单词 | submultiplicate |
释义 | † submultiplicateadj. Mathematics. Obsolete. Of a ratio or proportion: having a numerator or antecedent that is an exact submultiple of the denominator or consequent. Cf. submultiple adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adjective] > submultiple submultiplicate1656 submultiple1702 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xxiii. 271 The proportion of the altitudes decreasing, to that of the ordinate lines decreasing, being multiplicate according to any number in the deficient figure, is submultiplicate according to the same number in its Complement. 1777 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 451 In order to have to the other any multiplicate or sub-multiplicate ratio of these magnitudes in their given state. 1868 A. Sandeman Pelicotetics 277 The ratio..is the multiplicate compound ratio of the mth degree of the submultiplicate compound ratio of the nth degree of the ratio represented numerically by a. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1656 |
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