nomographyn.1
/nəˈmɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /nəˈmɑɡrəfi/ rare.† 1.
a. A treatise on law. Obsolete.
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society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > book treating of law
law-book1555
nomography1731
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Nomography, a Description of, or Treatise of the Laws.
b. The writing or formulation of laws, ethical codes, etc. Obsolete.
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society > law > written law > [noun]
nomographya1832
a1832 J. Bentham (title) Nomography; or the art of inditing laws.
1895 19th Cent. July 152 English law still remains..conspicuous for its defects of form,..and no one would pretend that the art of ‘nomography’ is not capable of further material development.
2. The branch of science and philosophy concerned with the laws governing the operation of the mind. Cf. nomology n. 1, nomos n.
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1830 J. Bentham Official Aptitude Maximized Pref. p. xxvi Nomography..is an appellation, which presented itself as capable of being made to serve, with most convenience, for the designation of the logic of the will.
1924 Mind 33 102 It is due to this naturalness and humanness that we are able to trace the genesis (nomogony), forms (nomography) and science (nomology) of moral ideals such as Good, Duty, Virtue and Justice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
nomographyn.2
/nəˈmɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /nəˈmɑɡrəfi/ The technique of using or devising nomograms.
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the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > diagram > using or devising specific diagram
nomography1909
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Nomography, the theory of the construction and use of abaci or graphic tables for computation; the theory of the geometric representation of interdependences of variables.
1918 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 12 187 Nomography can be an aid to efficiency in the drawing office and factory.
1951 Engineering 3 Aug. 160/1 Although nomography is by no means a new branch of mathematics, the use of nomograms seems never to have become widespread.
1974 Biochem. Jrnl. 141 365 Analysis by lattice nomography..reveals that concave-down [S0]/Vi versus [S0] plots can arise.
1999 Isis 90 71 In 1899 D'Ocagne produced a major treatise on all kinds of computing graphs and declared the subject to be a new science that he called ‘nomography’.
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