| 释义 |
ˈsensing, vbl. n.
[f. sense v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of sense v.
1647tr. Behmen's Clavis §218 Wherein the Naturall will separateth it selfe in its Center, into a sensing. 1656–63Bp. W. Lucy Observ. Hobbes 37 When we have discerned things by our senses, and the act of sensing (pardon that word sensing, it is unusuall, yet significant) is done. 1659Heylin Certamen Epist. 6 It is another subject (the sensing of the word Puritan) that I am speaking of. 1906Laurie Synthetica I. 18 The feeling of an object by a subject-being or entity and the re-flexion of it into its cosmic locus I call rudimentary sensing, or sensation.
2. spec.
a. U.S. Mil. An observation of the point of impact of a shot with respect to the target.
1937Sun (Baltimore) 16 Aug. 16/2 Transfers to the targets will be made by means of a high burst with shrapnel, the bursts being brought to a check point at a particular elevation and range by means of sensings from lateral observation points. 1944H. F. Gregory Anything Horse can Do vii. 74 Conducting an artillery adjustment by communicating ‘sensings’ by changing the line of flight of the Autogiro. 1962Ordnance Techn. Terminol. (U.S. Army Ordnance School, AD 660 112) 269/2 Sensing, the direction of a point of burst or impact, or centers of burst or impact with respect to the target; such as over, short, air or graze.
b. The action of an automatic device in detecting, observing, or measuring something. Freq. attrib.
1950Jrnl. Res. Nat. Bureau of Standards (U.S.) XLV. 295/1 A sensing element in the gas stream normally attains a steady temperature below that of the gas itself, because of radiation and conduction from the sensing element. 1955Flight Test Man. (Advisory Group on Aeronaut. Res. & Devel., NATO) I. iia. x. 15/1 The collection methods of determining liquid water content below freezing..are essentially based upon the sensing of icing. 1962F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics v. 185 (caption) Infrared vidicon tube... It could also be employed for horizon sensing. 1967Electronics 6 Mar. 127/1 An infrared scanner will compete in the fast-developing market for thermal sensing and display devices. 1977Dædalus Fall 38 All the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum became available to astronomers only when the development of sounding rockets and artificial satellites made it possible to send their sensing instruments above the atmosphere.
c. = sense-finding s.v. sense n. 30.
1961C. H. Cotter Princ. & Pract. Radio Direction Finding ii. 36 The device provided to resolve the 180° ambiguity is known as a sensefinder, and the process of doing so is known as sensing. 1976W. H. P. Canner Air Navigation vi. 139 Sensing refers to the resolution of the ambiguity in bearings. |