单词 | traceless |
释义 | tracelessadj. 1. Leaving no trace or track; that cannot be traced; of a surface, that shows no traces or lines. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > incapable of discovery investigablea1425 indiscoverable1640 undiscoverable1642 inexplorable1646 inconspicuous1648 traceless1651 unsuspectable1660 introuvable1824 undetectible1827 undetectable1863 society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > [adjective] > unmarked traceless1789 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. i. xxiii Traceless and Swift, and Changing as the Winde. 1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Subj. for Painters xxxv On traceless copper sees imperial heads. 1889 F. L. Oswald in Voice (N.Y.) 31 Oct. The strangest case of traceless disappearance is perhaps that of the Hungarian poet Petoefi. 1892 J. Mather Poems 68 To traceless nothingness its course has run. 2. Mathematics. Having a trace equal to zero. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [adjective] > geometrical property acentric1831 orientated1857 convex1858 unicursal1866 oriented1875 dual1910 concave1942 traceless1966 1966 Rev. Mod. Physics XXXVIII. 220/1 To each representation belongs a traceless tensor. 1973 Nature 14 Sept. 78/1 A view of the Earth from Polaris, with W representing the pole of the traceless part of the nutation tensor. 1979 J. C. Polkinghorne Particle Play iv. 63 There is a triplet representation of SU(3) which is called the fundamental representation because all other representations..can be constructed by mathematical manipulations on these three fundamental objects. The mathematical operations involved are direct products, symmetrizing, and making traceless. Derivatives ˈtracelessly adv. in a traceless manner; without leaving a trace. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adverb] > without possibility of discovery undiscoverably1645 unapprehensivelya1659 indiscoverably1669 tracelessly1845 tracklessly1864 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 363 May they pass quick and perish tracelessly. 1894 J. R. Illingworth Personality (1895) Notes 234 Vanishing tracelessly to give place to its successor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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