. Naether Bk. of Pigeon (ed. 4) ix. 209 This general heading..serves the purpose of convenient, not of scientific, grouping. 1987 E. H. J. Pallett Aircraft Electr. Syst. (ed. 3) vi. 107/1 On a very broad basis..grouping is usually related to the basic form of construction. 2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old v. 129 The grouping of work of particular types of machine in batch production to increase its efficiency. b. A group, an arrangement; a category or classification. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class kinc950 kindOE distinction?c1225 rowc1300 spece1303 spice1303 fashionc1325 espicec1386 differencea1398 statec1450 sort?1523 notion1531 species1561 vein1568 brood1581 rank1585 order1588 race1590 breed1598 strain1612 batch1616 tap1623 siege1630 subdivision1646 notionality1651 category1660 denomination1664 footmark1666 genus1666 world1685 sortment1718 tribe1731 assortment1767 description1776 style1794 grouping1799 classification1803 subcategory1842 type1854 basket1916 1799 Statutes at Large 8 To Rdr. 4 The multiplication of Titles, in which analogous points of learning may be exhibited in a variety of new groupings. 1832 D. P. Blaine Canine Pathol. (ed. 3) i. 17 Linnæus..also framed his groupings on structural criteria. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xii. 202 Mountains, whose tops shot heavenward in fantastic forms and groupings. 1929 Rotarian Dec. 53/1 The meeting closed with a grouping of flags, all shown under a spotlight. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 July 423/1 Our new international, continental groupings clash. 1996 Washington Post (Nexis) 8 July a1 In any cul-de-sac or street, there would be large groupings of teenagers and older children playing. 2012 Daily Tel. 15 May 1/2 The two most common categories of special needs—‘school action’ and ‘school action plus’..—will be scrapped and replaced with a single grouping. 3. The division of people into groups having blood with specific antigenic properties; the division of blood into groups based on the presence or absence of specific antigens; the determination of the blood group of a person, animal, or sample of blood; an instance or result of this, a blood group. Cf. blood grouping n. at blood n. Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [noun] > blood group group1907 grouping1907 blood type1911 blood group1916 blood grouping1916 1907 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 4 299 Of the 76 persons whose blood has been investigated in such a manner that grouping is possible, 36 belong to Group I, 26 to Group II, and 14 to group III. 1921 Jrnl. Immunol. 6 363 In 1908 while working on the relation of the isoagglutination to blood transfusion, I noticed that the groupings were hereditary. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 495/2 In the ABO system, which is very important in blood transfusion, there are four classes of individuals, O, A, B and AB, the grouping being based on certain agglutination reactions. 1968 ‘C. Aird’ Henrietta Who? xvi. 152 ‘I've done a grouping.’ ‘Yes, doctor?’ ‘The girl's group O.’ 2005 C. MacDonald in K. Woodhead & P. Wicker Textbk. Perioperative Care xvii. 257/2 A blood sample is collected preoperatively and sent to the hospital transfusion service for grouping and cross-matching. Compounds General attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > grouping of projectiles grouping1932 1837 Gardener's Mag. Oct. 474 Mr. Caie read an essay upon the grouping system of flowers in flower-gardens. 1843 Christian Messenger Mar. 11 It is but seldom that men..possess such grouping skill, such complete mastery over details. 1891 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 356 835/1 Whether they will admit Board schools into the grouping arrangements. 1932 J. A. Barlow Elements Rifle Shooting i. 2 Provided it [sc. a rifle] satisfies grouping requirements, anything else..can be altered or rectified quite easily. 1937 Pop. Mech. Dec. 876/2 Two or more bulbs may be flashed simultaneously by means of the grouping switches. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 64 Not that age was a helpful grouping criterion, the elder lot ranging as they did from fifteen..to nineteen. 1991 Hist. & Computing 3 20/2 It is this particular aspect of literary style which explains the grouping pattern. 2002 M. Lodge On Different Tracks ii. ii. 44 Domain-oriented reforms, such as the establishment of the Rates Tribunal and the grouping scheme, survived. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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