单词 | middle temperature error |
释义 | > as lemmasmiddle temperature error middle temperature error n. Watchmaking and Clockmaking an inaccuracy in a timekeeper caused by the expansion or contraction of the metal at temperatures other than the two extremes at which it is set to function correctly (see quot. 1940). ΚΠ 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 176 Mr. Hartnup, director of the Liverpool Observatory..proposes that navigators should be instructed to allow for the middle temperature error. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 547/2 Middle-temperature error, the error in the time of vibration of a compensation balance due to the fact that compensation for dimensional changes of the balance and the elastic properties of the spring is not complete over a range of temperature. A watch or chronometer regulated to be correct at the extremes of the temperature range over which it is to be used will show an error at temperatures between the extremes. 1984 Antiquarian Horology Dec. 147/2 The only cut balance in use today to compensate for middle temperature error of a steel spring is the Guillaume balance. < as lemmas |
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