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词汇 hypso-
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hypso- 或 hyps-
pref.（前缀）
  1. Height:
    高度：高度：
    hypsometer.
    测高术

语源
  1. From Greek hupsos [height, top] * see upo
    源自 希腊语 hupsos [高度，顶] *参见 upo
hypso- or (before a vowel) hyps-

combining form

indicating height
⇒ hypsometry

Origin

from Greek hupsos

hypso-

Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “height,” “altitude,” used in the formation of compound words:
hypsometer.
Also, hypsi-.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of hýpsos height; akin to hypo-, up

Related Words

  • hypsography
  • hypsometer
  • hypsometry
hypso-
/ˈhɪpsəʊ/  
combining form
relating to height or elevation
表示“高度”：

hypsometer.

词源
from Greek hupsos 'height'.
hypso-|ˈhɪpsəʊ|repr. rare Gr. ὑψο-, used with same force as ὑψι- hypsi-; in modern use, sometimes taken as comb. form of ὕψος ‘height’. Hence hypsoceˈphalic a. = hypsicephalic; so hypsoˈcephalous a. and hypsoˈcephaly (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886). ˈhypsodont a. [Gr. ὀδοντ- tooth], of teeth: having high or lengthened crowns with short roots. hypsophonous |hɪpˈsɒfənəs| a. [Gr. ὑψόϕωνος (ϕωνή voice)], ‘having a high clear voice’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886). hypsophyll |ˈhɪpsəʊfɪl| Bot. [Gr. ϕύλλ-ον leaf: repr. Ger. hochblatt], a leaf of the inflorescence, a bract or bracteole; hence hypsoˈphyllar, -ˈphyllary, -ˈphyllous adjs.1878Bartley tr. Topinard's Anthrop. v. 176 *Hypso⁓cephalic, elevated skull.1883W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 430/1 Modification of [the selenodont form] from a brachyodont to a *hypsodont type. [1880Gray Struct. Bot. (ed. 6) 416/1 Hypsophylla, answers to the German ‘Hochblätter’, or high leaves, those of the inflorescence, i.e. bracts and the like.]1895Vines Stud. Text-bk. 76 There are two kinds [of leaves of the sporophore]; those which bear sporangia..termed sporophylls; those which do not bear sporangia, termed *hypsophylls.1877Bennett tr. Thomé's Struct. Bot. 86 The bracts or *hypsophyllar leaves, i.e. those leaves, in the axils of which the flowers are placed.1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 546 The mode of insertion of the cataphyllary and foliage-leaves, and very often that of the *hypsophyllary leaves (as for instance that of the spathe)..is generally amplexicaul.1880Gray Struct. Bot. (ed. 6) 6 note, *Hypsophyllous. Add: ˈhypsodonty Zool., the condition of being hypsodont; the extent to which this condition is present in a particular animal.1918T. W. Todd Introd. Mammalian Dentition iv. 88 In the most advanced type, Macropus..the teeth are long crowned or hypsodont... This hypsodont character should be contrasted with the *hypsodonty in the bandicoot, Thalacomys.Ibid. xx. 261 In the Horse which is an example of extreme hypsodonty the milk dentition even today is less high-crowned.1944G. G. Simpson Tempo & Mode in Evolution i. 8 Among many possible measures of hypsodonty, the following index was selected as best adapted to the available material: 100 × (paracone height)/(ectoloph length).1983E. C. Minkoff Evolutionary Biol. xvii. 295/1 The evolution of hypsodonty [in the horse] has continued to accelerate, especially since the Miocene.
hypso- /ˈhɪpsəʊ/ combining form repr. rare Greek hupso- (= hupsi-: see hypsi-) or hupsos height: see -o-.
 DERIVATIVE hypsochrome adjective & noun (Chemistry) (a) = hypsochromic; (b) noun a hypsochromic atom or group: L19.
hypsoˈchromic adjective (Chemistry) causing or characterized by a lightening of colour or a shift of the absorption spectrum towards shorter wavelengths L19.
hypsodont adjective (of a tooth) having a high crown and short root L19.
hypsoˌdonty noun the condition of being hypsodont or of having hypsodont teeth M20.
hypsoˈgraphic adjective of or pertaining to hypsography (hypsographic curve, a curve representing the proportion of the earth's surface, or of a specified part of it, that lies above each of a series of altitudes) L19.
hypsoˈgraphical adjective hypsographic L19.
hypˈsography noun the branch of geography that deals with the relative altitudes of different parts of the earth's surface and with their determination L19.
hypˈsometer noun an instrument for estimating height above sea level from the temperature at which water boils M19.
hypsoˈmetric adjective of or pertaining to hypsometry (hypsometric curve, a hypsographic curve) M19.
hypsoˈmetrical adjective hypsometric M19.
hypsoˈmetrically adverb by hypsometric methods; with a hypsometer: M19.
hypˈsometry noun the branch of science that deals with the measurement of altitude; the hypsometric features of a region: L16.
hypso-
: see hyps-

hypso- 1
  • hyps-
  • hypsi-

    • Prefix

    1. Height.

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos, “height”)

    hypso- 2

    Prefix

    1. Aloft, on high.

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek ὕψι (húpsi, “aloft, on high, on the high seas”)
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