单词 | independent inquiry |
释义 | > as lemmasindependent inquiry b. simply. Not depending upon the existence or action of others, or of each other; existing, acting, conducted, or obtained in a way apart from and unaffected by others, as independent action, independent inquiry, independent investigation, independent conclusion, independent results, independent account, independent record, independent information, independent evidence; independent suspension; also of the agent, as independent investigator, independent observer, independent witness, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adjective] > independent or unaffected independent1790 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. ⁋6 No danger of confounding the production with original history, or of mistaking it for an independent authority. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ iv. No. iv It is the junction of two conclusions, deduced from independent sources. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ v. No. ii Two records..manifestly independent, that is manifestly written without any participation of intelligence. 1865 J. Earle Two Saxon Chron. Introd. 37 Some of the independent entries of C countenance its Abingdon origin. 1865 J. Earle Two Saxon Chron. 45 Other independent annals about the same date, e.g. 1031, 1032, 1043, argue the presence of such a source. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 510 Something is proved when two independent narratives agree. 1872 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 779 Scheeler's investigation..comprised another independent discovery of oxygen gas. 1879 J. A. H. Murray Synopsis Horæ Paul. 10 Here four independent witnesses, none of which give all the facts, confirm and supplement each other. 1879 J. A. H. Murray Synopsis Horæ Paul. 14 Have we any independent information connecting Erastus with Corinth? 1885 P. G. Tait Properties of Matter iii. §33 Air is made up of separate and independent particles. a1900 Mod. An independent inquiry has been instituted by the Local Board of Health. The work is the result of independent research. 1930 Engineering 7 Feb. 162/3 A special chapter on independent suspension systems. 1963 R. F. Webb Motorists' Dict. 135 Independent suspension, a form of suspension where each wheel is completely independent of the others and no connecting axle beams are used. 1973 Country Life 15 Dec. 1581/2 For absolute comfort and stability at very high speeds there is all round independent suspension. < as lemmas |
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