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单词 dead-beat escapement
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dead-beat escapement
A beat or stroke which stops ‘dead’ without recoil. Usually attributive or adj., as in dead-beat escapement.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > stroke without recoil (in a mechanism)
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1768 tr. D. Le Roy Succinct Acct. Attempts for finding Longitude 29 The dead beat is made upon a part that is unconcerned with the regulator.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dead-beat Escapement. This..was invented by Graham about 1700.
1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) II. 351 Galvanometers, in which the resistance is so great that the motion is of this kind, are called dead-beat galvanometers.
1882 J. Milne in Nature 26 Oct. 628/1 Pendulums, so far controlled by friction as to be ‘dead-beat’.
1927 Motor Boat 9 Sept. 226/3 The..Dead Beat compass..returns after being displaced from its equilibrium position by one direct movement to the north pointing position.
1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation ii. 33 A light, dry card compass... The liquid-filled ‘dead-beat’ instrument has now taken its place.
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