| 单词 | quaternary number |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquaternary number quaternary number n. [compare classical Latin quaternārius numerus number divisible by four, French nombre quaternaire (1613 or earlier)] now historical and rare (in Pythagorean philosophy) = quaternion n. 2; (loosely) the fact of there being four of something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > elements in or parts of > specific number of hebdomad1545 quaternion1549 tetractys1603 quaternary number1605 tetrad1653 heptad1660 pentad1660 quaternary of numbers1809 tripair1878 trey1887 1605Quaternary number [see sense B. 1a]. 1695 F. Gregory Doctr. Trinity 63 We read what great respect Pythagoras and his sect had for their quaternary number. 1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. xcvi The quaternary number belongs to the soul so far as she is connected with matter, which is tempered with four qualities, and four elements. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 14 The quaternary number of the divisions of the flower. 1952 Church Hist. 21 219 Irenaeus tried to create the pretence of a natural order for the existence of four separate Gospels, by pointing to the cosmic-holy quaternary number. < as lemmas |
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