单词 | aeromotor |
释义 | aeromotorn. 1. Also with capital initial. A water-pumping engine powered by a windmill; (also occasionally) a windmill incorporating such an engine. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > operated by windmill windmill-pump1891 aeromotor1892 society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > types of post mill1755 post-windmill1755 smock windmill1795 smock-mill1802 stob-mill1882 aeromotor1892 1892 Amer. Architect & Building News 5 Mar. (Advertisers' Trade Suppl.) 3/3 For '92 we furnish the most perfect bearings ever put in a windmill, and have made an exhaustive revision of the Aeromotor and Towers. 1968 Victoria (Texas) Advocate 24 Feb. 12/2 (advt.) One eight foot aeromotor windmill. 1994 R. L. Hills Power from Wind ix. 252 These two men joined forces in 1888 with other capitalists to manufacture the first scientifically designed windmill, which Noyes christened the Aeromotor. 2007 Monterey County (California) Herald (Nexis) 6 May The windmill will operate with an ‘aeromotor’ drive that will connect to a pump to move water, demonstrating how wind power can be used. 2. An aircraft, an airship. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft > heavier-than-air aircraft flying machine1736 aeronef1861 aeromotive1865 aviator1891 aeromotor1902 aerodyne1906 1902 F. Walker Aërial Navigation p. viii The construction of dirigible balloons, aërostats, aëroplanes, and aëromotors to be..illustrated by various types already made. 1902 F. Walker Aërial Navigation iv. 34 In constructing an aëromotor capable of practical work, the peculiar nature of the medium in which the apparatus has to float and to move by mechanical reaction calls for a structural form and adaptation of motive power entirely different from that required upon sea or land. 3. An aircraft motor. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine aeromotor1909 mill1918 1909 R. Kennedy Flying Machines vii. 115 Green aeromotor. 1935 ‘J. Guthrie’ Little Country vi. 139 I am working on the boat..a hundred horse-power Curtis Vth aeromotor in her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1892 |
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