单词 | nega- |
释义 | nega-comb. form Forming the names of negative counterparts of things (chiefly units of measurement), now esp. in the context of energy (or other resources) saved as a result of conservation measures. See also negawatt n. ΚΠ 1973 Sci. Amer. May 105/3 The answer to the question about negabinary palindromes is that the smallest composite number that is palindromic in negabinary is 21. Its plus form is 10101, its minus form is 111111. 1995 G. W. Hart Multidimensional Anal. i. 47 All energies change sign when we measure in negagrams, just as all velocities change sign when we measure in negameters. 1995 Independent 20 May 6/1 Central to the post-consumerist economy will be the concept of ‘negademand’. 2001 Automotive Environment Analyst (Nexis) 1 Apr. He advocated..the need to ‘couple hypercars with fundamental reforms of transportation systems and policies’, leading ultimately to ‘negatrip’, ‘negakilometer’ or ‘negacar’ markets, where people could be rewarded for not driving. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1973 |
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