单词 | schistic |
释义 | † schisticadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Dividing, analytical. (In quot. 1743 humorously pedantic.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > relating to analysis analytic1602 analyticala1652 schistic1743 meta-analytic1971 1743 H. Fielding Misc. I. 273 We are forced to proceed..by the Metabolic or Mutative [method], not by the Schystic or Divisive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). schisticadj.2 Geology. rare. Pertaining to, resembling a schist: = schistoid adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > schist schistic1803 schistous1829 schistose1843 schistoid1852 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Innerleithen The rocks in the parish are mostly whinstone, and schistic strata. 1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 50 Masses of schistic rock. 1931 Discovery Nov. 355/2 Around the melting snow in schistic soil Androsace hedreantha was flowering in hundreds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). schisticadj.3 Acoustics. Of a system of musical temperament, or tones as tempered on this system: Based on an allowance for the difference of a ‘schist’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [adjective] > specific system of tuning tempered1728 well-tempered1820 isotonic1828 mesotonic1864 commatic1875 schistic1875 tertian1875 temperate1876 1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone App. xix. 652 Skhistic, or Helmholtzian [temperament] as it may be called... The name Skhistic is derived from skhist..which I use for the small interval that is one-eighth of the Greek skhisma. 1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone App. xix. 652 The complete series of skhistic tones. 1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone App. xix. 764 If skhistic intonation could be easily produced in practice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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