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单词 crispation
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crispationn.

/krɪˈspeɪʃən/
Etymology: noun of action, < Latin crispāre to curl: see -ation suffix.
a. Curling, curled condition; formation of slight waves, folds, or crinkles; undulation.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > curled condition or formation
crispation1626
curling1626
curl1665
kink1678
crispature1745
quirling1754
kinkle1862
the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > curly > state of being
crispheadc1440
crispnessc1440
lockering?c1475
curledness1530
crispation1626
curliness1818
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §852 Some differ in the Haire..both in the Quantity, Crispation, and Colours of them.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §852 Heat causeth Pilosity and Crispation.
1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xxvii. 64 Dismissing its wrinkled Crispations, and becoming very broad.
1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. v. ii. 116 The motion of the Air and Vapours makes a pretty Crispation and Rouling.
1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man (1855) I. 96 A difference in the degree of crispation, some European hair being also very crisp.
b. ‘A slight contraction of any part, morbid or natural, as that of the minute arteries in a wound when they retract, or of the skin in the state called goose-skin’ (Mayne, Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci.).
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > goose-flesh
crispation1710
goose-skin1785
hen flesh1825
goose-flesha1834
chicken flesh1844
goose pimples1889
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > contraction
crispation1710
constriction1771
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 150 Painful Crispations of the Fibres.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. v. 134 She could not think of marrying him without a shudder, a crispation from head to foot.
1887 O. W. Holmes in Atlantic Monthly July 118/1 Few can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations.
c. Applied to the minute undulations on the surface of a liquid, produced by vibrations of the containing vessel, or by sound-waves.
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > undulation on surface
jobble1826
crispation1831
jabble1831
ripple1871
1831 M. Faraday Exper. Res. xlvi. 329 The well-known and peculiar crispations which form on water at the centres of vibration.
1891 Cent. Mag. May 37 Upon singing..through the tube..beautiful crispations appear upon the surface of the liquid, which vary with every change of tone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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