| 单词 |
synonymity |
| 释义 |
synonymity|sɪnəˈnɪmɪtɪ| [f. synonymous: see -ity.] The quality or fact of being synonymous, or having the same meaning.
1880J. Morison in Expositor XI. 468 Metaphysical coincidence by no means necessitates the rhetorical synonymity of nomenclature. 1884N. & Q. 6th Ser. X. 43/2 To point out the Germanic origin of his [sc. Garibaldi's] name and its synonymity with Shakespere. b. transf. Identity of nature of things having different names (e.g. tones in a musical scale, or geological formations); cf. synonymous 1 c.
1875Ellis in Helmholtz's Sensations of Tone App. 659 To found any harmonic theories on the synonymity of tones in any temperament, when there is known to be no synonymity in nature. 1896Naturalist 210 The synonymity of the Lincoln Carstone and the Norfolk Limestones. |

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