| 单词 | free surface |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree surface a. Not in contact with another object or surface; not bearing the weight of another object; (of a surface) bounding an open volume of space or the air. Chiefly in free surface. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [adjective] abjunct1610 detached1706 free1720 loosea1728 disengaged1794 floating1806 unattacheda1821 1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture IV. iv. 10 This defect may be remedy'd, by making over the Architraves..arches that will bear the weight, and leave the architraves free. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 374 At the free surface of the mucous membrane. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) v. 131 The neck by which a gland communicates with the free surface is called its duct. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. i. 2 A liquid which does not fill the containing vessel therefore exposes a ‘free surface’ to the vapour, whereas the surface of a gas always coincides with that of the vessel in which it is confined. 1952 Hesperia 21 27 We possess..entire and fragmentary free and wall architraves. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics ii. 8 Seismic waves whose travel paths are restricted to the vicinity of a free surface, such as the Earth's surface, are known as surface waves. < as lemmas |
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