单词 | erasing |
释义 | erasingn. a. The action of erase v. b. Heraldry. See quot. and erased adj. ΚΠ 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiii. 125 When any part is thus born with ligges, like peeces of the flesh or skinne, depending, it is termed erasing. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. c. The action of erase v. 1b. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > of material on electronic tape erase1948 erasing1949 1949 J. G. Frayne & H. Wolfe Elem. Sound Recording xxix. 580 The recording material first passes over an erasing magnet or head to eliminate any previous recording. 1950 G. A. Briggs Sound Reprod. (ed. 2) xx. 139 A combined head for recording, reproducing and erasing has been designed. 1950 G. A. Briggs Sound Reprod. (ed. 2) xx. 139 The operations of erasing and re-recording are likely to be carried out only at infrequent intervals. 1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 94/1 An erasing head is a device for obliterating any previous recordings on magnetic media. 1960 H. Carter Dict. Electronics 94 Erasing, the process of demagnetizing the tape used in a tape recorder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1610 |
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