Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
2. DETERMINATE NUMBER
966 words | Chapter 27
#87. {opp. 100} Unity.—N. unity; oneness &c. adj.; individuality;
solitude &c. (seclusion) 893; isolation &c. (disjunction) 44;
unification &c. 48. one, unit, ace; individual; none else, no other. V.
be one, be alone &c. adj.; dine with Duke Humphrey[obs3]. isolate &c.
(disjoin) 44. render one; unite &c. (join) 43, (combine) 48. Adj. one,
sole, single, solitary, unitary; individual, apart, alone;
kithless[obs3]. unaccompanied, unattended; solus[Lat], single-handed;
singular, odd, unique, unrepeated[obs3], azygous, first and last;
isolated &c. (disjoined) 44; insular. monospermous[obs3]; unific[obs3],
uniflorous[obs3], unifoliate[obs3], unigenital[obs3], uniliteral[obs3],
unijocular[obs3], unimodal [statistics], unimodular[obs3]. lone,
lonely, lonesome; desolate, dreary, insecable|, inseverable[obs3],
indiscerptible[obs3]; compact, indivisible, atomic, irresolvable[obs3].
Adv. singly &c. adj.; alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the
singular number, in the abstract; one by one, one at a time; simply;
one and a half, sesqui-[obs3]. Phr. natura il fece [It], e poi roppe la
stampa[It]; du fort au faible [obs3][Fr]; "two souls with but a single
thought, two hearts that beat as one".
#88. Accompaniment.—N. accompaniment; adjunct &c. 39; context;
appendage, appurtenance. coexistence, concomitance, company,
association, companionship; partnership, copartnership;
coefficiency[obs3]. concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion,
buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort,
spouse, mate; partner, co- partner; satellite, hanger on,
fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute. V. accompany,
coexist, attend; hang on, wait on; go hand in hand with; synchronize
&c. 120; bear company, keep company; row in the same boat; bring in its
train; associate with, couple with. Adj. accompanying &c. v.;
concomitant, fellow, twin, joint; associated with, coupled with;
accessory, attendant, obbligato. Adv. with, withal; together with,
along with, in company with; hand in hand, side by side; cheek by jowl,
cheek by jole[obs3]; arm in arm; therewith, herewith; and &c.
(addition) 37. together, in a body, collectively. Phr. noscitur a
sociis[Lat]; virtutis fortuna comes[Lat].
#89. Duality.—N. duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity[obs3],
biformity[obs3]; polarity; two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair,
cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins; fellows; yoke,
conjugation; dispermy[obs3], doublets, dyad, span. V. pair[unite in
pairs], couple, bracket, yoke; conduplicate[obs3]; mate, span [U.S.].
Adj. two, twin; dual, dualistic, double; binary, binomial; twin,
biparous[obs3]; dyadic[Math]; conduplicate[obs3]; duplex &c. 90;
biduous[obs3], binate[obs3], diphyletic[obs3], dispermic[obs3],
unijugate[obs3]; tete-a-tete. coupled &c. v.; conjugate. both, both the
one and the other.
#90. Duplication.—N. duplication; doubling &c. v.; gemination,
ingemination[obs3]; reduplication; iteration &c. (repetition) 104;
renewal. V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat
&c. 104; renew &c. 660. Adj. double; doubled &c. v.; bicipital[obs3],
bicephalous[obs3], bidental[obs3], bilabiate, bivalve,
bivalvular[obs3], bifold[obs3], biform[obs3], bilateral;
bifarious[obs3], bifacial[obs3]; twofold, two- sided; disomatous[obs3];
duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate[obs3];
second. Adv. twice, once more; over again &c. (repeatedly) 104; as much
again, twofold; secondly, in the second place, again.
#91. [Division into two parts.] bisection.—N. bisection,
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bipartition; dichotomy, subdichotomy[obs3]; halving &c. v.;
dimidiation[obs3].
bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork,
prong; fold; half, moiety.
V. bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave
dimidiate[obs3],
dichotomize.
go halves, divide with.
separate, fork, bifurcate; branch off, out; ramify.
Adj. bisected &c. v.; cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate[obs3],
bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous[obs3], bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous,
dichotomous, furcular[obs3]; semi-, demi-, hemi[obs3].
#92. Triality.—N. Triality[obs3], trinity; triunity[obs3].
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three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion[obs3], leash; shamrock,
tierce[obs3], spike-team [U.S.], trefoil; triangle, trident,
triennium[obs3], trigon[obs3], trinomial, trionym[obs3],
triplopia[obs3],
tripod, trireme, triseme[obs3], triskele[obs3], triskelion,
trisula[obs3].
third power, cube; cube root.
