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单词 contrate
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contrateadj.

/ˈkɒntreɪt/
Etymology: < Latin type *contrātus , < contrā against, opposite: compare medieval Latin contrāta = Italian contrada , Spanish contrada , French contrée lit. ‘region lying opposite’, country n. and adj.
1. ? Opposed, contrary, adverse. Obsolete.
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1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. F.iiv Of Ciuile Law volumis full mony thay reuolue..Contrait, Prostrait Argumentis they resolue.
2. contrate wheel: a wheel having teeth set at right angles to its plane; in watch-making, the wheel of this kind which works in the pinion of the balance or crown-wheel of a vertical watch. Also contrate teeth, contrate pinion.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of
barrel1591
motion1605
bezel1616
fusee1622
string1638
crown wheel1646
out-case1651
watch-box1656
nuck1664
watchwork1667
balance-wheel1669
box1675
dial wheel1675
counter-potence1678
pendulum-balance1680
watch-case1681
pillar1684
contrate teeth1696
pinion of report1696
watch-hook1698
bob-balance1701
half-cock1701
potence1704
verge1704
pad1705
movable1709
jewel1711
pendant1721
crystal1722
watch-key1723
pendulum spring1728
lock spring1741
watch-glass1742
watch-spring1761
all-or-nothing piece1764
watch hand1764
cylinder1765
cannon?1780
cannon1802
stackfreed1819
pillar plate1821
little hand1829
hair-spring1830
lunette1832
all-or-nothing1843
locking1851
slag1857
staff1860
case spring1866
stem1866
balance-cock1874
watch-dial1875
balance-spring1881
balance-staff1881
Breguet spring1881
overcoil1881
surprise-piece1881
brass edge1884
button turn1884
fourth wheel1884
fusee-sink1884
pair-case1884
silver bar1884
silver piece1884
slang1884
top plate1884
karrusel1893
watch-face1893
watch bracelet1896
bar-movement1903
jewel pivot1907
jewel bearing1954
1696 W. Derham Artific. Clock-maker i. 5 The Contrate-Wheel, is that Wheel in Pocket-Watches, which is next to the Crown-Wheel, whose Teeth and Hoop lye contrary to those of other Wheels.
1773 T. Hatton Introd. Clock & Watch Work 13 After the manner of contrate-wheel teeth.
1795 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 392 These wheels carry contrate teeth on the inside, and a small dial-plate on the back.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 302/2 Vertical Watch—The centre-wheel gives motion to the third wheel pinion, to which is attached the third wheel, acting upon the contrate-wheel pinion, on which is placed the contrate-wheel, acting in the pinion of the balance-wheel, which is also called the scape-wheel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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