单词 | recirculation |
释义 | recirculationn. Renewed or continuous circulation; an instance of this. In later use also: the action or an act of recirculating or recycling something.In quot. 1611 probably: an act of encircling again (cf. recircle v. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > re-use > making available for reclamation1909 recirculation1916 salvage1918 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words 425/2 Recirculatione, a recirculation. 1718 Pharmacopœia Radcliffeana (ed. 3) 93 When it ceases by Art, Attenuation and Recirculation complete the Work. 1788 W. Rowley Treat. Female Dis. 458 A cure might be effected by a resolution and a recirculation of the cellular fluids. 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 111 Rubbing with my hands..soon caused a recirculation of the blood. 1899 Star 5 July 3/4 Putting the old stamps into recirculation. 1916 L. A. Harding & A. C. Willard Mech. Equipm. Buildings I. xiv. 330 All of the air is brought in from the outside to warm the building, and no recirculation is allowed. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 3 Past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 1954 G. M. Fair et al. Water Supply & Waste-water Disposal xxx. 905 Modern swimming pools are designed for the recirculation of pool water. 1975 Nature 20 Mar. 175/2 Recirculation of metal and other wastes could save an increasing proportion of the total energy. 1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) xvii. 614 The use of air conditioning or recirculation devices in otherwise airtight facilities has served to amplify airborne infections. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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