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单词 penning
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penningn.1

Brit. /ˈpɛnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛnɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s pennyng, 1500s– penning.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pen v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pen v.2 + -ing suffix1.
The action of pen v.2; writing, composition; (also) something composed.
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society > communication > writing > [noun]
writingeOE
penning1548
composition1553
characterizing1591
penship1622
scription1627
exaration1631
inkshed1672
scrivening1680
quill-driving1756
pen-and-inkage1894
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxvii A letter..bothe for the stile & the pennyng excellently endited.
1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie 260 My to carefull penning maie perhaps offend som.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 134 Reade thou that challenge, marke the penning oft. View more context for this quotation
1687 Royal Proclam. 18 Nov. in London Gaz. No. 2297/1 The Doubtful Penning of some Parts of the said Act.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 154 I suppose it is of my Sister's Penning, and he, poor Man, is the humble Copier.
1782 R. B. Sheridan Let. 7 Apr. (1966) I. 141 There are two or three Gentlemen who have sent us Performances of their own penning for this Purpose.
1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. lxiii The treatment of words, and the penning of signatures, in that way was rather unusual.
1936 Times 22 May 12/1 In those days,..there was sufficient time to allow a man..to devote his entire skill to the penning of his letter.
1994 M. J. Richtarik Acting between Lines v. 140 Other directors..had hitherto confined their public activity to the penning of controversial..programme notes on the plays.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

penningn.2

Brit. /ˈpɛnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛnɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pen v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pen v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action of pen v.1; the enclosing or confining of animals. Also with up.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [noun]
closurec1420
pinning1503
closing1580
seclusion1623
penning1626
impoundage1954
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > action of sheep-dog
penning1886
cast1933
fetch1938
outrun1938
lift1942
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §152 The penning and enclosure of the air, in the concave of the well.
1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) Sept. xi. 54 Once Penning in Winter is worth twice Penning in the forward Part of the Summer.
1751 Act 24 Geo. II c. 8 §2 Locks, Weirs..and the Shutting, Penning, Opening, Drawing, Use..thereof.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 201 In penning, the dog works closely to the sheep.
1921 Kelso Chron. 12 Aug. 2 This bitch started well... Her haulding, lifting, and penning were good, her bringing and driving very fair.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 310 One daggy sheep can stain quite a few clean sheep when penning up is in progress.
2002 Equus Mar. 66/2 Periodic roundups, to sort the herds and help individuals reclaim their own horses, eventually evolved into the current annual tradition of Pony Penning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Penningn.3

Brit. /ˈpɛnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛnɪŋ/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Penning.
Etymology: < the name of Frans Michel Penning (1894–1953), American physicist, who devised the instruments.
Physics.
1. Penning gauge n. [described by Penning (1937), in Physica 4 71] an ionization gauge with an unheated cathode in which a magnetic field is applied to increase the number of ions produced.
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1949 S. Dushman Sci. Found. Vacuum Technique vi. 345 (caption) 345 Cold-cathode ionization gauge (Penning).]
1953 Jrnl. Sci. Instruments 30 271/2 (caption) Calibration curves of the Penning gauge for argon.
1958 Science 8 Aug. 280/1 The Penning gauge, or Philips gauge, as it is called in this country, uses a high-transparency anode, solid cathodes, and a magnetic field which greatly increases ionization.
1978 Nature 12 Jan. 141/1 Pressures were measured with a cold cathode Penning gauge situated ∼10 cm from the sample.
2002 Solid State Technol. (Nexis) 45 58 The original Penning gauge has evolved into the inverted magnetron (IM) cold cathode gauge with a range from 10−9 torr to 5 mtorr.
2. Penning trap n. [the physical principles underlying its operation were described by Penning (1936), in Physica 3 873] an ion trap that uses static magnetic and electric fields to confine ions or other charged particles.
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1967 H. G. Dehmelt in Adv. Atomic & Molecular Physics 3 58 (heading) Operating parameters of Penning trap for containment of thermal electrons.
1974 Physical Rev. Lett. 33 737 (title) Penning-trap technique for studying electron-atom collisions at low energy.
1983 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 643 The other experiment used a frequency-doubled tunable dye laser to cool a Mg+ ion in a Penning trap with a large magnetic field.
2002 Nature 3 Oct. 440/1 An essential innovation..was the nested Penning trap, a clever device that solves the problem of how to confine oppositely charged positrons and anti-protons simultaneously.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

penningadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pen n.2, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < pen n.2 + -ing suffix2.Apparently not < pen v.1, which is not attested in this sense.
Obsolete.
Apparently: (of the sheep of a fold) entering or being enclosed in a pen.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [adjective] > enclosed in pen, stall, etc.
enclosed1552
stalled1560
impent1633
shedded1850
ox-fenced1852
penning1854
coted1866
impounded1888
1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxiii. 124 Sound of lowing kine, And echoes long and clear, And herdsman's evening call, And bells of penning folds, Sweet and low.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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