单词 | optionality |
释义 | optionalityn. 1. gen. The property or fact of being optional. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [noun] > non-obligation unobligingness1646 optionality1817 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] > scope for choice wonec1290 walea1352 choose1486 choice1584 optionality1817 1817 J. Shakespear Dict. Hindūstānī & Eng. 601/2 Kolpa,..optionality, doubt: resolve, purpose. 1880 Scotsman 24 Jan. 6/3 How much optionality there may be in an option which is allowed to opt only in one direction may yet be a question for the learned. 1949 W. E. Binkley Gram. Amer. Polit. xi. 211 The optionality in the South..applies chiefly to the Republican party, although there are some exceptions such as Virginia where the convention is optional for all parties. 1991 Computing 10 Jan. 26/2 In most data models, explicit constraints are shown by the restrictions of degree and optionality on the relationship types. 2. Linguistics. The property or fact that a particular grammatical rule or pronunciation can be used or not. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > specific features of linguistic analysis structuring1890 over-differentiation1921 hypostasis1933 contextualization1934 scatter1934 opposition1936 minimality1953 mapping1955 biuniqueness1959 linearity1959 n-gram1963 meta-condition1972 optionality1972 1972 Language 48 337 (heading) Stress optionality and the global alternative. 1975 Amer. Speech 1973 48 39 Some optionalities are not learned by the child, but [are] predictable from..substantive constraints. 1997 I. Roca Derivations & Constraints in Phonol. iii. 434 Surface indeterminacy (i.e. optionality) directly results from lexical indeterminacy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817 |
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