单词 | flattening |
释义 | flatteningn. 1. The action or process of making flat. In Glass-making, the process of laying out (sheet-glass) flat. ΚΠ 1879 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. X. 660/2 The opening, flattening, or spreading of the glass. 1879 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. X. 661/1. 2. The process of becoming flat; the condition of being flattened. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [noun] > making flat or level > condition of being made flat or level flatting1665 flattening1726 1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones ii. 199 This Flatning on their Sides..is of good Use. 1854 W. K. Kelly tr. D. F. J. Arago Astron. 131 The flattening at the poles [of the earth]. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxiv. 359 These disks [in ice] have been mistaken for bubbles..and their flattening has been ascribed to the pressure [etc.]. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xix. 325 The earth's flattening is very much less proportionally than that of the orange. Compounds General attributive (chiefly in Glass-making: see 1). flattening arch n. ΚΠ 1879 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. X. 661/2 The waggon then goes back to the flattening arch. flattening furnace n. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 878/2 Flattening-furnace. flattening iron n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flattening-iron, a laundress's or workman's smoothing iron. 1872 W. R. Greg Enigmas 272 That..God will pass a flattening-iron over all..and smooth out every salient individuality. flattening kiln n. ΚΠ 1879 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. X. 661/2 The flattening kiln..consists of two chambers built together, the one for flattening the cylinders, the other for annealing the sheets. flattening oven n. ΚΠ 1879 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. X. 661/2 The cylinder, after being gradually reheated, is placed in the centre of the flattening oven, upon a smooth stone. flattening stone n. ΚΠ 1879 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. X. 661/2 The flattening stone or table, mounted on a movable waggon. Categories » flattening tool n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1726 |
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