单词 | numerically |
释义 | numericallyadv. I. Senses relating to identity or difference. 1. a. Chiefly Philosophy. With respect to number (as a property); as regards that property of a thing by which it is (or is not) strictly distinct from another, regardless of other similarity or difference. Cf. numerical adj. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > [adverb] alsoOE after onec1385 alikea1393 of the same1399 in likec1400 accordinglyc1449 in like casea1459 after one rate1509 like1529 numericallyc1600 identically1625 undistinguishably1671 formally1682 just the same1874 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] mathematically1570 numericallyc1600 numerally1646 c1600 Timon (1980) iv. iii. 60 A numerically Indiuiduall which may haue there really and intrinsecally an entitatiue acte and essence besides a formall existence. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 66 Both of them are one numerically, because each of them haue a bodie, flesh, and bones. 1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος 58 May not the same thing numerically be the subject of accidents specifically different? 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 46 According to this Hypothesis, the Souls of Animals could not be Numerically the same throughout the whole space of their Lives. 1691 R. Baxter Of National Churches viii. 30 When the Subjects are various and really divided Numerically, there the Accidents are divers and divided. 1710 H. Bedford Vindic. Church of Eng. 64 If both those Subscriptions were made to numerically the same Articles. 1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 79 The attributes of God..are numerically and entirely one with his essence. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. i. §5. 30 We suppose other Beings generically the same and yet numerically different. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxv. 82 Something that is numerically one and undivided. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic iv. 92 Two things may be said to be..individually or numerically different, when they do not constitute one and the same reality. 1905 W. James in Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 2 177 I tried to show that the same that, the same numerically identical pen of pure experience, can enter simultaneously into many conscious contexts. 1937 Mind 46 503 These many object worlds may have common features, in the sense of numerically diverse instances of the same universals? 1952 P. Tillich Courage to Be vi. 160 He does not say much about the relation of the two selves, and he could not because they are not numerically two, but one in two aspects. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [adverb] particularly1398 singlea1450 singlerlyc1475 individually1612 numerically1651 monadically1794 in singles1826 unitarily1844 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 105 Infants in specie (and not those numerically only) should not be forbidden to come. II. Senses relating to number. 2. In the order indicated by a series of numbers; in numerical order. ΚΠ 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 376 The Corrector and Compositer..examine..how the Folio's of those Pages properly and numerically follow and succeed one another. 1890 Catholic World Sept. 808 Why did I think of calculating the name of Mr. Edison in the order of a numerically reversed alphabet? 1913 E. J. Harrison Fighting Spirit of Japan iv. 59 From shodan upwards the classification runs numerically. 1963 New Phytologist 62 42 This modified form is sought in its place in the numerically ordered key. 1986 Jrnl. Consumer Res. 13 55/1 We tested both the numerically and alphabetically ordered versions. 3. By means of numbers; using numbers. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adverb] > by means of numbers numerically1703 1703 T. D'Urfey Old Mode & New ii. iii. 35 I have heard of a certain Person..who, as 'tis numerically computed, has, in his Life-time, swallowed some Two and thirty Tun of Custard. 1728 M. Earbery in tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead II. ix. 42 If it measures or divides Space numerically, it cannot be a Spirit. 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 386 These Indians cannot reckon numerically beyond six. 1802 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 96 Which value of π may be numerically computed. 1839 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 2 30 These, and a thousand other facts numerically expressed, become so many instruments of calculation prepared to our hands and ready for our use. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species ii. 57 I have endeavoured to test this numerically by averages. 1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics (ed. 2) v. xxxv. 585 The intensity of an electric field at a given point in air is defined numerically as the force which would be exerted on a unit positive charge placed at that point. 1952 J. A. Steers et al. Lake's Physical Geogr. (ed. 3) i. ii. 12 Winds are due to differences of pressure... In order to express this numerically the term barometric gradient, or pressure gradient, has been introduced. 1990 IMA Jrnl. Appl. Math. 44 163 Cast in this form, the stress component[s] are evaluated numerically. 4. As regards numbers or numerical quantity; from a numerical point of view. ΚΠ 1815 N. Amer. Rev. May 111 Those who remain, would not be found superiour to ours, except numerically. 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. xiv. 216 To what may these pleasures amount in a year, numerically? 1850 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. (rev. ed.) 86 Numerically speaking, these rivals are upon a par. 1881 19th Cent. 9 564 The community has never increased numerically except within itself. 1893 War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) 1st Ser. II. 892 I do not think Sheridan's infantry or cavalry numerically as large as you suppose. 1919 H. Shaw Text-bk. Aeronaut. iii. 43 The suction over the top surface is numerically much greater than the pressure beneath. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) iv. 25 A gram-molecule is the mass of any substance in grams numerically equal to the molecular weight. 1997 Hydrobiologia 347 75 The ngege..was a numerically important phytoplanktivore in Lake Victoria, East Africa prior to its extirpation and subsequent replacement. Compounds numerically controlled adj. (of machine tools, manufacturing equipment, etc.) controlled by numerical data stored on tape, on punched cards, or (now usually) electronically by a computer; cf. numerical control n. at numerical adj. and n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1952 (title) Final report on construction & initial operation of a numerically controlled milling machine (Mass. Inst. Technol., Servomechanisms Lab.). 1967 New Scientist 14 Sept. 563/1 Numerically-controlled machine tools have been developed which offer a 5-axis capability. 1990 N. Baker Room Temperature i. 5 A machine-made sweater, but manufactured apparently with Xenakian lurches and indecisions programmed into the numerically controlled needles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1600 |
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