| 单词 | exploring wire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasexploring wire exploring wire n. [originally after Italian filo esploratore (1772 in the passage translated in quot. 1776)] a length of wire used to test for or experiment with electromagnetic radiation or fields; spec. (in early use) = explorator n. 2a; cf. exploring conductor n. ΚΠ 1776 tr. G. Beccaria Terrestr. Atmospheric Electr. in tr. G. Beccaria Treat. Artific. Electr. 422 The electricity of the atmosphere..is to be investigated only by using exploring wires [It. fili esploratori] of metal, that are very long, and especially placed very high. 1842 W. Sturgeon Lect. Electr. xi. 177 The exploring wires in the kite string must have been negatively electrical to the atmosphere. 1885 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 28 Feb. 192/1 The two exploring wires in connection with the galvanometer were..insulated so that only a cross section of each wire would be in contact with the water. 1892 C. A. H. Crosse Red-letter Days I. 178 I have an apparatus arranged for testing the electricity of the atmosphere. It is connected with exploring wires carried on high poles for more than a mile round the woods. 1919 J. A. Crowther Ions, Electrons, & Ionizing Radiations viii. 121 The distribution of potential across the flame is examined..by means of a fine platinum exploring wire, connected to..an electrometer. 1999 G. Deuschl & A. Eisen Recommendations Pract. Clin. Neurophysiol. (ed. 2) 195/2 It records the potential difference between the exploring wire and the cannula that sheathes the wire. < as lemmas |
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