| 单词 | kilometric guarantee |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskilometric guarantee Of or pertaining to a kilometre; marking a kilometre on a road; kilometric guarantee, a guarantee of gross receipts per kilometre of line conceded by the Turkish government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to (foreign) companies constructing railways within the then Empire. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > relating to the kilometre kilometrical1867 kilometric1881 1881 G. B. Halsted Mensuration 2 Along roads and railways are placed kilometric poles or stones. 1902 Daily Chron. 24 Jan. 3/3 The revenues to be assigned for the service of the kilometric guarantee have not yet been specified. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 16 Dec. 2/1 The Bagdad Railway (with the iniquitous kilometric guarantee). 1909 D. Fraser Short Cut to India iii. 39 A heavy kilometric guarantee was provided. 1909 D. Fraser Short Cut to India iii. 45 When the kilometric receipts exceed..4500 francs, the whole of the surplus goes to the government. 1943 Gloss. Terms Telecomm. (B.S.I.) 64 Radio-waves are classified as follows: A. According to wavelength, in metres... Kilometric 10 000 to 1 000. 1973 Nature 21 Sept. 144/2 Urey assumes that the..heart-and-soul of a comet is a solid nucleus of kilometric size. < as lemmas |
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