单词 | generating |
释义 | generatingn. The action of generate v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production generationa1382 engenderinga1400 outbearinga1425 productionc1450 produce1562 prolation1577 procreation1578 generating1579 edition1605 producement1613 elaboration1617 flowering1634 pullulation1641 factory1664 development1794 output1841 output1887 1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things vii. 167 This is ye maner of the froward generating of Uipers. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Aa3v As those which are ordained for generating, and propagating of Scyences. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 263 in Justice Vindicated Every Creature of it selfe [would be] in a like power of Generating, one as much as another. 1698 E. Bellamy tr. J. Huarte Tryal Wits iii. 429 For this Reason then has Nature provided, that..with its great Heat and Dryness [the right testicle] might produce hot and dry Seed for the generating a Male. 1777 Philos. Trans. 1776 (Royal Soc.) 66 472 Thus the consequences of generating motion upon a level plane exactly correspond with the generating of motion by gravity. ?1790 J. Lowe Treat. Solar Creation & Univ. Deluge 102 It does not necessarily follow that there is no generating, producting, changing, or variety of things there, because we have no knowledge of them. 1803 W. O. Pughe Geiriadur Cynmraeg a Saesoneg: Welsh & Eng. Dict. II Ysgeniad, a generating of scales; a generating of dandriff. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 249 All these occurrences are perfectly dependant on a knowledge of the generating of the explosive force. 1900 Times 28 June 16/1 The generating of horse power by steam was costly. 1951 F. Whiteley Gear Manuf.: Bk. 3 vi. 42 The grinding of helical gear tooth profiles on a production basis is at present carried out..using the generating method. 1991 Sci. Amer. Sept. 112/1 All these characteristics pose challenges to the laws that govern generating, organizing, transmitting and archiving information. Compounds generating capacity n. the capacity to generate power; spec. the rate at which a power station, country, etc., can generate electricity, usually expressed in kilowatts, megawatts, or gigawatts. ΚΠ 1858 U.S. Patent 20,840 1/2 I am enabled to dispense with the ordinary ash pan and to occupy its place by heating surfaces, thereby greatly increasing the generating capacity of the boiler. 1967 Times 4 Mar. 11/1 By 1975..15 per cent of our total generating capacity will be nuclear. 2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Jan. a2/5 15,000 megawatts of generating capacity were out of service yesterday, one of the highest amounts ever. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). generatingadj. 1. That produces, creates, or gives rise to something; (in later use) esp. that generates electricity (see Compounds).In later use frequently as the second element in objective compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > generator > [adjective] generating1923 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [adjective] power-generating1866 generating1923 1617 T. Cooper Myst. Witch-craft ii. i. 260 He [sc. the devil] can hinder the operations of nature, and so may be a means to hinder copulation... As corrupting naturall heate, that the generating member may not execute accordingly. 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια sig. *6 Porotick or generating callus, by which broken bones are ferruminated and knit. 1799 R. Saumarez New Syst. Physiol. II. (ed. 2) v. 199 Some of these [arteries] supply the different pelvic viscera, the sexual and generating organs of both sexes also. 1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 132 The Momentum, or Quantity of Motion, generated by a Single Impulse, or any Momentary Force, is as the Generating Force. 1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 18 The small tube of the generating apparatus being bent straight passes down into the wash solution. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 156 The generating member, since it continues to grow during the branching, may form numerous lateral members. 1896 Daily News 20 Apr. 5/1 When the fires are at work, the slender tubage heaves and throbs, and through it scurries the river of steam-generating water. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 797/2 The chuff-chuff of the exhaust from the generating plant that supplied the house with electricity. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 680/2 He recognizes that neuroses are acquired in anxiety-generating situations. 1970 Ann. Rev. Physiol. 32 474 In some weakly electric fish the generating cells may be drum-shaped to tubular. 2006 Prospect Aug. 26/1 Labour would try to eliminate crime-generating social ills such as poor housing. 