stathmographn.

Brit.

/ˈstaθməɡrɑːf/,

/ˈstaθməɡraf/, U.S.

/ˈstæθməˌɡræf/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek σταθμός , -graph comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek σταθμός day's journey, stage ( < the stem of ἱστάναι to stand (see stand v.) + -θμος , extended form of -μος , suffix forming nouns) + -graph comb. form; in sense 1 after German Stathmograph (1876 or earlier).

1. An instrument for recording on a roll of paper the varying speed of a railway engine as it travels. rare. Now disused.In quot. 1904 in figurative context.

ΚΠ

1877 Eng. Mechanic 18 May 229/3 The Prussian Government have decided to introduce the stathmograph on several of the roads leading from Berlin.

1904 L. G. Meushaw Plea of Toiler ii. 2 It will require a stathmograph, in this epoch, to keep tabs on the gait of fertile rascality.

2. Chemistry. An instrument for measuring and recording the change in weight of a sample as it is dried in an oven. rare.

ΚΠ

1986 Thermochimica Acta 100 259 Investigations of the thermal decomposition of complex oxalates of scandium and bismuth(III) led him in 1932 to the construction of an apparatus he named the Stathmograph.

2007 Jrnl. Thermal Anal. & Calorimetry 88 767/1 The principle scheme of the stathmograph is not generally known.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stathmograph
释义	stathmographn. Brit. /ˈstaθməɡrɑːf/, /ˈstaθməɡraf/, U.S. /ˈstæθməˌɡræf/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek σταθμός , -graph comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek σταθμός day's journey, stage ( < the stem of ἱστάναι to stand (see stand v.) + -θμος , extended form of -μος , suffix forming nouns) + -graph comb. form; in sense 1 after German Stathmograph (1876 or earlier). 1. An instrument for recording on a roll of paper the varying speed of a railway engine as it travels. rare. Now disused.In quot. 1904 in figurative context. ΚΠ 1877 Eng. Mechanic 18 May 229/3 The Prussian Government have decided to introduce the stathmograph on several of the roads leading from Berlin. 1904 L. G. Meushaw Plea of Toiler ii. 2 It will require a stathmograph, in this epoch, to keep tabs on the gait of fertile rascality. 2. Chemistry. An instrument for measuring and recording the change in weight of a sample as it is dried in an oven. rare. ΚΠ 1986 Thermochimica Acta 100 259 Investigations of the thermal decomposition of complex oxalates of scandium and bismuth(III) led him in 1932 to the construction of an apparatus he named the Stathmograph. 2007 Jrnl. Thermal Anal. & Calorimetry 88 767/1 The principle scheme of the stathmograph is not generally known. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877
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