单词 | matching |
释义 | matchingn.1 1. The action of match v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun] > connecting by marriage yoking1531 matching1625 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > breeding multiplying1599 matching1774 pregnancy test1915 pregnancy testing1938 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 73v (MED) Hit is a simple macchinge by-twixe a feynt fiȝtare and a fresche. 1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams x. sig. A vi Great patchyng, small matchyng. c1603–8 J. Kamington in R. Maitland Geneal. House & Surname Setoun (1830) 21 This lord he was..prouident In modest matching of his childring deir. 1625 Mandeville in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 262 He propounded to me the matching with Warwick for my son. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 293 The greatest pains had been taken with these to enlarge the breed, both by food and matching. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 414/2 Matching is to bring different pieces of timber, in an article of furniture, to a responsive tone of colour. 1874 Spons' Dict. Engin. VIII. 3097 A planing machine for moulding and matching. 1889 Athenæum 18 May 623/2 There is like risk of bad matching when the undertaking is a poem. 1938 H. J. Bittermann State & Federal Grants-in-Aid v. 139 Beginning with the Weeks Act (1911), new federal grants..were conditioned by state matching of all of the federal grant. 1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production i. 16 Matching errors can arise, though, when intercutting their respective pictures. 1991 D. D'Souza Illiberal Educ. iv. 103 These struggles..represent a matching of strength and willpower on the two sides. 2. concrete. The part of a fleece providing the highest quality of wool; wool obtained from this part of the fleece. Now rare. ΚΠ 1881 Daily News 22 Aug. 3/6 About 1,200 packs of English fleeces, matchings, skin, and other wools. 1885 F. H. Bowman Struct. Wool Fibre 219 If..the fleece was of a superior quality, such as a fine Kent selected for quality, it would make ‘fine’ matching... If, however, the fleece was a strong Lincoln or Gloucester, it would probably only be classed as ‘neat’ matching. 3. Mathematics. A subset of the set of edges of a (usually bipartite) graph in which no two edges share a common vertex; a subgraph of a graph which may be constructed by selecting a subset of the set of vertices and assigning a distinct adjacent vertex to each member of this subset. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > graph > other hockey stick1843 curve fitting1895 demand curve1936 zero crossing1941 matching1955 length1959 error bar1968 1955 O. Ore in Duke Math. Jrnl. 22 629 Let us now say generally that a subset A of V is (graph) matched to a subset A′ of V′ if there exists a one-to-one correspondence between A and A′ such that the corresponding elements are edge connected. We shall also call such a matching as a partial matching of V upon V′. 1968 C. L. Liu Introd. Combinatorial Math. xi. 281 A matching defines a one-to-one correspondence between the vertices in a subset of X and the vertices in a subset of Y. 1999 Information & Computation 150 62 A minimum weight perfect matching in the new graph permits all vertices..to be matched at zero cost to the dummy vertices. Compounds C1. General attributive. matching device n. ΚΠ 1949 E. W. Kimbark Electr. Transmission xiii. 279 Another matching device is used at the sending end of the line..in order to obtain optimum power output from the transmitter. 1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) x. 309 In engineering terms the middle ear is a matching device transferring energy from a region of low impedance to one of high impedance. matching shop n. ΚΠ 1803 tr. G. C. A. Pigault-Lebrun Monsieur Botte I. 179 She couples ruined young men to rich widows..; and she runs away with all the business from the offices that you see at the corner of every street, called matching shops. C2. matching-machine n. Woodworking a machine which cuts a tongue along one edge of a board and a matching groove along the opposite edge. ΚΠ 1874 Spons' Dict. Engin. VIII. 3097 A planing and matching machine. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1410/1 Matching-machine, a wood-planing machine which tongues and grooves the respective edges of a board. matching plane n. Woodworking = match plane n. at match adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1410/1 Matching-plane. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 387/1 The variety of names for these planes is very considerable and..includes the following:..matching [plane]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). matchingn.2 Now rare. The action of match v.2; fumigation with sulphur matches. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [noun] > fumigating > sulphuration matching1753 sulphuration1791 sulphuring1800 sulphurage1851 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Matching, in the wine trade, the preparing vessels to preserve wines and other liquors, without their growing sour or vapid. 1832 Trans. Provinc. Med. & Surg. Assoc. 6 ii. 200 The sweetness of the cider prepared for exportation is preserved by a process..which..is known by the term ‘Matching’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). matchingadj. 1. That matches or corresponds; being a suitable counterpart; forming one of a pair or set. Also with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > corresponding or analogous accordingc1300 proportionate?a1425 proportionablec1443 correspondentc1460 agreeable1540 answerable1551 match1551 analogical1577 suitablea1586 parallela1610 analogal1610 correlativea1626 matching1630 analogic1638 analogous1644 commensurate1644 samea1687 companion1766 homologous1837 to match1838 homological1849 homologic1880 homothetic1886 tallied1895 matched1925 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > corresponding or matching evenOE accordingc1300 answeringc1443 correspondentc1460 agreeing1533 answerable1534 suitable1548 suit-like1555 well-matched1576 corresponding1579 corresponsivea1616 matching1630 schematic1701 companionable1823 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 97 If you will let loose the Queene of Cities, as they terme Paris, to looke bigge and angerly upon us, our London can affront her with a matching countenance. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 113 Ill matching words and deeds long past or late. View more context for this quotation 1898 Westm. Gaz. 11 June 1/3 The good plain ‘family’ cook, with matching morals. 1936 N.Y. Woman 23 Sept. 39/2 It's called Leatherneck and is a convenient little vestee of imported suede lined with matching jersey. 1978 M. Cox Structuring Therapeutic Process iii. 75 The adequately trained professional operates with appropriate knowledge and matching technical skill. 1987 Shropshire Admag (Telford) 4 June 12/4 Manufacturer of Festoon Blinds and matching curtains. 2. Originally U.S. Designating money, a grant, etc., given by a government agency or other organization as part funding for a project, the balance of funds (usually an equivalent amount) being provided by the recipient. ΚΠ 1936 Amer. Econ. Rev. 26 811 He suggests that the federal government should increase its maximum matching grant. 1952 School & Society 27 Sept. 204/2 The Board of Trustees..has agreed to make available an additional $500,000 over and above the university's regular budget to match the board's grant two to one. This matching fund is part of the working agreement with the General Education Board. 1976 New Yorker 17 May 126/3 The Democratic Presidential candidates who received matching money today [included] George Wallace, the governor of Alabama. 1992 R. M. Bone Geogr. of Canad. North II. v. 107 Mega-projects involved billions of dollars of investment and matching public funds were spent on transportation and settlement infrastructure. 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