equi-
pref.(前缀)
语源
pref.(前缀)
- Equal; equally:
均等的;相同的(地):
equiangular.
等角的
语源
- Middle English
中古英语 - from Latin aequi-
源自 拉丁语 aequi- - from aequus [equal]
源自 aequus [相等]
equi-
combining form
equal or equally
⇒
equidistant
⇒
equilateral
equi-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “equal,” used in the formation of compound words:
equimolecular.
Origin
Middle English < Latin aequi-, combining form representing aequus equal
Related Words
- equivocal
- equiangular
- equicaloric
- equidistance
- equidistant
- equiform
equi-a word element meaning 'equal', as in equidistant, equivalent.
[combining form representing Latin aequus equal]equi-
combining form
equipoise
: equally
equiprobable
combining form
ETYMOLOGY Latin aequi-, from aequus equal
: equalequipoise
: equally
equiprobable
equi-
combining form
- equal; equally表示“相等的”; “相等地”:
-
equiangular
equidistant.
词源
from Latin aequi-, from aequus 'equal'.
1885 C. Leudesdorf Cremona's Proj.Geom. 55If two ranges, each of four points, are projective, they..are *equianharmonic.
1852 Dana Crust. ii. 1131The accessory branch is but little the shorter, nearly *equi-articulate.
1841 Blackw. Mag. XLIX. 372The sphere of Coreggio..exemplified the attempt to create an *equi-balance of the great elements of the constitution of man.
1665 Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 916, 500Foot, or so many Ships, as should equi⁓ballance that Number.
1675 J. Smith Chr. Relig. Appeal 48 (L.),In Mahomet..the passions of amorousness and ambition were almost equibalanced.
a1678 Woodhead Holy Living (1688) 110Equiballancing to the other.
1890 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 810/2The unicellular or *equicellular Protozoa.
1800 Sir W. Herschel in Phil. Trans. XC. 536The proportional elevations which a set of *equi-changeable thermometers would experience.
1612 Sturtevant Metallica (1854) 85Equi-sufficiencie, *Equi-cheapness, Equi-excellency . [ are the lesser vertues of a deriuative Inuention]
1917 Z. Jeffries in Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Metals Dec. 300 (title)The Amorphous Metal Hypothesis and *Equi-Cohesive Temperatures.
Ibid. 311There must be some intermediate temperature in any given metal at which the cohesion of the amorphous and crystalline phases is the same. I will refer to this temperature as the ‘Equi-Cohesive Temperature’.
1959 Jrnl. Iron & SteelInst. CXCI. 208/2The author first describes methods for determining equicohesive temperature and for ascertaining its dependence on grain size, strain and strain rate.
1926 E. W. Hobson Theory Functions (ed. 2) II. ii. 168In case the family of continuous functions is such that, for each value of ε, a single set of sub-intervals or sub-cells can be so determined that, for every function f(x) of the family, the fluctuation in a sub-interval, or a sub-cell, of a set, is less than ε, the family is said to consist of *equi-continuous functions.
1959 G. & R. C. James Math. Dict. 21/1Ascoli's theorem. From any set of uniformly bounded functions equicontinuous on a bounded closed (compact) set (such as a closed interval) it is possible to select an infinite sequence which converges uniformly to a limit function which is also continuous.
1857 B. Price Infinitesimal Calculus I. 89This variable..I have ventured to call *Equicrescent.
1726 tr. Gregory'sAstron. I. i. 47The Proportions..agree..to this Curve, to which the Circle is *equicurve.
1762 tr. Busching'sSyst. Geog. I.Pref. 39The radius of a circle æquicurve to the meridian.
1817 H. T. Colebrooke Algebra 58*Equidiagonal tetragons.
1858 Whewell Nov.Org. 262 (L.),The circle which the sun describes in his diurnal motion, when the days and nights are equal, the Greeks called the *equidiurnal.
1633 Ames Agst. Cerem. ii. 174That doeth not hinder a superdivision, or *æquidivision, into common and speciall.
1686 Goad Celest. Bodies ii. viii. 256To ascribe a durable Constitution, or State of Air, to an *Equi-durable mover.
1612 *Equiexcellency . [ see equicheapness]
1866 Proctor Handbk. Stars 22The homolographic (or, as I prefer to call it, the *equigraphic) projection of maps: that is of the construction of maps in which all areas shall be correctly given.
1872 Nicholson Palæont. 325Ganoids with heterocercal *equilobate tails.
1608 Sylvester Du Bartas 767Bee't Cloudy, cleer, Eclipse, or night, or day, His lovely browes are *equilucent ay.
1946 Nature 14 Dec. 877/1 Carré and Libermann have shown..that it is of great advantage to use *equimolar quantities of acid, pyridine, and thionyl chloride.
