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sex-
pref.（前缀）
  1. Six:
    六：
    sexpartite.
    六分

语源
  1. Latin
    拉丁语
  2. from sex [six] * see s(w)eks
    源自 sex [六] *参见 s(w)eks
sex-

combining form

six
⇒ sexcentennial

Origin

from Latin

sex-

Word Origin
1
a combining form, occurring in loanwords from Latin, meaning “six” (sexagenary); on this model used in the formation of compound words:
sexpartite.
Also, sexi-.
Origin
< Latin, combining form of sex six
sex-a word element meaning 'six', as in sexcentenary.
[Latin, combining form of sex]
sex-
/seks/  
combining form
variant spelling of SEXI-, shortened before a vowel (as in sexennial), or shortened before a consonant (as in sexfoil).
同SEXI- （i在元音前省略, 如sexennial, 或在辅音前省略, 如sexfoil）。
sex-|sɛks|repr. L. sex six in combination (as in sexangulus sexangular, sexennis sexennial), occurs in many mod. formations, chiefly scientific or technical. (In some of these sexi- is also used.)1. Forming parasynthetic compounds, as sexannulate (= six-ringed), sexarticulate, sexcuspidate, sexlocular, sexradiate, sextubercular, sex-tuberculate adjs. (see annulate, etc.); sexˈdigital, -ˈdigitate, -ˈdigitated (also sedigital, etc. after L.) adjs., having six digits (fingers or toes); sexˈdigitism, the condition of having six digits; sexˈdigitist, one who has six digits; sexˈfarious a. Bot. [mod.L. sexfarius], see quot.; ˈsexfid a. [mod.L. sexfidus], divided into six segments; sexˈtactic a. Math., pertaining to or involving six coincident points of contact.1856W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 317 Loxocera,..Abdomen elongate, *sexannulate.Ibid. 345 Chironomus,..Antennæ filiform,..in females *sexarticulate.1899Proc. Zool. Soc. 560 In the molars..the derivation from the *sexcuspidate type is equally recognizable.1898Syd. Soc. Lex., *Sexdigital, having six digits.1868Darwin Anim. & Pl. II. xii. 13 The child of the fifth generation would have only 1-32nd part of the blood of his *sedigitated ancestor.1775Ash Suppl., *Sexdigitism.1825A. Clarke Bible Comm. II. 2 Sam. xxi. 20 Maupertius..says, that he met with two families near Berlin, where sexdigitism was equally transmitted on both sides of father and mother.1880Proctor Rough Ways 211 In a branch of a well-known Scotch family sex-digitism—after continuing for three or four generations—has apparently disappeared.1775Ash Suppl., *Sexdigitist.1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, *Sexfarious, presenting six rows, extending longitudinally round an axis.1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xi. (1776) 26 In respect to its Segments..it [a calyx] is..*Sexfid, in six.1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxiv. (1794) 341 The exterior calyx..in Alcea is sexfid.1777Robson Brit. Flora 34 *Sexlocular, divided into six cells, as in Asarum.1853Macdonald & Allan Bot. Word-bk. 29 Sexlocular, applied to a pericarpium which has six internal divisions or cells.1874J. E. Gray in Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. iv. XIII. 288 Sponges with spicules of the *sexradiate type.1859Cayley Math. Papers (1891) IV. 228 The twenty-seven *sextactic points form nine groups of three each.1893Ibid. (1897) XIII. 387 Halphen assumes that a2d-3 abc + 2 b3 is the sextactic reciprocant.1890Nature 20 Mar. 467/1 The addition of a postero-internal cusp in the bunodont series gives us the *sextubercular molar.1899Proc. Zool. Soc. 558 The unworn molars..are..