单词 | mesomorph |
释义 | mesomorphn. 1. Anthropometry. a. In the classification of R. B. Bean: a person of medium stature, length of limb, etc. (intermediate between a hypermorph and hypomorph). Now historical. ΚΠ 1924 R. B. Bean in Amer. Jrnl. Anat. 33 105 For the future the terms Hypomorph, Mesomorph and Hypomorph [read Hypermorph] will be used..in relation to phylogeny or ontogeny. 1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 318/2 There is more soundness in applying glandular criteria to Bean's anatomical types of Man: the Hypermorph,..the Mesomorph,..; and the Hypomorph. b. In the classification of W. H. Sheldon: a person whose build is powerful, compact, and muscular, with noticeable development of tissue derived from the mesodermal layer of the embryo, as the bones, muscles, and connective tissue. Cf. ectomorph n., endomorph n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > and broadness > person knarc1405 hoddy-doddya1556 trunk1586 truncheon1601 stump1602 fubs1614 dumpling1617 punch1669 Punchinello1669 spud1688 knur1691 knurl1691 runt1699 squab1699 swad1706 humpty-dumpty1785 junt1787 knurlinga1796 pudge1808 stumpie1820 nugget1825 podge1834 dump1840 dumpy1868 pyknic1925 mesomorph1940 1940 W. H. Sheldon Varieties of Human Physique iii. 35 Bones, muscles, connective tissue..predominate overwhelmingly in the variants of type 2. We therefore call these variants mesomorphs. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 56 Behold the manly mesomorph Showing his splendid biceps off. 1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxxix. 573 In mesomorphs muscle and bone predominate,..and they are adventurous, aggressive, extroverted, and dominating. 1993 Men's Health July 43/1 Just like anyone else, the mesomorph must watch the fat in his diet... Otherwise, before you know it, you're no longer a mesomorph. You're meso–endo. 2. Botany. = mesophyte n. 2; (also) a morphological type of leaf or other plant organ or tissue typical of mesophytes. Cf. mesomorphic adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > that likes medium conditions meiotherm1875 mesophyte1896 mesomorph1944 1944 Ecology 25 124/2 It is distinguished from Thorn Forest by greater height, larger leaves, a greater proportion of mesomorphs and hydromorphs. 1953 Bot. Gaz. 115 30/1 The Ficus species..are of a single genus, and their leaves range from mesomorphs to xeromorphs. 1971 Jrnl. Ecol. 59 238 Semi-succulent, glabrous and mesomorph types..have higher maximum net photosynthesis rates than the sclerophylls. 1983 New Phytologist 93 527 The water economies of fruits of many species are similar, whether they are mesomorphs such as Lupinus and Pisum or xeromorphs like G[revillea] leucopteris. 3. Physical Chemistry. A mesophase; a liquid crystal. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal types > [noun] negative crystal1831 plastic crystal1877 liquid crystal1891 cholesteric1965 mesomorph1969 1969 J. S. Dave et al. in G. H. Brown et al. Liquid Crystals 2 II. 229 The authors have investigated mixed mesomorphism in the binary mixtures wherein one of the components is a pure smectic mesomorph and the other a non-liquid crystalline Schiff's base. 1983 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 309 72 It is not liquid: its yield stress is very small, but finite. So it is not a liquid crystal: nor is it a mesomorph. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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