“ætiological”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

ætiological

释义

ætiological, a.|ˌiːtɪəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ˌɛtɪ-|
[f. Gr. αἰτιολογικ-ός inquiring into causes (see ætiology) + -al¹.]
Of or pertaining to ætiology; assigning or tending to assign a cause or reason.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., ætiological, something that assigns the cause of an effect or appearance.1837Whewell Induct. Sc. III. xviii. 481 The sciences which treat of causes have sometimes been termed ætiological.1869Huxley in Sci. Opin. 28 Apr. 486/2 It will be ætiological speculation, if it attempts to deduce the history of the world, as a whole, from the known properties of the matter of the earth in the conditions in which the earth has been placed.

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