单词 | synaeresis |
释义 | synaeresisn. 1. Grammar. Contraction, esp. of two vowels into a diphthong or a simple vowel. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > unit of duration of speech sound > lengthening or shortening > contraction of two sounds into one synalœpha1540 synaeresis1577 elisiona1586 synizesis1846 haplology1893 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Eiij Synæresis, when of two sillables in measuring, there is made but one, as when of this word vertuous, which hath .3. Sillables, we pronounce it with two, thus vertues, and likewyse righteous. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 105 Contracting a sillable by vertue of the figure Syneresis. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 176 Synæresis..is a contraction of two words or syllables into one. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 470. ¶5 Observing that Synæresis which had been neglected by ignorant Transcribers. 1878 G. Conway Treat. Versification 89 Syllables which by reason of elision, or synæresis, or slurring,..have..no effect on the metre. 2. Physical Chemistry. The contraction of a gel accompanied by the separating out of liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > colloid > [noun] > gel > assoc. processes synaeresis1864 ionotropy1949 1864 T. Graham in Proc. Royal Soc. 13 336 In the jelly itself, the specific contraction in question, or synæresis, still proceeds. 1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 535 The material in tension might be explained by assuming (in accordance with the phenomenon of syneresis) that the solid portion of the isogel is in a state of contraction relative to the less condensed portions. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IV. 857/2 A flocculated paste, or suspension of very fine particles, often behaves as a gel... The systems are often thixotropic... They show syneresis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1577 |
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