单词 | translatory |
释义 | translatoryadj.n.ΚΠ a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 272 The restles besynes of this translatory warld. 2. Characterized by, involving, or performing translation or transference from one language, form, person, etc., to another. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > characterized by translatitious1611 translatory1712 1712 Proposals for printing Treat. Art of Political Lying 11 He divides Political Lyes into their several Species... The Translatory, is a Lye that transfers the Merit of a Man's good Action to another who is in himself more deserving. 1747 J. Hervey Let. 31 Oct. in Wks. (1837) 796/1 I must devote the greatest Part of this Day to prepare my translatory Quota of Dickson's Thereapeutica Sacra. 1853 Era 11 Dec. 9/3 The inventive faculties of two French authors..aided by the translatory powers of one Englishman. 1926 Register (Adelaide) 14 Oct. 11/6 Every number was a gem inset into a very rare translatory gift, so that the listeners were instantly in accord with each theme submitted. 1995 World Lit. Today 69 828/1 The German translation retains all the qualities of the Polish original, and..Matwin-Buschmann should be congratulated for her translatory artisanship. 2012 Jrnl. Qur'anic Stud. 14 126 The Qur'an resists definitive translation yet also serves as a translatory medium for Western texts and traditions. 3. a. Of or relating to movement from one place to another. Somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1798 C. H. Wilkinson Ess. Physiol. & Philos. 42 Surely it will be granted, that if the limbs possessed no flexible articulations, that an animal would be very limited in its translatory powers. 1881 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air ii. 60 The Bacteria lost their translatory power, fell to the bottom, and left the liquid..clear. 1987 R. L. Fletcher Seaweeds Brit. Isles III. i. 18 It is usually cylindrical in shape and strong but flexible and probably functions in both a supporting and translatory role. b. Chiefly Physics. Designating (an instance of) motion consisting solely of movement from one place or point to another, without rotation, oscillation, etc.; (also) of or relating to motion of this kind; producing or exhibiting such motion; = translational adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [adjective] > onward motion translative1661 translatory1837 translational1867 1837 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 11 281 The negative tension of an insulated metal is sensibly augmented by giving a translatory motion to the gas. 1890 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 5th Ser. 30 32 The rotary inertia of the pendent pulleys must be negligible in comparison with the translatory inertia. 1969 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 55 355 A tipping force applied to the crown includes both a moment for rotation and a translatory force. 2014 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 470 2 In the deep sea, tsunami waves behave like one-dimensional translatory waves moving very fast with insignificant amplitude. 2016 Jrnl. Mech. & Physics of Solids 89 214 It is always possible to find a combination of a translatory motion, a rotation and a homothetical transformation of the crack front satisfying the constraints. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1525 |
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