| 单词 | archimedes' law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArchimedes' law Archimedes' law n. (a) Physics = Archimedes' principle n. (a) at Additions; (b) Mechanics (more fully Archimedes' law of levers) the principle that, given a bar that pivots on a fulcrum and holds an object on each side, the bar is balanced when the product of weight multiplied by distance from the fulcrum is equal for each object. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > [noun] > specific concepts or principles of > theoretical principle deduced from fact > specific principle1770 Archimedes' law1874 conservation law1900 Archimedean property1908 field law1916 square law1921 anthropism1987 1844 W. M. Higgins Entertaining Philosopher 120 The phenomena of bodies sinking and floating in fluids depend on a principle which has been called the law of Archimedes.] 1874 Trans. & Proc. Royal Soc. Victoria 10 87 The wording of Archimedes' law..is incorrect, if by upward is meant vertically upward. 1892 F. Harrison New Cal. Great Men ix. 398 He defines centres of gravity, and gives a new demonstration of Archimedes' law of the equilibrium of the two arms of a lever. 1963 Hist. & Theory 2 57 I conjecture that the story of the golden crown is apocryphal. As Koestler has unwittingly proved, this problem can be solved rather easily without the use of Archimedes' law. 2000 B. Bensaude-Vincent in F. L. Holmes & T. H. Levere Instruments & Exper. Hist. Chem. vii. 154 In 1751, the hydrometer was presented as the embodiment of a general law—Archimedes' law. 2007 D. Willer & H. A. Walker Building Exper. iv. 63 (caption) Models of Archimedes' law of levers. < as lemmas |
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