单词 | control cable |
释义 | > as lemmascontrol cable a. attributive. Designating a device or apparatus by which a machine, mechanism, etc. (or some aspect of its operation), is operated or controlled; a component of such a device or apparatus; as control bar, control cable, control switch, control valve, control wire, etc.See also control console n., control lever n., control pad n., control panel n. at Compounds 6. ΚΠ 1874 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 38 203 This bar was either connected direct on to the signal wire, or worked (by means of double control wires) by an interlocked lever. 1888 Electr. Engineer 9 Nov. 384/1 The control switch must be put back to zero in order to again connect the cells. 1904 Horseless Age 28 Dec. 652/3 The different air cylinders are connected by small tubes..with a control valve arranged on the steering column. 1919 L. H. Morrison Oil Engines viii. 118 As soon as the engine has turned over a few times on air, the control handle..is moved upward again. 1942 G. C. Manning Man. Ship Constr. 64 The control gear is the device for starting and stopping the rudder movement. 1972 L. M. Harris Introd. Deepwater Floating Drilling Operations xi. 121 The control pod serves as a lower terminal for the hose bundle and houses the critical moving parts of the subsea hydraulic-control system. 1976 R. R. Olney Hang Gliding i. 12 You push out on the control bar, and the glider lifts away from the ground. 1987 B. A. Powe Ice Eaters iii. iv. 198 A control dial on the wall..apparently could not shut off a low and persistent medley of tunes. 2007 J. Perry Insiders' Guide becoming Yacht Stewardess v. 131 This is where the navigational instruments and control switches to operate the vessel are found. < as lemmas |
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