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单词 Drummond
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Definition of Drummond in English:

Drummond

noun ˈdrʌmənd
historical
  • Attributive and in the genitive. Designating a lamp which produces an intense light by the incandescence of a piece of lime when it is heated (typically by an oxyhydrogen flame). Chiefly in "Drummond light".

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From the name of Thomas Drummond, Scottish army officer and civil engineer, who invented the lamp.

 
 

Definition of Drummond in US English:

Drummond

nounˈdrʌmənd
historical
  • Attributive and in the genitive. Designating a lamp which produces an intense light by the incandescence of a piece of lime when it is heated (typically by an oxyhydrogen flame). Chiefly in "Drummond light".

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From the name of Thomas Drummond, Scottish army officer and civil engineer, who invented the lamp.

 
 
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