Boyleanadj.

Brit.

/ˈbɔɪlɪən/, U.S.

/ˈbɔɪliən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Boyle , -ean suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Robert Boyle (see Boyle's law n.) + -ean suffix.

Physics.

Of or relating to the work and theories of Robert Boyle.

ΚΠ

1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 102 He refers the reader to those Boylean experiments, which make it out, that the air furnishes something that is necessary to make a flame.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 116/2 This law was almost immediately acquiesced in, and was called the Boylean law.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xxx. 356 Boyle's..experiments gave, to the exhausted receiver of the air pump, the name of the Boylean vacuum, by which it was long known in the greatest part of Europe.

1936 Osiris 1 352 The sensible spread in New England of Cartesian ideas with Boylean modifications.

2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 73 Grew may well have read More's criticisms of Boylean and Cartesian mechanism.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boylean
释义	Boyleanadj. Brit. /ˈbɔɪlɪən/, U.S. /ˈbɔɪliən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Boyle , -ean suffix. Etymology: < the name of Robert Boyle (see Boyle's law n.) + -ean suffix. Physics. Of or relating to the work and theories of Robert Boyle. ΚΠ 1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 102 He refers the reader to those Boylean experiments, which make it out, that the air furnishes something that is necessary to make a flame. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 116/2 This law was almost immediately acquiesced in, and was called the Boylean law. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xxx. 356 Boyle's..experiments gave, to the exhausted receiver of the air pump, the name of the Boylean vacuum, by which it was long known in the greatest part of Europe. 1936 Osiris 1 352 The sensible spread in New England of Cartesian ideas with Boylean modifications. 2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 73 Grew may well have read More's criticisms of Boylean and Cartesian mechanism. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1674
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