单词 | ovalling |
释义 | ovallingovalingn. Chiefly Mechanics. Becoming oval; adopting an oval form or (esp.) cross-section. ΚΠ 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 18v Oualing and denticulating [It. ouolato & denticulato], and other cuttings of sundrye sorts. 1962 Trans. ASME: Jrnl. Appl. Mech. 29 714/1 Thick tubes [under bending] fail in local ovaling. 1987 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 74 1039/2 The reduction in I results from the previously noted ovaling of leaf cross-section induced by water stress. 2001 Water Power & Dam Construction (Nexis) 31 July The generating units were suffering ovalling of the discharge ring and stay ring distortion. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈovalling ˈovalling adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in ovals or ellipses elliptic1806 ellipsing1878 ovalling1922 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 429 The odour of the sicksewet weed floats towards him in slow round ovalling wreaths. < as lemmas |
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