单词 | side scale |
释义 | > as lemmasside scale side scale n. a graduated scale at one side, esp. on the vertical axis of a graph; (Ordnance) a vertical scale marked with degrees of elevation for use when adjusting the elevation of a gun (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > measuring instruments gunner's quadrant1628 gunner's scale1628 gunner's rule1692 side scale1745 1745 Short Way to know World (new ed.) viii. 32 Set off the Course by a Semicircle..; then from the Side Scale, or Scale of Miles, take the Distance between your Dividers. 1834 J. H. Stevens Pointing Guns at Sea 19 If the pendulum showed a heel of five degrees, the weather guns must be depressed to the fifth degree by the coins or side scale and the lee guns elevated as much. 1889 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 1 332 By taking the measured strength of any individual on the side scale, say 74 pounds,..the proportionate rank may be read off. 1925 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 107 314 The position of the carriage is obtained from readings on the side scale. 2003 N. Hanson Confident Hope of Miracle (2006) v. 105 Even when guns and shot functioned properly, there were no side scales to aid accuracy of fire. < as lemmas |
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