单词 | buffering |
释义 | bufferingn. a. The action of bringing buffers into play; also, buffers collectively. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > operation of railways > other specific operations banking1838 piloting1863 buffering1898 slipping1898 propping1900 1898 Times 6 Jan. 7 The buffering up of the wagons caused one of them to tilt over. 1928 Daily Express 29 Dec. 9/4 The use of side buffering with screw couplings. b. The action of buffer v. b. Also attributive or as participle adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > treating with a buffer buffering1927 1927 Forestry 1 122 Plants in which the buffering agent has a reaction of a more favourable type..counteract this acid-buffering. 1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. vi. 175 Each soil has its characteristic pH value..which normally is little changed by external conditions... This property of tenaciously maintaining a ‘reaction constancy’ is called buffering. c. The action of buffer v. c. Also attributive or as participle adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [noun] > gene > buffering buffering1936 1936 J. S. Huxley in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 82 The adjustment of such mutations..may occur entirely through recombination of existing modifiers, or, after a preliminary and partial buffering by this means, the final adjustment may have to wait. 1943 Nature 16 Jan. 68/2 In genetical language, the integrated genotype acts as a buffering system..to limit the variation of the organism's response to environmental fluctuations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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