单词 | centre of friction |
释义 | > as lemmascentre of friction ΚΠ 1753 London Monthly Mercury Aug. 273 (heading) A Method for determining the Centre of Friction of several Weights turning round a fixt Point. 1785 S. Vince in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 186 The center of friction is that point in the base of a body on which it revolves, into which if the whole surface of the base, and the mass of the body were collected..the angular velocity destroyed by its friction would be [etc.]. 1793 S. Vince Plan of Course Lect. Princ. Nat. Philos. 48 Suppose the initial velocity of the center of friction P about C to be a. 1795 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. I. (citing Vince) Centre of Friction. [Also in later dictionaries.] 1885 S. Fallows Progressive Dict. Eng. Lang. Center of friction, that point on which anything turns when put in rapid and independent motion; thus the extremity of the peg round which a top spins is the center of friction.] < as lemmas |
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