| 单词 | line of resistance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasline of resistance line of resistance n. (a) the line along which a resistive force acts; spec. (in an arch) a line joining the points on the interfaces between adjacent pieces where the resultants of the forces between the pieces act; (b) Military a line of defence whose main purpose is to resist attacking forces. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > resistance > line of line of resistance1773 1773 T. Hatton Introd. Clock & Watch Work 110 But it is plain, that the versed line is the line of resistance. 1803 R. T. Wilson Hist. Brit. Exped. Egypt 249 The boghaz and flat shore form an almost insuperable first line of resistance to any attempt of debarkation. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xix. 521 The direction of the crack is regulated chiefly by the force applied by the hands, being usually across the line of resistance to that force. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. x. 122 This moral character of the arch is called by architects its ‘Line of Resistance’. 1895 Science 22 Nov. 678/1 During the closing stages the line of resistance for the movement of the ice was diagonally across the Hudson. 1918 Memorandum 27 Oct. in F. L. Huidekoper Hist. 33rd Division, A.E.F. (1921) App. 620 The troops withdrawn will be used to reinforce the Line of Resistance. 2003 C. Beall Masonry Design & Detailing (ed. 5) xi. 371 For such arches, the line of resistance..is required to fall within the middle third of the arch section. 2008 R. U. Newton in T. J. Chandler & L. E. Lee Conditioning Strength Human Performance v. 84/2 The line of resistance for a given exercise can be in any direction. < as lemmas |
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