单词 | inversely |
释义 | inverselyadv. 1. So as to be reversed or transposed, or to have the opposite or contrary nature or effect. Cf. inverse adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > in reversed order reversea1393 topsy-turvy1528 preposterously1533 hysteron proteron1602 inverselya1628 inversedly1645 reversedly1649 reversely1659 reverse ways1762 ass-backward1939 a1628 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated (1635) ii. iv. 61 The side of the whole Triangle ABC will shew it selfe in the Table NM, although inuersely placed according to the sides and Angles. 1767 tr. C. di Beccaria Bonesana Ess. Crimes xxvi. 96 It seems as if the greatness of a state ought to be inversely as the sensibility and activity of the individuals. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 129 At the Last Quarter we get a phase like that presented at the first quarter, but inversely situated. 1960 U.S. Patent 2,948,100 5 The bevel gears..are inversely arranged, so as to turn in a direction to direct the grain being cut inward toward conveyor 10. 2009 G. Blix From Paris to Pompeii iii. 48 If the neoclassical gaze had blocked out what was alien to its aesthetic ideal and extracted what conformed to it, the archaeological gaze now proceeded inversely by replacing artifacts in their original setting. 2. So as to be upside down. Cf. inverse adj. 1.Chiefly in scientific contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adverb] upa1300 nevelinga1387 kew-kaw1399 overc1425 topsy-turvy1530 arsy-versy1545 upside down1569 overhand1579 bottom-up1598 downside up1603 top to bottom1624 inversely1657 invertedly1657 belly-up1749 topsy versy1767 topsy-turvily1886 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials ii. in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ggg3v Some sharp Vinegar must be infused into a Hogshead, or other ample vessel; whereon a brazen vessel must be inversly superimposed. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 15 Bloss. Petals two; inversely heart-shaped. 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria vii. 133 Of an inversely pyramidal shape. 1958 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 49 227 The scattergrams did not, in any case, show any tendency to be inversely U-shaped. 2007 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 27 469/1 The nuchal ligament depression is shallow and inversely triangular. 3. With reference to the manner in which two quantities vary: so that one increases (or decreases) in proportion to a decrease (or increase) in the other. ΚΠ 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. 114 All the Bodies mutually attract one another with accelerative Forces, which are as their Masses directly and the Squares of their distances inversely. c1860 M. Faraday Var. Forces Nature ii. 46 Two bodies attract each other inversely as the square of the distance. 1913 E. Rutherford in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 6th Ser. 26 709 The scattering coefficient varied inversely as the fourth power of the velocity. 2007 J. Andrews & N. Jelley Energy Sci. x. 279 The electric field at the outer surface varies inversely with the radius of the cable. Compounds inversely conical adj. conical with the vertex downward.Chiefly in scientific contexts. ΚΠ 1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) II. 551 Seed-bud inversely conical. 1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 310 The Radiolite has an inversely conical under-valve, with a deep straight cavity. 2013 Physiol. Rev. 93 70/1 The physical structure of the lipids, whether cylindrical, conical, or inversely conical, can affect the intrinsic curvature of membranes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1628 |
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