*sextuberculate.b. Chem. In the names of classes of compounds, denoting the presence of six atoms, molecules, or combining proportions of the substance indicated by the second part of the compound, as sexaˈluminate, sexˈborate, sexˈdecyl. Also in other kinds of words: † sexˈbasic a., having six combining proportions of the base; sexˈvalent a., having an equivalence of six, combining with or replacing six hydrogen atoms.1836T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc. I. 219 The mineral might be considered as composed of 2 atoms sexaluminate of magnesia 1 atom tersilicate of magnesia.1841Brande Chem. (ed. 5) 839 A hydrated sexbasic nitrate of lead is formed.1849Watts tr. Gmelin's Handbk. Chem. III. 89 Sexborate of soda.1868Fownes' Chem. (ed. 10) 632 Sex⁓decyl, or Cetyl Alcohol,..also called Ethal, is obtained from spermaceti.1872Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 243 Sulphur, regarded as sexvalent, may take with it into combination the quinquivalent group.1877― Fownes' Chem. I. 256 Sexvalent elements, or Hexads.2. Combined with a numerical element: sexˈdecimal, ˌsexduoˈdecimal, seˈxoctonal adjs. (see quots. 1816, 1822); sexˈdecimo = sextodecimo; sexmilleˈnarian a., holding the doctrine of the ‘sexmillenary duration’ of the world: sexmiˈllenary, -miˈllennial adjs., of 6000 years.1816R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 2) 201 *Sex-decimal, when the planes that belong to the prism..and those which belong to the two summits, are the one six, and the other ten in number, or vice versa. In the same manner, we say, octo-decimal, *sex-duodecimal [etc.].1870J. Power Handy-bk. 112 *Sex-decimo,—sixteenmo; contraction, 16mo, now called foolscap 8vo.1851A. P. Stanley in Life & Lett. (1893) I. 429 A conversation..going on between the Dean, Dr. Spry, and the *sexmillenarian C―.1728Earbery tr. Burnet's St. Dead II. 16 The Prophecy of the Jews..of the *Sex⁓millenary Duration thereof [sc. of the World].1684T. Burnet Th. Earth ii. 34 The prophecy..concerning the *sexmillennial duration of the world.1822P. Cleaveland Min. (ed. 2) I. 36 Quadridecimal, octodecimal,..octosexdecimal, *sexoctonal, &c. when..a prism or the middle part of a crystal, and the two summits have the number of faces, indicated by the several names respectively. Thus..plomb carbonaté (carbonate of lead) sexoctonal.
sex- /sɛks/ combining form. Before a consonant also sexa- /ˈsɛksə/, sexi- /ˈsɛksi/.
ORIGIN: Latin sex six (+ euphonic -a-, -i-).
Sixfold, having six.
 DERIVATIVE sexaˈdecimal adjective = hexadecimal adjective L19.
†sexangle noun (rare) a hexagon M17–L18.
seˈxangular adjective having six angles, hexagonal E17.
sexaˈvalent adjective = hexavalent E20.
sexˈdigitism noun the condition of having six fingers or toes on one or more hands or feet L18.
sexfid adjective (Botany) divided into six parts by deep clefts or notches M18.
sexiˈvalent adjective = hexavalent L19.
sexˈvalent adjective (now rare) = hexavalent M19.
☞ sex
sex-
combining form
or sexi-
Etymology: Latin sex — more at six
: six
 < sexannulate >
 < sexisyllable >

sex-

Prefix

  1. A form of sexa-, meaning six.

Etymology

Latin sex- (six).

Synonyms

  • hex-, hexa-

    • Derived terms

  • sextet
  • sexagenarian
  • sextuplet
  • sexdactyly
  • sextant
  • sextilis

    • 前缀：sex- 表示“六”

    sexangle 六角形（sex+angle角）

    sexfoil 六叶形（sex+foil树叶→六叶；）

    前缀：sex- 六(亦作sexi-)

    sexangle 六角形

    sexdigitism 六指（或趾）

    sexisyllable 六音节词

    sexpartite 分为六部分的

    sexivalence （化学）六价

    sexfoil 六叶形

    sexcentenary 六百（年）的

    sexennial 每六年的

    sexto 六开本
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