Adj. three; triform[obs3], trinal[obs3], trinomial; tertiary;
ternary; triune; triarch, triadie[obs3]; triple &c. 93.
Pref. tri-, tris-.
Phr. tria juncta in uno[Lat].
#93. Triplication.—N. triplication, triplicity[obs3];
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trebleness[obs3], trine.
V. treble, triple; triplicate, cube.
Adj. treble, triple; tern, ternary; triplicate, threefold,
trilogistic[obs3]; third; trinal[obs3], trine.
Adv. three times, three fold; thrice, in the third place,
thirdly;
trebly &c. adj.
#94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection.—N. trisection,
tripartition[obs3], trichotomy; third, third part. V. trisect, divide
into three parts. Adj. trifid; trisected &c. v.; tripartite,
trichotomous[obs3], trisulcate[obs3]. Triadelphous[obs3], triangular,
tricuspid, tricapsular[obs3], tridental[obs3], tridentate,
tridentiferous[obs3], trifoliate, trifurcate, trigonal[obs3],
trigrammic[obs3], trigrammatic[obs3], tripetalous[obs3], tripodal,
tripodic[obs3], triquetral[obs3], triquetrous[obs3].
#95. Four.—N. quaternity[obs3], four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion,
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square, quarter.
[planar form with four sides] tetract[obs3], tetragon, quadrangle,
rectangle.
[three dimensional object with four surfaces] tetrahedron.
quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet; quatrefoil.
[object or animal with four legs] tetrapod.
[geographical area with four sides] quadrangle, quad[coll.].
[electromagnetic object] quadrupole.
[four fundamental studies] quadrivium.
V. reduce to a square, square.
Adj. four; quaternary, quaternal[obs3]; quadratic; quartile;
tetract[obs3], tetractic[obs3], tetractinal[obs3]; tetrad, tetragonal;
square, quadrate.
#96. Quadruplication.—N. quadruplication.
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V. multiply by four, quadruplicate, biquadrate[obs3].
Adj. fourfold, four times; quadrable[obs3], quadrumanous[obs3],
quadruple, quadruplicate, quadrible[obs3]; fourth.
quadrifoliate[obs3], quadrifoliolate[obs3], quadrigeminal[obs3],
quadrigeminate[obs3], quadriplanar[obs3], quadriserial[obs3].
Adv. four times; in the fourth place, fourthly.
#97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection.—N. quadrisection,
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quadripartition[obs3]; quartering &c. v; fourth; quart; quarter,
quartern[obs3]; farthing (i.e. fourthing)[obs3]; quadrant.
V. quarter, divide into four parts.
Adj. quartered &c. v.; quadrifid[obs3], quadripartite.
rectangular.
#98. Five, &c.—N. five, cinque[Fr], quint, quincux[obs3]; six,
half-a-dozen, half dozen; seven; eight; nine, three times three;
dicker; ten, decade; eleven; twelve, dozen; thirteen; long dozen,
baker's dozen; quintuplet; twenty, score; twenty-four, four and twenty,
two dozen; twenty- five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred; forty,
two score; fifty, half a hundred; sixty, three score; seventy, three
score and ten; eighty, four score; ninety, fourscore and ten;
sestiad[obs3]. hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century; hundredweight,
cwt.; one hundred and forty-four, gross. thousand, chiliad; millennium,
thousand years, grand[coll.]; myriad; ten thousand, ban[Japanese],
man[Japanese]; ten thousand years, banzai[Japanese]; lac, one hundred
thousand, plum; million; thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion
&c. V. centuriate[obs3]; quintuplicate. Adj. five, quinary[obs3],
quintuple; fifth; senary[obs3], sextuple; sixth; seventh; septuple;
octuple; eighth; ninefold, ninth; tenfold, decimal, denary[obs3],
decuple[obs3], tenth; eleventh; duodenary[obs3], duodenal; twelfth; in
one's 'teens, thirteenth. vicesimal[obs3], vigesimal; twentieth;
twenty-fourth &c. n.; vicenary[obs3], vicennial[obs3]. centuple[obs3],
centuplicate[obs3], centennial, centenary, centurial[obs3]; secular,
hundredth; thousandth, &c.
#99. Quinquesection, &c.—N. division by five &c. 98; quinquesection
&c.; decimation; fifth &c. V. decimate; quinquesect. Adj. quinquefid,
quinquelateral, quinquepartite; quinqevalent, pentavalent;
quinquarticular[obs3]; octifid[obs3]; decimal, tenth, tithe;
duodecimal, twelfth; sexagesimal[obs3], sexagenary[obs3]; hundredth,
centesimal; millesimal &c. [obs3]
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