单词 | systaltic |
释义 | systaltic/sɪˈstaltɪk/adjective 1 Physiology. Contracting; contracting and relaxing in a rhythmic manner. 2 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. OriginLate 17th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From post-classical Latin systalticus (in music) contracting, depressing, (in medicine) contracting from Hellenistic Greek συσταλτικός (in medicine) systolic (Galen), (in music) contracting, depressing from ancient Greek συν- + σταλτικός, after συστέλλειν to draw in, contract. |
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