| 单词 | porphyrian scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPorphyrian scale Porphyrian scale n. = Porphyrian tree n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > genealogy as study > [noun] > genealogical record > tree, diagram, etc. > of genera of man Porphyrian tree1656 Porphyrian scale1687 1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 322 This excellent communicativeness of the Divine nature is typically represented and mysteriously exemplify'd by the Porphyrian Scale of Being. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. iv. 286 Every step it takes in the region of particulars, whether downwards in the Porphyrian scale, or sideways all round in the field of circumstances, affords an additional security. 1987 H. M. Hoenigswald & L. F. Weiner Biol. Metaphor & Cladistic Classif. i. 6 Schleicher's trees differed from the traditional tree of Porphyry or Porphyrian scale, which was a purely logical method of exhibiting the series of subaltern genera to which a concept may be assigned. < as lemmas |
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