单词 | angulation |
释义 | angulationn. 1. a. The condition of having an angle or angles, or of being positioned at an angle; an instance of this. Also: an angular structure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] angularity1642 angulosity1659 angulization1665 angularness1670 angulationa1687 edginess1822 quaining1871 a1687 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 123 We must provide for the coming of water to the Rudder, which is to be performed by two other Angulations, viz. from fifteen parts aft, let the sides of the Ship converge into an Angle from the Horizontal section downwards. 1846 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 2 414 In the caudal vertebræ there are two strongly-marked angulations or ridges, given these vertebræ a remarkably distinct character. 1869 Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 26 38 The acute angulation of the union of the scapula and coracoid. 1880 Jrnl. Linnaean Soc. 15 90 Suture linear, but strongly marked by the angulation of the whorls. 1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 927 When the shell is ribless the angulation becomes a smooth keel. 1974 Times 11 Feb. 7/6 These teeth are often to a greater or lesser extent covered with bone, and their angulation in the jaw means that a normal forceps extraction is usually impossible. 2018 Archaeol. Ireland 32 47/1 (caption) Note the strong nasal ridge with downward angulation. b. Medicine. The formation of an abnormal, often sharply angled bend or curve in a part of the body; the condition of having such a bend or curve. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] > angular distortion angulation1849 1849 C. D. Meigs Obstetrics xix. 578 I had the misfortune in 1848 to witness the loss of a most valued patient, a loss which..might have been avoided but from this angulation of the colon. 1923 E. W. H. Groves in C. C. Choyce Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) III. 804 Angulation..is by far the most important type of deformity in malunion [of fractures]... It actually shortens the bone. 1981 Times 12 June 14/2 He has severe angulation of the spine, giving him a pronounced stoop. 2007 S. M. Di Stasi et al. in L. A. Levine Peyronie's Dis. viii. 93 There is frequently pain, angulation (bending) of the penis, and erectile dysfunction. 2. The angle formed at a joint of the leg of a dog or other animal; such angles considered collectively, as an aspect of conformation. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > angle formed by or disposition of bones angulation1920 1920 Bulletin (Shepherd Dog Club Amer.) 20 Dec. 28/2 Real leggyness, caused by poor angulation, detracts. 1968 Cornell Veterinarian 58 Suppl. (Jan.) 23 A horse with less than normal angulation of the stifle joint and an upright tibia is predisposed to upward fixation and subluxation of the patella. 2018 M. C. Zink & J. B. van Dyke Canine Sports Med. & Rehabilit. (ed. 2) i. 12/2 An appropriate fitness program is needed to optimize the angulation that each dog was genetically meant to have because appropriate musculature is required. 3. Skiing. The action, performed by a skier during a turn, of bending sideways at the waist, so that the legs lean towards the centre of the turn and the upper body leans outwards, to increase stability; the angulated position thus assumed. Cf. angulate v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > actions of skier side slipping1832 herringbone1904 herringboning1904 traverse1905 side-slip1913 ploughing1924 sitzmark1930 schussing1961 angulation1963 unweighting1969 1963 Daily Herald (Provo, Utah) 1 Jan. 9/7 The body assumes angulation as the outside shoulder is gradually brought back. 1970 D. Pfeiffer Skiing Simplified v. 87/1 You must remain flexible, always changing the amount of angulation to conform to the demands of the terrain. 1991 F. Foxon Skiing iii. 89 In tight turns you may..need angulation right from the start, for effective grip and control. 2005 Times 1 Jan. (Travel section) 6/5 After a couple of hours concentrating on angulation and edging, the kids are raring for some adrenalin-shot burst of speed on the steep piste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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