单词 | synonymity |
释义 | synonymityn. a. The quality or fact of being synonymous, or having the same meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > synonymy > [noun] synonymy1794 synonymousness1863 synonymity1880 1880 J. Morison in Expositor XI. 468 Metaphysical coincidence by no means necessitates the rhetorical synonymity of nomenclature. 1884 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 10 43/2 To point out the Germanic origin of his [sc. Garibaldi's] name and its synonymity with Shakespere. b. transferred. Identity of nature of things having different names (e.g. tones in a musical scale, or geological formations); cf. synonymous adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] > formation > identity of formations having different names synonymity1875 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > same pitch > note of same pitch having different name synonymity1875 1875 A. J. Ellis in tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone App. 659 To found any harmonic theories on the synonymity of tones in any temperament, when there is known to be no synonymity in nature. 1896 Naturalist 210 The synonymity of the Lincoln Carstone and the Norfolk Limestones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1875 |
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