单词 | systaltic |
释义 | systalticadj. 1. Physiology. Contracting; contracting and relaxing in a rhythmic manner; (also) of or relating to such contraction; = systolic adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [adjective] > systole systaltic1676 systolated1820 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 722 The Systaltick motion of the circumjacent parts, for returning the bloud along the veins to the heart. 1725 E. Strother Ess. Sickness & Health 155 When the small Vessels are over-stretch'd, if they don't crack, they however lose their contractile or systaltic Force. 1778 P. D. Leslie Philos. Inq. Cause Animal Heat 63 The quantity of blood thrown out from each ventricle of the heart is nearly the same, and that the systaltic motion of each is equally frequent. 1840 W. Mudford Stephen Dugard I. v. 58 Do you notice how my fingers are spread along the artery which indicates the diastaltic and systaltic motion of the heart? 1874 Dental Reg. 28 199 The blood, or liquor sanguinis at least, is forced through the aperture of exposure by the systaltic action of the heart. 1963 Jrnl. Fisheries Res. Board Canada 20 243 The systaltic motion, a contraction followed by a relaxation of certain sections of the kidney tubules, was activated apparently by the change of the culture temperature. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [adjective] > of or relating to materialization (of spirit) > power of systaltic1687 1687 H. More Contin. Remark. Stories (1689) 411 An eminent Example of this Systaltick Power of Spirits, viz., an Arm seen..striking such a stroke upon the Floor, that it made the very Walls of the House to shake. 1712 tr. H. More Scholia Antidote Atheism 173 in H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 4) The Devil would so manage himself by the motion..of his body, which by this Systaltick power he could make tangible and palpable. 3. Music. In ancient Greek music, designating a style of melody which has the effect of contracting or depressing the mind, or affecting it with deep feeling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > melody or succession of sounds > [adjective] melodial?1590 systaltic1694 melodic1823 horizontal1886 linear1944 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > qualities of music generally wanton1583 martial1609 hesychastic1694 systaltic1694 figureless1887 ethnic1912 novelty1915 treacly1930 Afro1938 soft-focused1942 Afro-Caribbean1947 pop1956 toppy1956 shit-kicking1961 spacy1967 prog1976 loungy1977 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony viii. 199 The First of these [Keys] is called by the Greeks Diastaltic, Dilating; the second, Systaltic, Contracting; the last, Hesychiastic, Appeasing. 1748 T. Nugent tr. J.-B. Dubos Crit. Refl. Poetry & Painting III. iv. 44 They may be divided into the Systaltic, or that which renders us melancholy; the Diastaltic, or that which enlivens us. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 69 Melopoeia was divided into three kinds: first, the Systaltic, or that which inspired the..tender passions, as well as the plaintive. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Melopoeia The systaltic, or mournful, tender, and affecting strain. 1895 M'lle N.Y. Dec. 71 The music was in passion-riven, systaltic rhythm. 1938 Musical Q. 24 160 Cleonides (pseudo-Euclid) notes the three styles as hesychastic, systaltic and diastaltic. 1990 C. V. Palisca in L. Lockwood & E. Roesner Ess. in Musicol. 127 The systaltic ethos, which exploited the highest region of the voice, drew the mind down into a humble and feminine state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1676 |
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