readings
測定値
解説 Definition
readings は reading（測定値、読み取り値）の複数形です。温度計や計器、センサーなどが示す複数の数値や結果を表すときに使います。
Readings are numerical values or results obtained from instruments, sensors, tests, or measurements. The plural form is used when referring to multiple values, whether recorded at one time or over a period.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reading「読み取って得た値」に複数形の -s が付いた形で、語末 /ŋ/ が有声音なので -s は /z/ と発音します。本や朗読の「読み」という別義ではなく、temperature readings、sensor readings、patient readings のように、計器や測定から得た複数の数値として覚えましょう。
Begin with the singular reading, which can mean a value obtained by reading an instrument. Readings is its plural form, so it refers to two or more measured values. Because reading ends with the voiced sound /ŋ/, the plural -s is pronounced /z/. Keep this sense separate from readings meaning texts or acts of reading by learning technical combinations such as temperature readings, sensor readings, and patient readings. Imagine a machine checking and storing a new number every hour; the collection of numbers is its readings.
例文
The nurse checked the patient's readings.
看護師は患者の測定値を確認しました。
These readings show that the room is too cold.
これらの測定値から、その部屋が寒すぎることがわかります。
The machine stores readings every hour.
その機械は1時間ごとに測定値を保存します。
readings の類義語・関連語
readings の語源・成り立ち Etymology
readings は read「読む・読み取る」に名詞化の -ing が付き、その複数形になった語です。read は古英語 rædan「解釈する」にさかのぼり、計器の readings が「目盛りを読み取って得た値」なのも納得できます。関連語は reader, misread。
Readings is the plural of reading, formed historically from the verb read, the noun-forming ending -ing, and plural -s. Read goes back to Old English rædan, which included senses such as advising, interpreting, and explaining. A reading from an instrument is therefore something interpreted or taken from its display or scale. The plural developed straightforwardly for multiple measured or recorded values.
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