单词 | homoeomery |
释义 | homoeomeryn. a. The theory (propounded by Anaxagoras) that the ultimate particles of matter are homogeneous or of the same kind. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [noun] > theory of similarity homoeomery1678 homoeomerianism1845 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 380 Anaxagoras..supposed Two Substantial Self-existent Principles of the Universe, one an Infinite Mind or God, the other an Infinite Homoiomery of Matter, or Infinite Atoms. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 741 They..Endeavoured to Establish, a Peculiar kind of Physiology, and some Atomology or other, either an Homœomery, or an Anomœomery, a Similar or Dissimilar Atomology. 1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iii. 266 Of Anaxagoras why the scheme reject, And flaws in Homœomery detect? b. In plural. The ultimate particles of matter, regarded, according to this theory, as homogeneous. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [noun] > theory of similarity > ultimate particles homoeomeries1660 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 97 They who assert Homoiomeria's, and bulks, and leasts, and indivisibles, to be elements, conceive their substance eternall. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 51 Particles of the same sort he [Anaxagoras] called Homœomeries: the aggregates of which formed bodies of like parts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1660 |
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