单词 | sensu lato |
释义 | sensu latoadv. Broadly speaking; in the broad sense (of a term, esp. in the natural sciences). Opposed to sensu stricto adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adverb] > accurately > not sensu lato1849 1849 P. M. de Colquhoun Summ. Rom. Civil Law I. ii. iii. 364 The patricians, then, sensu stricto, implied the old hereditary noble by birth; sensu lato, it included also the later noble by creation. 1896 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 52 542 To this Tithonic stage corresponds in Southern England the Portland stage sensu lato. 1940 Lancet 3 Aug. 141/1 Every agent of a transmissible disease will be called a virus (sensu lato). 1973 B. J. Williams Evol. & Human Origins xi. 176 In the material that follows I shall use the term Neandertal sensu lato, that is, in the broad sense. 2006 K. D. Rose Beginning Age Mammals vii. 94 Some of the higher taxa that are discussed here were formerly assigned to the Insectivora sensu lato. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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