2. Mathematics. That generates a certain figure or solid when moved conceptually in a certain way. Frequently in generating circle, generating line, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [adjective] > relating to expressions > relating to functions generating1671 exponential1704 discontinuous1803 functional1806 odd1812 periodic1820 syzygetic1850 convex1858 graphometric1865 polycyclic1869 subrational1875 synectic1876 variational1879 polyhedral1881 holomorphic1886 tropical1887 Gudermannian1888 monogeneous1888 monotonous1890 oscillating1893 monotonic1901 monotone1903 orthogonalized1909 schlicht1925 concave1942 deconvolved1974 unate1978 1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2057 The Space contained by the Cycloid and Basis, is triplicate to the Generating Circle. 1733 Ladies Diary 19 Suppose the generating Hyperbola to become the Plain of a West-declining Dial, in the Latitude of 50° Νorth. 1788 C. Hutton Treat. Mensuration (ed. 2) iv. iii. 501 (heading) Of the relation between the areas and solidities of figures and the centers of gravity of their generating lines and planes. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. II. 558/1 If the diameter of the generating circle be to that of the basis as 5 to 2, the figure will be a quintuple bicuspidate epicycloid. 1854 E. de Warren tr. L. F. J. De Saulcy Journey Dead Sea II. 127 The generating arch is not then quite half a circumference. 1951 F. Whiteley Gear Manuf: Bk. 4 i. 8 The pitch angle of any bevel gear is the angle between the axis and the cone generating line. 2001 Coll. Math. Jrnl. 32 340 The pseudosphere,..whose generating curve, called the tractrix, starts at the point (0,1). Compounds generating company n. a company which generates electricity. ΚΠ 1901 Times 26 Dec. 9/4 The Aluminium Company however pay only £4.10s. per e.h.p. year for the power they rent from the Generating Company. 2001 Independent 11 Apr. i. 12/5 Pacific Gas & Electric..had been negotiating..to sell its transmission lines to the state as a way of paying off some $9bn (£6bn) in debts owed to generating companies. generating function n. [after French fonction génératrice (P. S. de Laplace 1782, in Hist. de l'Acad. Royale des Sci. 1779 207)] Mathematics a function used to define a series of numbers when the function is expressed as a power series whose coefficients form the series.See also moment generating function n. at moment n. Compounds, probability generating function n. at probability n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1801 Monthly Rev. 36 498 Chap. 2. contains the theory of series deduced from the consideration of generating functions. 1935 E. U. Condon & G. H. Shortley Theory Atomic Spectra v. 115 The Laguerre polynomials may also be studied with the aid of their generating function. 2000 J. M. Harris et al. Combinatorics & Graph Theory ii. 102 This example illustrates the general strategy for using generating functions to solve combinatorial problems. generating plant n. an apparatus or installation which generates electricity; esp. a generating station; cf. power plant n. ΚΠ 1882 Birmingham Daily Post 23 Oct. 5/4 The supply being in the hands of a local authority, with generating plant recently put down, consumers..would demand that the dynamo in use should be abandoned. 1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 86 498 The reservoir will..supply power to a generating plant with a capacity of 1,835,000 h.p. 2002 J. Colls Air Pollution (ed. 2) i. 22 The coal used in large-scale generating plant is ground in a ball mill to the texture of a fine powder. generating station n. a power station for the generation of electricity. ΚΠ 1878 Times 26 Dec. 3/6 The way in which it is proposed to ‘lay on’ electricity to any given district or town is somewhat similar to the arrangements for gas. There would have to be, in the first instance, one or more electrical generating stations. 1885 Electrician 3 July 146/2 With electric tramways the energy (electricity) is conveyed from the generating station to the rails. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. V. 93/1 The capacities of some of the largest generating stations. 1998 H. W. Beaty Electric Power Distribution Syst. i. 4 This book briefly describes how electricity is produced at generating stations, transmitted to major load centers, then distributed to consumers. generating surface n. the heating surface of a boiler. ΚΠ 1839 W. Templeton Engineer's Common-place Bk. 31 Effective generating surface of the boiler in square feet. 1847 J. Bourne Treat. Steam Engine (ed. 2) 47/2 All the particles of water that come in contact with the inside of this heating surface, or generating surface, which are converted into steam, will rise to the surface of the water. 2004 R. J. Gordon Productivity Growth i. vi. 211 James Agnew..attributed his ability to reduce plant staffing to a gradual process of modifying his 1973-vintage ‘prototype units’... The furnace had been changed, generating surface had been added to boilers, [etc]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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