单词 | non-sequence |
释义 | non-sequencen. 1. Absence of (a recognized) sequence; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1898 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 190 388 Its effect on stimulation [sc. of diacetyl-aconitine on the cardiac vagus] depends much upon the sequence or non-sequence of ventricular upon auricular action present at the time. 1943 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 8 111 We still cannot compare the simplicity of two ideas if either is an idea of a non-sequence. 1975 Russ. Revol. 34 285 The visual sequence across the surface of the canvas..turns into a ‘non-sequence’ in a Filonov analytical painting, i.e. into a constant interfusion of past, present, and future. 2000 Cladistics 16 155 We examine the implications of separate and simultaneous analyses of sequence and non-sequence data for arthropod relationships. 2. Geology. Interruption in the deposition of adjacent conformable strata that was too short (in geological terms) for significant erosion to take place and consequently has to be inferred from a gap in the fossil record; an instance of this. Also called paraconformity. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > non-sequence non-sequence1904 paraconformity1957 1895 S. S. Buckman in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 51 391 Non-sequential strata, when the sequence is incomplete, but the planes of the deposits are practically parallel.] 1904 S. S. Buckman in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 60 349 (heading) Evidence for a non-sequence between the Keuper and Rhætic series in North-West Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. 1928 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 216 156 Far from there being non-sequence, unconformity or stratal failure, the Coral Rag is represented in Dorset by as much as 60 ft. of white oolites, marls and clays. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles i. 7 Naturally non-sequences are unprovable in barren unfossiliferous rocks. 1997 Mercian Geologist 14 68 The Lineament footwall determines the northwestern limit of a non-sequence at the base of the Ashgill around Crymych. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1898 |
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