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species
English
Etymology
From Latin speci?s (“appearance; quality”), from speci? (“see”) + -i?s suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spi??i?z/, /?spi?si?z/. Some speakers pronounce the singular with -?z, the plural with -i?z.
Noun
species (plural species or (rare, nonstandard) specieses)
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- 1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, Theological and Literary
- What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.
- A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
- Hence, in determining whether a form should be ranked as a species or a variety, the opinion of naturalists having sound judgment and wide experience seems the only guide to follow.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
- (chemistry, physics) A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
- (mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
- 1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, Theological and Literary
- An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
- (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
- Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
- Wit, […] the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent.
- the species of the letters illuminated with indigo and violet
- A public spectacle or exhibition.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
- (Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
- Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- There was, in the splendour of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
- An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; especially, one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thomas de Quincey to this entry?)
Usage notes
- species is its own plural; specie is a separate word that means coin money.
- (biology, taxonomy): See species name, binomial nomenclature.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- race
- (taxonomy, rank):
- domain
- kingdom
- phylum/division
- class
- order
- family
- genus
- superspecies
- species
- subspecies, form
- (botany, horticulture): variety, cultivar
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “species”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Noun
species
- plural of specie
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
species
- Plural form of specie
Synonyms
- speciën
Latin
Etymology
From speci? (“see”) + -i?s suffix signifying abstract noun.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?spe.ki.e?s/, [?s?p?kie?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?spe.t??i.es/, [?sp??t??i?s]
Noun
speci?s f (genitive speci??); fifth declension
- a seeing, view, look
- a spectacle, sight
- external appearance, looks; general outline or shape
- semblance, pretence, pretext, outward show
- show, display
- (figuratively) vision, dream, apparition
- (figuratively) honor, reputation
- (figuratively) a kind, quality, type
- (law, later) a special case
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
Derived terms
- speci?tim
Descendants
References
- species in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- species in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- species in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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section
- See Wiktionary:Entry layout for the Wiktionary style guide for sections
English
Etymology
From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectio (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secare (“to cut”). More at saw.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: s?k?sh?n, IPA(key): /?s?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
- Hyphenation: sec?tion
Noun
section (plural sections)
- A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
- A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
- (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.
- (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.
- A part of a document.
- An act or instance of cutting.
- A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
- (aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
- (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
- (surgery, colloquial) Short for Caesarean section.
- (sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
- (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
- (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
- (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
- (category theory) A right inverse.
- (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
- (Canada) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
- (US, historical) Any of the squares, each containing 640 acres, into which the public lands of the United States were divided.
- The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
- (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
Synonyms
- (botany, zoology): sectio
- cutting, slice, snippet
- division, part, slice, piece
- volume
Antonyms
- whole
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- (aviation): waterline, buttock line
Derived terms
- bisection
- dissection
- sectionman
- trisection
Related terms
Translations
Verb
section (third-person singular simple present sections, present participle sectioning, simple past and past participle sectioned) (transitive)
- To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
- To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
- (Britain) To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
- 1998, Diana Gittins, Madness in its Place: Narratives of Severalls Hospital, 1913-1997, Routledge, ?ISBN, page 45:
- Tribunals were set up as watchdogs in cases of compulsory detention (sectioning). […] Informal patients, however, could be sectioned, and this was often a fear of patients once they were in hospital.
- a. 2000, Lucy Johnstone, Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice, Second Edition, Routledge (2000), ?ISBN, page xiv:
- The doctor then sectioned her, making her an involuntary patient, and had her moved to a secure ward.
- 2006, Mairi Colme, A Divine Dance of Madness, Chipmunkapublishing, ?ISBN, page 5:
- After explaining that for 7 years, from ’88 to ’95, I was permanently sectioned under the Mental Health act, robbed of my freedom, my integrity, my rights, I wrote at the time;- […]
- Synonym: (Australia) schedule
- 1998, Diana Gittins, Madness in its Place: Narratives of Severalls Hospital, 1913-1997, Routledge, ?ISBN, page 45:
- (medical): To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
- 2012, Anne Fraser, St. Piran's: Daredevil, Doctor...Dad!, Harlequin, page 16:
- "But if she's gone into active labour she could be bleeding massively and you may have to section her there and then."
- 2008, Murray et al, Labor and Delivery Nursing: Guide to Evidence-Based Practice, Springer Publishing Company, page 57:
- You may hear a physician say, "I don't want to section her until the baby declares itself."
- 2012, Anne Fraser, St. Piran's: Daredevil, Doctor...Dad!, Harlequin, page 16:
Translations
Further reading
- section in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- section in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- section at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ecotins, noetics, notices
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin secti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?k.sj??/
Noun
section f (plural sections)
- section (all meanings)
Further reading
- “section” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- notices
Interlingua
Etymology
From secar +? -ion, alternatively borrowed from Latin secti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sek?ti?on/
Noun
section (plural sectiones)
- (act of) cutting
- (surgery) section (all meanings)
- section
- separation by cutting
- portion, division, subdivision
- (natural history, military, etc.) section
- (geometry, drawing, etc.) section
Derived terms
- dissection
- intersection
- resection
- trisection
- vivisection
- sectionar
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