单词 | elastic recoil |
释义 | > as lemmaselastic recoil 5. The return of an elastic material or structure to its original shape after stretching; an instance of this. Esp. in elastic recoil. ΚΠ 1809 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 314/1 The tempered elasticity of the tort-string allows it to bend, and on the removal of the oppressing force the vigorous recoil of the wire vibrating till it reassumes a perfectly strait line, shews that a violent shock cannot warp it. 1833 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 39 180 The blood first moves by the direct impulsion of the ventricle, and afterwards by the elastic recoil of the dilated arteries. 1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. xvi. 271 We strain a bow and let its recoil propel the arrow. 1886 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 23 565 This part acting..like a spring, and throwing the animacule..backward through the water, the whole immediately becoming upright by the recoil of the curved extremity of the pedicel. 1943 C. O. Swanson Physical Properties Dough i. 11 There is also a certain amount of elasticity..in these gluten strands which enables them to recoil after stretching. 1978 Times 30 Nov. 5/3 Considerable energy is stored in the extended skin on the convex side of the tail, and that energy produces an elastic recoil which helps the tail to swing back just as the muscles on that side of the tail start to contract. 1986 S. M. Hinchliff Teaching Clin. Nursing (ed. 2) 133 Release and recoil of the elastic is passive, no energy being required. 2006 J. P. T. Ward et al. Respiratory Syst. at Glance (ed. 2) iii. 15/1 Functional residual capacity occurs when the outward recoil of the chest wall exactly balances the inward recoil of the lungs. < as lemmas |
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