zeugmatographynoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zeugmatography mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zeugmatography. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zeugmatography?
| 1970 | 0.0044 |
| 1980 | 0.0039 |
| 1990 | 0.0039 |
| 2000 | 0.0039 |
| 2010 | 0.0046 |
How is the noun zeugmatography pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zeugmatography come from?
Earliest known use
1970s
The earliest known use of the noun zeugmatography is in the 1970s.
OED's earliest evidence for zeugmatography is from 1973, in the writing of P. C. Lauterbur.
zeugmatography is a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.
Etymons: Greek ζεῦγματ-, ζεῦγμα, ‑ography comb. form.
Nearby entries
- zetta-, comb. form
- Zeuglodon, n.1839–
- zeuglodont, n. & adj.1850–
- zeuglodontoid, adj. & n.1891
- zeugma, n.c1450–
- zeugmatic, adj.1851–
- zeugmatical, adj.1610–
- zeugmatically, adv.1616–
- zeugmatogram, n.1973–
- zeugmatographic, adj.1973–
- zeugmatography, n.1973–
- zeunerite, n.1873–
- Zeus, n.¹1587–
- Zeus, n.²1601–
- Zeus-like, adj. & adv.1850–
- Zeuxian, adj.1635–
- Zeuxis, n.1577–
- Zeuxis-like, adj.1665–
- zeuxite, n.1836–
- zeze, n.1860–
- Zhdanovism, n.1958–
Etymology
Summary
Meaning & use
- 1973–An imaging technique in which the output is produced by the coupling of two types of field (electromagnetic and magnetic).Zeugmatography was an early form of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
- 1973
Because the interaction may be regarded as a coupling of the two fields by the object, I propose that image formation by this technique be known as zeugmatography.
P. C. Lauterbur in Nature 16 March 190/1 - 1981
Nuclear magnetic resonance (or zeugmatography) is looming on the horizon.
British Medical Journal 7 November 1212/1 - 1997
Zeugmatography..led to high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.
American Scientist March 181/1
- inoculation1802–Experimental, accidental, or natural introduction of pathogenic infective material or agents into a living organism; an instance of this.
- plethysmography1890–The measurement of variation in the volume of the body, or a part of it, esp. as caused by changes in blood pressure; the use of a plethysmograph.
- auxanography1905–A method of studying the effects and interactions of various substances in promoting or inhibiting the growth of micro-organisms, by inducing…
- subpassage1907–Chiefly Microbiology. The process of transferring microorganisms cultivated in one animal to another, typically in order to alter their virulence…
- ultrafiltration1908–The action or process of filtration through a medium sufficiently fine to retain colloidal particles, certain viruses, or large molecules.
- enucleation1909–Biology. The extraction of a nucleus from its cell.
- deafferentation1911–The action of destroying or interrupting afferent neural connections; loss or functional cessation of such connections; the state resulting from this.
- turbidimetry1920–The use of a turbidimeter, esp. for the quantitative analysis of turbid solutions.
- microinjection1921–Injection on a microscopic scale, esp. into an individual cell or part of a cell; an instance of this.
- post-treatment1923–Treatment carried out after some earlier action or process has been completed.
- microincineration1924–A process by which tissue sections are heated to a high temperature to destroy organic matter and facilitate analysis in situ of the remaining…
- plasmal reaction1925–A modification of the Feulgen reaction for detecting plasmalogens and aldehydes in tissue.
- bursectomy1928–Excision or destruction of a bird's bursa of Fabricius (the site where B lymphocytes are formed), usually done in the egg or soon after hatching in…
- priming1943–Biology and Medicine. Treatment used to induce a particular physiological state (usually prior to another treatment or procedure).
- superinfection1947–Virology. Further infection (by a different or the same virus) of a cell which is already infected by a virus (as an experimental technique or…
- bioengineering1950–The application to biological processes of techniques derived from engineering; (also) the use of any advanced technology, esp. genetic…
- superfusion1953–Physiology. The action or technique of passing a stream of liquid over the surface of a piece of tissue, typically in order to maintain the…
- hybridization1961–Cytology. The fusion, by artificial means or in artificial cultures, of two somatic cells of distinct types to form a hybrid cell containing the…
- sham operation1963–sham operation (Biology), an operation in which an incision is made but nothing is removed, performed on animals of an experimental control group so…
- transfection1964–The introduction of free viral nucleic acid into a cell.
- transdetermination1965–An alteration of the course of development of an imaginal disc during the culture of Drosophila tissue so that it gives rise to a structure that…
- perifusion1969–The action or process of perifusing an organ or tissue.
- immunostaining1970–The staining of antigens by labelled antibodies; immunohistochemical staining.
- immunolabelling1971–Any technique (such as immunofluorescence, immunoperoxidase, etc.) that uses antibodies labelled with a marker for the identification and…
- immunoperoxidase1971–A technique for identifying antigens in cells and tissues, using antibody labelled with the enzyme peroxidase (or with a complex containing…
- zeugmatography1973–An imaging technique in which the output is produced by the coupling of two types of field (electromagnetic and magnetic).
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Frequency
zeugmatography typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zeugmatography is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zeugmatography, n., 1970–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0044 |
| 1980 | 0.0039 |
| 1990 | 0.0039 |
| 2000 | 0.0039 |
| 2010 | 0.0046 |
Compounds & derived words
- zeugmatogram, n. 1973–An image produced by zeugmatography.
- zeugmatographic, adj. 1973–Involving or produced by zeugmatography.