1961 Lancet 2 Sept. 566/2 The solution contained equimolar amounts of α-ketobutyric acid and sodium hydroxide.
1909 J. W. Jenkinson Exper. Embryol. iii. 140*Equimolecular solutions of monobasic lithium salts.
1922 F. W. Aston Isotopes 19Solutions of two different compounds of lead in equimolecular proportions.
1963 A. J. Hall TextileSci. ii. 72An equimolecular mixture of the two monomers.
1881 J. Larmor in Nature XXIV. 605The well-known property of *equi-momental ellipses.
1663 Butler Hud. i. iii. 1034For both to give blows and to carry, In fights are *equenecessary.
1640 J. Gower ( title),Ovid's Festivalls, or Romane Calendar; translated into English Verse *equinumerally.
1705 Arbuthnot Coins (J.),This talent of gold, though not *equinumerant, nor yet equiponderant, as to any other; yet was equivalent to some correspondent talent in brass.
1797 J. Lawrence in MonthlyMag. (1818) XLVI. 214That even abstract power appears to be limited by *equiomnipotent absurdity.
1692–1732 Coles, *Equipensate, weigh or esteem alike.
1882 Minchin Unipl. Kinemat. 10Superposed *Equiperiodic Rectilinear Vibrations.
1817 H. T. Colebrooke Algebra 74Also in an *equi-perpendicular tetragon..to find the area.
1888 Dublin Rev. Jan. 219The contest between probabilism and *æquiprobabilism has not been touched at all.
1882 Littledale in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 636s.v. Liguori,*Equiprobabilists, who teach that in a balance of opinion the less safe opinion may be lawfully followed, provided it be as probable, or nearly as probable, as its opposite.
1846 Grote Greece ii. vi. II. 537Something approaching to *equi-producing lots for all.
1817 Coleridge Biog. Lit. 130If we affirm of a circle that it is *equi-radial.
1931 P. V. H. Weems AirNavig. xiv. 273A radio beam is broadcast by transmitters known as *equi-signal beacons. Transmitters employ two cross-loops, radiating a characteristic dot-and-dash signal.
1936 Jrnl. R.Aeronaut. Soc. XL. 172The system of directional equi-signal beacons established to mark the chain of air routes throughout the U.S. A.
1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 31Equi-signal zone, a zone within which, with an overlapping signal pattern system, indication is given that an aircraft is on a track.
1889 Evening Post 25 Jan. 1/4 The lady's bicycle, which is built..with *equi-sized wheels.
1612 *Equi-sufficiency . [ see equicheapness]
1715 De Moivre in Phil. Trans. XXIX. 334The Curve A C B may..be call'd the *Equitangential Curve.
1871 Olney Geom. xiii. 172The..Equitangential Curve is generated by the motion of a weight, etc.
1709 F. Hauksbee Phys. Mech. Exper. v. (1719) 197Galileo's famous Proposition, about the *Equitemporaneous Descents of heavy Bodies in the Chords of a Circle.
1579 J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf D ij b,The daughter..shal haue much adoe to find *equiualiant champions.
1803 W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 470He has the fault of all our antiquaries, to *equivalue the noble and the rabble of authorities.
1865 F. Hall in Reader 14 Jan. 43/1Anything adequate mounts up to; whereas that which is adequative simply equivalues.
1836 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 711In a considerable number of species the two valves are alike, when the shell is said to be *equivalved.
1662 Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. iii. ii. §16The *æqui-velocity of the motion of all Atoms..which he likewise asserted.
1745 Revised Charter Yale Coll. inCatal. YaleUniv. (1886) 20Where an *Equivote happens, the President shall have a casting Vote.
1888 A. P. Foster in Advance (Chicago) 1 Mar. 132In an equi-vote the question shall determine on that side on which the presiding member shall have voted.
equi-
before vowels equ-, word-forming element meaning "equal, having equal," from Latin aequi-, comb. form of aequus "equal, even" (see equal, adj.).
equi-
equal:
equal:
equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equation, equator
ORIGIN: Repr. Latin aequi- , from aequus equal: see -i- .
equi-
combining form.
equal _____: Equidistance = equal distance.
equally _____: Equidistant = equally distant.
[< Latin aequi- < aequus equal]
equi-
combining form
also aequi-
Etymology: Middle English equi-, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French equi-, from Latin aequi-, from aequus level, equal
: equal
< equidistribution >
: equally
< equidistant >
< equisided >
also aequi-
< equidistribution >
: equally
< equidistant >
< equisided >
equi-æqui- (obsolete), aequi- (rare, archaic)
Prefix
- Equal.
Etymology
equ- + -i-, by anaptyxis, to ease pronunciation, especially between consonants.
Derived terms
English words prefixed with equi-