单词 | palindromic |
释义 | palindromicadj.1 1. Of a word, or a sequence of words: that reads, letter for letter, the same backwards as forwards. Also (occasionally): having a name of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective] > crab-like, can be read backwards and forwards palindromic1795 palindrome1821 cancrine1846 palindromical1864 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > relating to palindrome palindromic1795 palindrome1821 palindromical1864 1795 Chester Courant 27 Jan. 4/2 The Palindromus, however, exceeds them all, a verse calculated to be read either backwards or forwards without injury to a single letter... There is one (in Camden, I believe) where each word is palindromic: Odo tenet mulum; madidam mappam tenet Anna. 1831 London Lit. Gaz. 9 July 435/1 The initials of five palindromic words are to be sought for, to form the required answer. 1862 H. B. Wheatley Anagrams 11 A singularly appropriate Greek palindromic inscription..occurs upon very many fonts in England. 1930 Times 1 May 7/9 (crossword clue) A girl's palindromic name. 1975 W. Safire Before Fall 181 Prince Norodim Sihanouk, had been deposed by Lon Nol, his palindromic Prime Minister. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 15 Nov. 16/2 The young John Cleese..insisted on dropping his given middle name, which was Marwood, and substituting the palindromic one of Otto. 2. a. Of a number or a numerically expressed date: unchanged when the order of its digits is reversed. ΚΠ 1957 W. J. Reichmann Fascination of Numbers ix. 90 The most simple form of palindromic numbers is the one containing a number of identical digits. 1964 A. H. Beiler Recreations in Theory of Numbers xx. 228 There are an infinite number of palindromic primes. Here are a few: 101, 131, 151, 181, 313. 1983 Austral. Personal Computer Jan. 14/3 For the uninitiated, a palindromic integer is a whole number which reads the same from left-to-right as it does from right-to-left. 1992 Amer. Speech 67 83 That was the year that was—the palindromic year 1991. b. Music. Characteristic of, or having the structure of, a musical palindrome. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [adjective] defunctive1601 epicedial?c1615 pastoritial1654 serenading1673 nomic1728 rhapsodic1844 polycephalic1850 nocturnal1896 palindromic1961 1961 Times 11 Mar. 3/4 The scherzo is designedly sinister and disturbed; it is palindromic and based on a 12-note idea. 1963 Listener 17 Jan. 140/3 This act is the only formal success, having clear-cut musical ideas worked out logically in a neat palindromic structure. 1991 K. Hafner & J. Markoff Cyberpunk 11 A palindromic music composition was considered a good hack (thus making Haydn, with his Palindrome Symphony, an honorary hacker). c. Biology. Designating or consisting of a nucleic acid sequence that is a palindrome (cf. palindrome n. 2c). ΚΠ 1974 Nature 9 Aug. 467/2 The central assumption of my theory is that the nucleotide sequences at the ends of eukaryote linear DNA molecules are palindromic. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iv. 472 In most cases, the DNA site recognised by the enzyme is symmetrical and is called palindromic. 1990 Protein Engin. 4 3/1 To bind specifically to a recognition site in DNA, the domain must dimerize, and the best characterized binding sites of these proteins are palindromic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). palindromicadj.2 Medicine. Of rheumatism or arthritis: characterized by recurrent acute attacks of short duration. Also: designating or relating to this pattern of occurrence. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective] > rheumatism or arthritis rheumatic?c1425 rheumatical1684 rheumatismatic1695 rheumatismal1820 rheumatoid1845 rheumatoidal1848 screwmatic1893 palindromic1941 1941 P. S. Hench & E. F. Rosenberg in Proc. Staff Meetings Mayo Clinic 16 814 When an etiologic term cannot be applied, a distinctive descriptive term should be used. Such a designation we found in the term ‘palindromic rheumatism’, suggested to us by Profs. A. D. Fraser and A. L. Hench, respectively, of the departments of Ancient languages and of English literature of the University of Virginia. 1959 Ann. Rheumatic Dis. 18 331/2 When the histories of patients with definite rheumatoid arthritis were reviewed, a palindromic or episodic type of onset was found in 10 to 15 per cent. 1972 Lancet 5 Aug. 269/2 Palindromic rheumatism is a condition in which an acute arthritis develops over a few hours, lasts for a day or two, and disappears the way it came. 1987 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 May 1289 Hydroxychloroquine was effective..in seven of 15 patients with palindromic rheumatism. 2001 Curr. Opinion Rheumatol. 13 74 The classic setting [of Whipple disease] is long-term, unexplained, seronegative oligoarthritis or polyarthritis with a palindromic or relapsing course. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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