单词 | volcanized |
释义 | volcanizedadj. 1. Subjected to or altered by volcanic action or heat. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective] > volcanic volcanized1775 volcanic1776 volcanogenic1907 1775 Monthly Rev. 52 620 Three extensive cantons exhibit the most unequivocal marks of extinct Volcanos... The first of these ‘volcanised’ cantons comprehends a space of 30 leagues in length, and from 6 to 15 leagues in breadth. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 286 The French naturalists..assert the depth to be twenty feet of beds of earth, formed of the ruins of what they style the primitive (granite) and volcanized mountains. 1833 Rep. 1st & 2nd Meetings Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1831–2 394 The volcanised districts of Kamschatka, and the vast accumulations of fossil bones of the Elephant along the Siberian coast, have also received further illustration. 1854 R. I. Murchison Siluria iii. 62 The various mineral sources of Llandegley, Landrindod, Builth, Llanwrtyd, &c., which gush out around this volcanized tract. 1993 Gourmet Jan. 56 (caption) Volcanized ruins of Saint-Pierre. 2. = vulcanized adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [adjective] > vulcanized vulcanized1845 volcanized1901 1901 D. C. Jackson in Rep. Comm. Awards World's Columbian Comm. (57th U.S. Congr. 1st Sess. H.R. Doc. No. 510) I. 265 The greater proportion of wires of this class under consideration, which are made in this country, are made with a homogeneous volcanized coating. 1951 W. P. Bricker Compl. Bk. Collecting Hobbies xviii. 282 With the invention of volcanized rubber during the early part of the 19th century, rubber dolls were made along with other products. 2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 16 Feb. 638/1 (table) Volcanised or moulded rubber or plastic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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