单词 | reverser |
释义 | reversern. 1. a. Something which or person who reverses something (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] > one who or that which reverses reverser1623 recommencer1803 reverter1849 1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. 111 If it shall appeare to the Court, That any of the Processe bee fyled and not returned, Or there be error in the Returne..; the Court will award the Reuerser to bee entred. a1638 R. Brownlow Rep. Diverse Cases: 2nd Pt. (1651) 174 Release bars the Lord and Writ of deceit for reverser of a Fine levied of land in ancient Demesne. a1743 Ld. Hervey Arisbe to Marius Junior in R. Dodsley Museum (1746) 27 Sept. 15 Dreams, the kind Reversers of my Pain. 1792 App. Naval Communications iv. p. x, in Coll. Papers Naval Archit. I. ii In the customary mode of ship-building, with the ribs upright, they frequently get out of shape with their own weight... A Rib Reverser. 1868 R. A. Coffin tr. Liguori Glories of Mary 87 Reverser of misfortunes,..listen to my prayers. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 101 No reverser is required with this template. 1928 Sci. News Let. 13 199 (heading) Reverser of the love philtre. 1965 K. Widmer Literary Rebel ii. 26 The most thorough reversers of values want to create new realms of fantasy, beauty and sincerity. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 21 Aug. 18 Cars were parked on the verges..on both sides of the road with a cheery policeman advising a nervous reverser that ‘I'll shout if you hit anything’. b. A device which reverses the direction of an electric current. More fully current reverser. Now rare. ΚΠ 1855 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 145 23 By means of a current reverser the polarity of one of the cores could be changed at pleasure. 1885 W. M. Baker & V. D. Harris Hand-bk. Physiol. (ed. 11) II. xv. 47 An apparatus (reverser) by which the battery current may be reversed in direction. 1917 T. W. Corbin Marvels Sci. Invention xiv. 196 The ‘reverser’ is operated, and just for a moment the reverse current goes to the wire. c. Mechanics. A mechanism or control used to reverse the direction of operation or motion of an engine or vehicle; esp. (a) a mechanism in a steam engine for controlling the point in the piston stroke at which steam is admitted to the cylinder and thereby the direction of motion; cf. cut-off n. 3b; (b) a switch which changes the connections of electric traction motors for this purpose. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > motor > [noun] > other parts of gear1814 controller1836 phonic wheel1878 reverser1879 rotor1892 stator1892 brush-holder1894 interpole1907 phonic motor1924 1879 Van Nostrand's Engin. Mag. Aug. 123/1 All these link motions are..thus a ‘variable cut off’ as well as a reverser. 1905 S. W. Ashe & J. D. Keiley Electr. Railways vi. 111 The function of the reverser..is to perform the proper connections of armature and field terminals, depending upon whether a forward or backward motion of the car is desired. 1927 R. E. Dickinson Electr. Trains iv. 62 The Reverser in multiple unit controls is usually in the form of a rocking arm carrying the contacts. 1950 O. S. Nock Brit. Locomotives from Footplate 232 Driver Rawlings was quite an artist in his use of the reverser, not setting it in any fixed position as the engine accelerated. 2004 New Statesman 6 Sept. 55/3 Sharp-eyed Clive slams on the vacuum brake and the reverser and the train stops. d. Aeronautics. = thrust reverser n. at thrust n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine > parts of flame-trap1932 thrust augmentor1933 thrust spoiler1947 reheat1948 reverser1954 thrust reverser1954 1954 N.Y. Times 18 Apr. iii. 25/1 The ‘clamshell’ reverser proved its worth to Boeing engineers. 1967 D. P. Davies Handling Big Jets iv. 59 With a reverser efficiency of 50% the net change will be from 1,000 lbs. forwards to 500 lb. reverse. 2007 Airplane Flying Handbk. (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) (ed. 2) xv. 14/2 This last movement operates the reverser back to the forward thrust position. 2. Scots Law. A person who borrows money on the security of land by means of wadset (wadset n. 1); a mortgagor. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] > borrower > on security of land mortgagor1543 mortgager1607 reverser1681 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. x. §17 Premonition is an act or deed, whereby the reverser..premonisheth the wadsetter..to appear at the place of consignation. 1697 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 759 The 62d act..was a correctory law and gave the reversers a favour, which they behoved to take as it stood. 1722 W. Forbes Institutes I. ii. 16 [A wadset] is voided by mutual consent, when the Wadsetter renounceth it voluntarily upon receiving Payment from the Reverser. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. viii. §3 The debtor, who receives the money, and grants the wadset, is called the reverser because he is intitled to the right of reversion. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 1030 The lender is called the wadsetter, and the borrower the reverser. 1865 Sc. Jurist 37 108/1 The conveyance made here of the right of reversion effectually conveyed the reverser's right to the lands. 2004 F. Jordan in W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel (new ed.) 570 There is a separate reversion, under which the debtor, known as the reverser, could have the property returned to him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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