单词 | carburetted |
释义 | carburettedcarburetedadj. 1. Chemistry. Combined with carbon; impregnated or charged with carbon. Now chiefly historical in carburetted hydrogen, etc.: see Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > chemical processes or reactions > [adjective] > carbonization carbonated1788 carbonized1800 carburetted1802 carburetting1850 1802 Monthly Rev. 38 App. 523 In one case, the charcoal totally disappears: but, if it be in excess, then a fluid substance is formed, to which the name of carbureted sulphur has been given, (soufre-carburé). 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 60/2 Animal fat is chiefly a..highly carburetted hydrate of oxygen. 1881 Nature 430 The existence there of carburetted gas of some kind. 1959 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 17 178/1 Carbon irregularly dispersed in the metal forms two distinct compounds—pure steel, and carbureted steel or cast iron. 2. Engineering. Of an engine: supplied with fuel via a carburettor; equipped with a carburettor. ΚΠ 1931 J. R. Allen & J. A. Bursley Heat Engines (ed. 3) xviii. 511 The Diesel engine can operate on a low-grade cheap fuel and requires less of it than the carburetted engine. 1976 Road & Track June 65 The 16.5-sec quarter-mile time of the fuel-injected coupe is identical to that of the original carbureted XJ12 tested in May 1973. 2005 Hot Bike Mar. 176/2 It can also be used on any carbureted bike. Compounds carburetted air n. Engineering (now rare) air containing hydrocarbon vapour for burning as fuel, esp. in an internal combustion engine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > petrol > air passed through carburetted air1865 1865 U.S. Patent 46,770 1/1 A new and useful Improvement in Burners for Burning Carbureted Air. 1896 B. Donkin Text-bk. Gas, Oil, & Air Engines (ed. 2) ii. xxi. 298 Inflammable petroleum essence..is perhaps best distinguished by the term usually applied to it abroad—‘carburetted air’. 1961 Combustion & Flame 5 191/1 The procedure was to make up a standard mixture of hydrocarbon and air in small and definite concentrations and use these mixtures of ‘carburetted air’ to make up the formaldehyde mixtures. carburetted hydrogen n. (also carburetted hydrogen gas) Chemistry (now chiefly historical) marsh gas, methane. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > hydrogen > [noun] > carbonated carbonated hydrogen1788 carburetted hydrogen1803 1803 W. Henry in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 37 (table) Carburetted hydrogen gas. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 306 Carburetted hydrogene..is the gas evolved in stagnant waters. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 227 He suggested..the employment of carburetted hydrogen gas, then coming into extensive use for lighting purposes. 1910 J. A. Murray Soils & Manures iv. 135 On marshy lands..carburetted hydrogen, carbon monoxide, etc., are produced by the decomposition of organic matter. 1987 Mining Sci. & Technol. 6 39/1 The atmosphere inside of the stoppings was found to contain 5% of carbon dioxide, 25% of atmospheric air, and 70% of carburetted hydrogen. carburetted water gas n. Chemistry (now chiefly historical) water gas which has been enriched by mixing with a hydrocarbon gas. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic gases > [noun] > water-gas > enriched by mixing with a hydrocarbon gas carburetted water gas1879 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 101/2 The efforts to introduce carburetted water-gas have been numerous and persistent. 1958 Times Rev. Industry May 34/2 Publicizing the carburetted water gas process in Europe. 2002 Engin. Geol. 64 320/2 For production of gas from oil (i.e. water gas, carburetted water gas, oil-enriched water gas, and the various types of oil gas), roasting was a continuous process. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1802 |
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