compage

词形变化

compages 复数 compages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.

    废旧

    1658: Common Tombs preserve not beyond powder: A firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from Arefaction, deep buriall or charcoal. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)

  2. 2.

    A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.

    废旧

词源

From Latin compages, from com- + root of pangere ‘to fasten’.

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