单词 | stauro- |
释义 | stauro-comb. form before a vowel staur-, combining form of Greek σταυρός cross, employed in several terms, chiefly scientific. stauractin n. Brit. /stɒˈraktɪn/ , /stɔːˈraktɪn/ , /stəˈraktɪn/ , U.S. /stəˈræktən/ , /stɔˈræktən/ (also stauranctine) [Greek ἀκτιν-, ἀκτίς ray] ‘hexactinellid spicules of the dermal sponge-layer in which two of the arms are atrophied, leaving the remaining four in the form of a cross’ ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > class Hexactinellida > [noun] > spicule clavula1887 stauractin1905 1905 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 190 The earliest regular form of spicule was the stauractine. Categories » stauro-baryte n. Brit. /ˌstɔːrəʊˈbarʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌstɔroʊˈbɛˌraɪt/ Mineralogy an obsolete synonym of harmotome n. (A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 1896). staurology n. Brit. /stɒˈrɒlədʒi/ , /stɔːˈrɒlədʒi/ , /stəˈrɒlədʒi/ , U.S. /stəˈrɑlədʒi/ , /stɔˈrɑlədʒi/ a science or doctrine of the cross.Apparently an isolated use.Π 1893 C. T. Cruttwell Lit. Hist. Early Christianity I. 53 Justin, who presses nearly every allusion to a tree or a piece of wood into the service of a mechanical Staurology. stauro-microscope n. Brit. /ˌstɔːrəʊˈmʌɪkrəskəʊp/ , U.S. /ˌstɔroʊˈmaɪkrəˌskoʊp/ (see quots.).ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > stauroscope stauroscope1875 stauro-microscope1879 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks ix. 75 For the purpose of investigating the optical properties of minerals various instruments, such as..the stauroscope,..Rosenbusch's stauro-microscope, &c., have from time to time been devised. staurotypous adj. Brit. /ˈstɔːrə(ʊ)tʌɪpəs/ , /ˈstɔːrə(ʊ)tᵻpəs/ , U.S. /ˈstɔrəˌtaɪpəs/ , /ˈstɔrədəpəs/ [Greek τύπος type n.; compare ecclesiastical Greek σταυρότυπος marked with the sign of the cross] Mineralogy ‘having mackles or spots in the form of a cross’ (Ogilvie 1850).ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > marking strigateda1728 staurotypous1843 macled1865 trichitic1879 1843 E. J. Chapman Pract. Mineral. 190 Staurotypous kouphone spar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1843 |
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