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▪ I. Phillips1|ˈfɪlɪps|
Also Philips.
[The name of Henry F. Phillips, of Portland, Oregon.]
A proprietary name used attrib. to designate screws having a slot in the form of an equal-armed cross, and corresponding screwdrivers.
1935Iron Age 7 Nov. 42/3 American Screw Co., Providence, R.I., announces a line of case-hardened sheet metal screws featuring a new ‘Phillips’ recessed, self⁓centering head in place of the conventional screw-slot. Ibid., The geometric pattern of the Phillips head provides that the screw shall hold to the taper point of the driver and may be brought into position with one hand. 1938Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 18 Oct. 517/2 Henry F. Phillips, Portland, Oreg... Phillips Recessed Head. For screws. Claims use since Dec. 15, 1934. 1952Trade Marks Jrnl. 20 Feb. 159/1 Phillips Recess... Screws of common metal. Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Limited,.. Smethwick; manufacturers. Ibid. 161/1 Phillips Recess... Screwdrivers. Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Limited,.. Smethwick; manufacturers. 1956A. P. Morgan Woodworking Tools ii. 37 Phillips head screws require a Phillips screwdriver. 1962E. Ambler Light of Day viii. 172 He had used an ordinary screwdriver on the Phillips heads. 1966Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 18 Oct. tm119/1 Phillips Screw Company, Natick, Mass. Filed April 14, 1966. Phillips... For screws and allied fasteners. First use 1933. 1972Practical Motorist Oct. 209/3 For Philips screws, you may be able to get by with one screwdriver but it's better to buy a large and a small one. 1976Practical Householder Nov. 55/1 The kit comprises the Impact Driver, bit holder, two cross points for Philips screws, two ordinary screw-driver bits for slotted screws and instructions for use, all packed in a strong metal case.
▪ II. ˈPhillips2
The name of A. W. H. Phillips (1914–75), New Zealand economist, used attrib. or in the possessive in Phillips (or Phillips') curve, a supposed inverse relationship between the level of unemployment and the rate of inflation.
1969Times 5 May (Wall St. Suppl.) p. i/4 The Phillips curve was mentioned frequently during last year's presidential campaign, usually with the assumption that a Nixon Administration would tolerate a higher level of unemployment and thereby bring about a lower rate of inflation than would the opposition party. 1974Times 23 Mar. 13/1 Many have come to doubt whether any such choice—between unemployment and inflation as expressed in the traditional Phillips's curve—exists at all. 1977Dædalus CVI. iv. 90 The observation that prices start to rise long before the real GNP reaches full employment levels led to the Phillips curve hypothesis. |