formatizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

formatize ‎(三人称単数 現在形 formatizes, 現在分詞 formatizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 formatized)

1. (まれに, art) To trim or add to a picture in order to make it fit into a standard frame size.
   • 1982, Joseph Alsop, The Rare Art Traditions, page 120:

     The desired symmetry was only achieved by "formatizing" great masterpieces; and this was why Christian von Mechel had to remove additions to pictures and remedy losses when the Hapsburg paintings were moved from the Stallburg to the new museum in the Belvedere Palace.

   • 1992, Marjorie B. Cohn, A noble collection: the Spencer albums of old master prints, page 42:

     While not as destructive as formatizing, this close trimming is a further indication that the albums are art collections and not essentially print collections, for even in the eighteenth century a diehard print collector would always prefer ...

   • 2000, John Loughman & ‎John Michael Montias, Public and private spaces, page 125:

     Indeed, this latter process may have begun during the seventeenth century: Muizelaar and Van de Wetering have suggested that 'formatizing' (the term sometimes used to describe the cutting down または adding to a picture, または changing its shape from oval to rectilinear as part of a predetermined scheme) may have been ...

2. (まれに, geology) To prepare a specimen so that it fits a standard size and shape.
   • 1968, Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Contribuição para a fauna do Kimeridgiano da mina de lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal), page 11:

     A small hacksaw was used to formatize rock specimens.

   • 2009, V. P. Wright & ‎M. E. Tucker, Calcretes (Reprint Series Volume 2 of the IAS), ISBN 144430450X, page 234:

     Part of specimen in Fig. 2 after formatizing and cutting.

3. (まれに) To translate or render into a specific format.
   • 1976, IEEE Computer Society, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Technology for Selective Dissemination of Information:

     The 'reference file' ICDSOL is built by means of an auxiliary program, ICDTEST, that simply reads correction commands, according to a format similar to that of the stored commands, and then it checks, formatizes and finally stores them in the disc file ICDSOT.

   • 2012, Ivan Pitzer de Souza, The Relational Intelligence, ISBN 1467873047, page 28:

     My desire was to give her half, because she had helped me with the project, of digiting and formatizing the work to be presented in a power point presentation at my summer conferences.

   • 2015, Steven Heller & Veronique Vienne, Becoming a Graphic and Digital Designer, ISBN 1118771982, page 15:

     But the fundamental definition of graphic design as a way of organizing, “formatizing,” and functionalizing word and image remains constant.