composantcomozantn.²

Forms: 1700s comazant, 1800s comozant, 1800s composant.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: corposant n.

Etymology: Variant of corposant n., apparently arising from confusion in spoken use.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcomposant.

The electrical phenomenon known as St. Elmo's Fire; = corposant n.

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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > St. Elmo's fire

heaven's fireOE

St. Elmo's fire1561

Hermes' fire1611

corposant1650

furole1656

Castor1708

composant1751

storm-light1843

storm-firea1847

dead-fire1854

witch-fire1892

1751 B. Franklin Let. 20 June in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) (1753) 47 289 In Captain Waddel's account of the effects of lightning on his ship, I could not but take notice of the large comazants (as he calls them) that settled on the spintles at the top-mast-heads.

1752 J. Waddell in Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 111 A very hard Storm of Wind, attended with Thunder and Lightning..and sundry very large Comazants (as we call them) overhead..some of which settled on the spintles at the Topmast heads, which burnt like very large Torches.

1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 213 We have heard all our lives of St. Helmo's fire..and of the comazants of our mariners.

1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance I. v. 208 There's the first composant I have seen this cruise.

1889 Daily News 30 Nov. 5/2 St. Elmo's fire, a form of electrical discharge which is more familiar to sailors under the name of comozants.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

composantadj.n.¹

Etymology: < French composant in same sense.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: comˈposant.

Mathematics. ? Obsolete.

Entering into composition with other forces; a component, constituent.

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > mathematical enquiry > element(s) in

factorage1818

composant1828

universal set1933

1828 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) II. 142 The name resultant is given to a force which is equivalent to two or more forces acting at once upon a point, or upon a body; these separate forces being named constituents or composants.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	composant
释义	composantcomozantn.² Forms: 1700s comazant, 1800s comozant, 1800s composant. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: corposant n. Etymology: Variant of corposant n., apparently arising from confusion in spoken use.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcomposant. The electrical phenomenon known as St. Elmo's Fire; = corposant n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > St. Elmo's fire heaven's fireOE St. Elmo's fire1561 Hermes' fire1611 corposant1650 furole1656 Castor1708 composant1751 storm-light1843 storm-firea1847 dead-fire1854 witch-fire1892 1751 B. Franklin Let. 20 June in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) (1753) 47 289 In Captain Waddel's account of the effects of lightning on his ship, I could not but take notice of the large comazants (as he calls them) that settled on the spintles at the top-mast-heads. 1752 J. Waddell in Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 111 A very hard Storm of Wind, attended with Thunder and Lightning..and sundry very large Comazants (as we call them) overhead..some of which settled on the spintles at the Topmast heads, which burnt like very large Torches. 1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 213 We have heard all our lives of St. Helmo's fire..and of the comazants of our mariners. 1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance I. v. 208 There's the first composant I have seen this cruise. 1889 Daily News 30 Nov. 5/2 St. Elmo's fire, a form of electrical discharge which is more familiar to sailors under the name of comozants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). composantadj.n.¹ Etymology: < French composant in same sense.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: comˈposant. Mathematics. ? Obsolete. Entering into composition with other forces; a component, constituent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > mathematical enquiry > element(s) in factorage1818 composant1828 universal set1933 1828 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) II. 142 The name resultant is given to a force which is equivalent to two or more forces acting at once upon a point, or upon a body; these separate forces being named constituents or composants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.²1751adj.n.¹1828
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