单词 | insequent |
释义 | † insequentadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Following on, succeeding; subsequent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent followingOE afterOE nextOE suinga1325 suant1422 succedentc1450 after-comingc1454 secondary1471 subsequent1472 succeeding1561 supervenient1565 subsequent1568 consequent1581 proceeding1592 ensuing1604 subsecutive1611 sequenta1616 insequentc1620 postliminious1625 sequel1632 postnate1638 supervening1640 descending1642 forward1643 postventional1645 yondersa1650 succrescent1653 pedissequous1657 subsequential1657 assequent1659 post-nated1659 posthume1662 posterious1672 survenient1677 succedent1688 postliminous1714 first1746 sequelled1805 postliminary1826 thereafter1830 descensive1882 akoluthic1889 c1620 in J. Hacket Abp. Williams (1692) i. 50 The Storm will gather, and burst out into a greater Tempest, in all insequent Meetings [of parliament]. a1670 in J. Hacket Abp. Williams (1692) i. 25 If he had his Apocha or Quietance..he were free from all insequent Demands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). insequentadj.2 Geomorphology. Of a stream, stream valley, or drainage pattern: having a course or form that appears haphazard and exhibits no apparent relation to the form or structure of the land. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > having specific kind of course diaclinal1874 anaclinal1875 cataclinal1875 consequent1875 subsequent1889 obsequent1895 insequent1897 resequent1902 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [adjective] > other types subsidiary1826 V-shaped1835 diaclinal1874 anaclinal1875 antecedent1875 cataclinal1875 consequent1875 superimposed1875 epigenetic1888 subsequent1889 insequent1897 oversteepened1900 re-entrant1901 1897 W. M. Davis in Science 2 July 24/1 Then the side streams, growing headwards, are accidentally located; and streams of this class have been called autogenetic by McGee. Insequent may prove to be a more satisfactory name for such streams, as it is of the same etymological family as consequent, subsequent and obsequent... As insequent has proved servicable [sic] in my lectures during the past winter, it is now submitted for trial by others. 1939 P. G. Worcester Textbk. Geomorphol. viii. 155 Streams that develop their valleys on flat-lying sediments or on massive rocks, such as granites, without strong structural control are called insequent streams. 1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. v. 114 Insequent valleys are those whose courses are controlled by factors which are not determinable. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1075/2 Such a condition, one of literally no structural control, is manifested by an insequent drainage pattern. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1c1620adj.21897 |
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