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单词 subitize
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subitizev.

Brit. /ˈsʌbətʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsəbəˌtaɪz/
Forms: 1900s– subitise, 1900s– subitize.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin subitus , -ize suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin subitus subite adj. + -ize suffix. On the circumstances of coinage see quot. 1949.
Psychology.
intransitive and transitive. To apprehend (the number of things contained in a small sample) immediately, without needing to count.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of cognition > [verb] > apprehend number
subitize1949
1949 E. L. Kaufman et al. in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 62 520 A new term is needed for the discrimination of stimulus-numbers of 6 and below... The term proposed is subitize... We are indebted to Dr. Cornelia C. Coulter, the Department of Classical Languages and Literatures, Mount Holyoke College, for suggesting this term.
1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Jan. 121 The number of items in an array capable of being subitized.
1993 S. Meadows Child as Thinker ii. 37 It is possible that young children can also subitise small sets of two or three items, possibly even as neonates.
2005 T. Stafford & M. Webb Mind Hacks iii. 117 We also subitize crowds of opponents in fast-moving, first-person shooter video games to rapidly assess what we're up against.

Derivatives

ˈsubitizing n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of cognition > [noun] > immediate apprehension of number
subitizing1949
1949 E. L. Kaufman et al. in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 62 520 If no discontinuities had appeared in the results, no distinction between subitizing and estimating could have been drawn.
2006 R. Hale-Evans Mind Performance Hacks viii. 270 Whereas counting requires looking at each item individually and checking it off, subitizing takes in all items simultaneously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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