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/ˈɛlətə/

Etymology: < (through modern Latin) Greek ἐλατήρ one who or that which drives. The adoption of the Greek word into modern Latin (in sense 1) seems to be due to Pecquet (1651), whose English translator, however, usually rendered it by elatery n.

†1. The expansive or ‘elastic’ property inherent in air or gases; hence, more widely, = ‘spring’, ‘elasticity’. Also figurative.

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1653 tr. J. Pecquet New Anat. Exper. 90 By its [the Atmosphere's] Spontaneous dilatation (which I call Elater) [L. quem Elaterem nuncupo].

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxii. 162 The swelling..and the springing up..were not the effects of any internal Elater of the Water.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 109 Persons..having the Elater and Spring of their own Natures to facilitate their Iniquities.

1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 35 Exercise..gives 'em [sc. the nerves] a better Tone, or Elater.

1731 A. Stuart in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 349 The Elater of the Guts.

2. Zoology. Linnæus' name for a genus of beetles (now the family Elateridæ) possessing the power of springing upward from a supine position for the purpose of falling upon their feet; also, a member of this family, a skip-jack.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Elateridae > member of (click-beetle)

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snapping beetle (or bug, jack)1861

1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 142 The Elater or Skipper Tribe. The Elaters fly with great facility.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ii. 35 At Bahia, an elater..seemed the most common luminous insect.

1873 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1883) xxx. 168 She didn't know an elater from a tipula.

3. Botany. An elastic spiral filament, or elongated cell, attached to the sporangium or sporecase in certain liverworts ( Hepaticæ), to the spore of horsetails ( Equisetaceæ), etc., and serving to discharge and disperse the sporules when ripe.

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1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 324 Spiral fibres, called Elateres, within which the sporules are intermixed.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 641/2 The elaters which accompany the spores are distinct spiral vessels.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 472 Equisetaceæ..spores of one kind, attached to 4 clubbed elastic threads (elaters).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	elater
释义	elatern.¹ /ˈɛlətə/ Etymology: < (through modern Latin) Greek ἐλατήρ one who or that which drives. The adoption of the Greek word into modern Latin (in sense 1) seems to be due to Pecquet (1651), whose English translator, however, usually rendered it by elatery n. †1. The expansive or ‘elastic’ property inherent in air or gases; hence, more widely, = ‘spring’, ‘elasticity’. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > gaseous phase > [noun] > gas > properties > expansive property elater1653 elatery1653 1653 tr. J. Pecquet New Anat. Exper. 90 By its [the Atmosphere's] Spontaneous dilatation (which I call Elater) [L. quem Elaterem nuncupo]. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxii. 162 The swelling..and the springing up..were not the effects of any internal Elater of the Water. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 109 Persons..having the Elater and Spring of their own Natures to facilitate their Iniquities. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 35 Exercise..gives 'em [sc. the nerves] a better Tone, or Elater. 1731 A. Stuart in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 349 The Elater of the Guts. 2. Zoology. Linnæus' name for a genus of beetles (now the family Elateridæ) possessing the power of springing upward from a supine position for the purpose of falling upon their feet; also, a member of this family, a skip-jack. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Elateridae > member of (click-beetle) snap-beetle1698 spring beetle1782 skipper1796 elater1813 skipjack1817 snap-bug1834 click1848 snapping beetle (or bug, jack)1861 1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 142 The Elater or Skipper Tribe. The Elaters fly with great facility. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ii. 35 At Bahia, an elater..seemed the most common luminous insect. 1873 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1883) xxx. 168 She didn't know an elater from a tipula. 3. Botany. An elastic spiral filament, or elongated cell, attached to the sporangium or sporecase in certain liverworts ( Hepaticæ), to the spore of horsetails ( Equisetaceæ), etc., and serving to discharge and disperse the sporules when ripe. ΚΠ 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 324 Spiral fibres, called Elateres, within which the sporules are intermixed. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 641/2 The elaters which accompany the spores are distinct spiral vessels. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 472 Equisetaceæ..spores of one kind, attached to 4 clubbed elastic threads (elaters). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). elaterelatorn.² /ɪˈleɪtə/ Etymology: < elate v. + -er suffix¹, -or suffix. He who or that which elates.In modern dictionaries. ΚΠ 1818 Richardson Elater [with example for elater n.¹]. 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Elator. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.¹1653n.²1818
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