单词 | overtravel |
释义 | overtraveln.ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > excessive overtravel1856 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxviii. 365 If the rest of my team had not been worn down by over-travel. 2. The movement of part of a machine beyond a desired point; an allowance made for such movement. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > passing beyond a point or limit trespass16.. transgression1623 overshooting1795 overrunning1867 overrun1902 overtravel1923 1923 R. Grierson Electr. Lift Equipm. xiii. 87 Overtravel spaces at both the top and the bottom of the shaft are essential, as the brake is subject to wear. 1939 R. S. Phillips Electr. Lifts xii. 177 The top overtravel is defined as the distance provided for the car floor to travel above the level of the top terminal landing before the car is stopped by the ultimate limit switch. 1962 E. G. Davies in G. A. T. Burdett Automatic Control Handbk. iii. 21 Series limit switches..are generally employed as emergency over-travel switches not called upon to operate except after the failure of the normal stopping or reversing pilot limit switch. 1994 Fighting Firearms Autumn 27/2 A set screw eliminates overtravel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overtravelv.ΚΠ 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 88 The poores in a mans body are ouer traveiled by a moyst exhalation. 2. transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. To travel too much, or beyond one's power of endurance. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (reflexive)] > travel beyond one's endurance overtravel1654 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (reflexive)] > in specific ways overrun1533 overthink1628 overmusea1652 over-dance1653 overtravel1654 forfight1661 overwalk1662 over-read1668 overwrite1752 overpreach1865 outwrite1883 overshoot1883 to run out1892 1654 in F. L. Hawks Hist. N. Carolina (1858) II. 19 The interpreter, with over-travelling himself, fell sick. 1994 Orlando Sentinel (Nexis) 18 Dec. l1 Don't overtravel! Maybe you won't be able to make the whole circle, but you'll have more fun if you stay at least two or three nights each place you stop. 3. intransitive. Of part of a machine: to travel further than necessary to complete a function; to travel too far, or beyond a desired point. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond a point or limit transpass1626 overtravel1909 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Overtravel... In mech., to travel farther than is necessary to do a certain act or perform a definite function. 1919 L. H. Morrison Oil Engines xi. 182 Since the governor movement always follows the change in speed, if the governor is sensitive it may over-travel in meeting a speed increase. 1955 Archit. Rev. 117 143/4 At top and bottom of the well there are Limit Switches which automatically cut off the lift motor in the event of the car overtravelling in either direction. 2002 Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 May g8 The pedal can ‘overtravel’ due to the stopper's design. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856v.1590 |
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