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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dropwise en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English drop Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English dropwise From drop + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) One drop at a time.
    • dropwise addition

Deriveds

dropwisely

dropwise en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English drop Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English dropwise From drop + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In drops; one drop at a time.

Synonyms

guttatim · dropmeal

Translations (6)

la guttātim (one drop at a time) · fi tipoittain (one drop at a time) · de Tropfen für Tropfen (one drop at a time) · sv droppvis (one drop at a time) · nl druppelsgewijs (one drop at a time) · de tropfenweise (one drop at a time)