“heterostrophic”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

heterostrophic

释义

heterostrophic, a.|-ˈstrɒfɪk|
[f. Gr. ἑτερο- hetero- + -στροϕ-ος turning + -ic: cf. Gr. στροϕικός.]
1. Turning or winding in another direction; spec. in Conch. applied to univalve shells in which the usual direction of the spire is reversed, as in a ‘reversed’ whelk.
2. Gr. and Lat. Pros. ‘Consisting of two systems of different metrical form: as, a heterostrophic song or choric passage’ (Cent. Dict.).
So heteˈrostrophous a. = prec. 1; heteˈrostrophe, heteˈrostrophy, the condition of being heterostrophic.
1854Mayne Expos. Lex., Heterostrophus (Conchol.), applied to a spirivalve shell in which the terminal border is to the left side of the animal, as in the Physa heterostropha: heterostrophous.1884Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Heterostrophe, the reversal of the direction in which the spire of a shell turns.

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