单词 | repressure |
释义 | † repressuren.1 Obsolete. Repression; checking, restraint. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] havingeOE holdc1230 withholdingc1386 restrainingc1390 refraininga1398 repression?a1425 repressing1431 bridlingc1443 restraint1443 restrainc1449 repressurec1487 restingc1503 abstention1521 controlling1523 controlment1525 distrain1531 staying1563 control1564 refrain1568 retention1578 check1579 restrainment1579 refranation1583 cohibition1586 withholdment1640 curbing1661 coercion1827 chastenment1882 detent1907 clamp-down1940 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 184 They..drynk of the lusty fresh rivers with waters cristallyn, holsom for the repressure of the naturall thirst [L. aquam bibant salubrem]. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Check, repressure; stop; rebuff. 1780 Lett. Late Ld. Lyttelton xi. 72 She [sc. Nature] has given me talents, but accompanied them with dispositions which demanded no common repressure and restraint, instead of liberty and encouragement. 1829 Relig. Monitor Nov. 280 You may employ whatever consideration you can, by way of repressure to the reachings forth of your soul towards the ministry. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). † repressuren.2 Obsolete. 1. Physics. Pressure which acts in opposition to another pressure, typically so that they cancel each other out; reactive pressure. ΚΠ 1712 R. Greene Princ. Nat. Philos. ii. i. 213 In the first Case of hard Bodies, if their Forces are equal, a perfect Quiescence would ensue, answerable to what we affirm would be the result of a Pressure and Repressure here. 1799 W. Jones Adams's Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. (ed. 2) I. 67 A kind of struggle between the grosser fluid endeavouring by its greater gravity to issue forth, and the air endeavouring to prevent it by its re-pressure. 1845 A. Clissold tr. E. Swedenborg Principia I. vi. 167 Inasmuch as the action is the same with the reaction, and the repressure of the particles in the elements the same as the pressure, it follows that the pressure and repressure in the element is equal. 2. Geology. A force which causes strata to become folded and dislocated. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [noun] > repeated or renewed repressure1811 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 444 Saussure concludes that these dislocations of beds are produced by a refoulement, or repressure, which has folded them over each other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018). repressurev. Chiefly Oil Industry. transitive. To pressurize for a second or further time; spec. to introduce air or other gas into (an otherwise spent oil field) in order to create sufficient pressure to yield further oil. ΚΠ 1931 U.S. Patent 1,826,371 4/1 An efficacious clean-up of the oil is obtained by ‘repressuring’ the oil sand. That is to say, air or other compressible fluids, is introduced into the strata through the central well. 1951 Science 23 Feb. 206/2 The reaction vessel was cooled to room temperature and then repressured to 3,000 psi. 1963 Sci. News Let. 27 July 62/3 The valve assembly inside the body of the fishing lure discharges compressed air that is re-pressured by means of a small hand pump. 1987 Geogr. Rev. 77 105 A new pipeline will carry part of the gas to seawater-distilling plants; some of the output will go to repressure the onshore Dukham oil field. 2007 M. F. Hordeski Alternative Fuels ii. 53 After a field ceases to produce by natural flow and by pumping, it can be repressured by injecting air or natural gas. Compounds attributive. Denoting something for repressuring or which repressures, as repressure plate, repressure plant, etc. ΚΠ 1865 U.S. Patent 50,070 1/1 Steam heating-chambers in combination with the usual repressure plates. 1934 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 24 Aug. 2/3 The gas flowed into oil sands and acted as a repressure agent, causing the nine wells to come to life. 1957 Calif. Law Rev. 45 436 The proposed repressure plant would result in ultimate recovery of a considerably greater quantity of oil. 1978 P. H. Johnson & C. R. Eberline in J. J. McKetta Encycl. Chem. Processing & Design VI. 213 Clean off-gas, moved by a centrifugal ‘repressure’ blower, is used. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1487n.21712v.1865 |
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