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单词 rubriform
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rubriformadj.

Brit. /ˈruːbrᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈrubrəˌfɔrm/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rubriformis.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin rubriformis (1559 or earlier) < rubri- (see rubrify v.) + classical Latin -formis -form comb. form2.
rare. Now historical.
In Newton's terminology: (of a light ray) that produces the colour red.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective]
redeOE
reodeOE
ruddya1398
reddy?c1400
purple1415
rougea1425
redly1486
gules1503
red-coloured1547
guly1592
blushing1597
angrya1616
rubric1623
minious1646
nacarinea1648
ruddle1649
rubriform1704
carbuncly?1730
blushful1804
envermeiled1822
ablush1852
flammulated1872
pyrrhous1890
1704 I. Newton Opticks i. ii. 134 Of those rays which pass close by the Snow the rubriform will be least refracted, and so come to the Eye in the directest lines.
1980 I. B. Cohen Newtonian Revol. (1983) iii. 137 Another is that ‘rubriform’ (or red-producing) rays move faster in vacuo than blue-producing rays.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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