单词 | pulverulence |
释义 | pulverulencen. The property or fact of being pulverulent; dustiness; (chiefly Mycology and Entomology) a pulverulent appearance or character. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > powder powderc1300 poudreyec1400 pulver?a1425 farina1707 pulverulence1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Pulverulence, dustiness. 1837 J. T. Smith in tr. L. J. Vicat Pract. & Sci. Treat. Mortars & Cements App. 131 This movement is obliged to be subdivided..into an infinite number of partial contractions, whence arises pulverulence. 1922 Proc. Acadian Entomol. Soc. 1921 7 12 The dorsum almost without pulverulence. 1947 Amer. Midl. Naturalist 37 9 Pileus..often with a dry yellow pulverulence. 1985 R. Howard tr. R. Barthes Responsibility of Forms i. 145 The floral extent readily becomes the efflorescence of a more disturbing state of matter; decomposition produces pulverulence..and molds that resemble flowers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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