homingn.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊmɪŋ/

Etymology: < home v.

†1. Nautical (with in) The curving inwards of the sides of a vessel above its extreme breadth; ‘falling’ or ‘tumbling home’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > part above waterline > inward inclination of

homing1622

tumbling home1664

tumbling-in1832

tumble home1833

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxi. 153 This race building, first came in, by overmuch homing in of our shippes.

2. The action of going home; return home; the faculty possessed by animals (e.g. pigeons, turtles, etc.) of returning home from a distance. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > home-life > going or returning home

homing1765

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [adjective] > homing

homing1765

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > returning home from a distance

homing1894

1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 88 When they come to be trained for the homing part.

1875 Live Stock Jrnl. 16 Apr. 35/2 I have always admired the homing faculty in the pigeon.

1886 E. S. Starr in Cent. Mag. XXXII. 375 The much discussed question of the homing of the pigeon, or, as the French term it, orientation.

1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 249 At his regular homing-time he appeared.

1901 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VIII. ix. 387 The same homing instinct has been observed in some females of the Green Turtle.

1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island i. 16 Broadbent: Here you are, belonging to a nation with the..most inveterate homing instinct in the world! and you pretend youd rather go anywhere than back to Ireland.

1922 F. W. Flattely & C. L. Walton Biol. Sea-Shore viii. 178 There is evidence of a ‘homing sense’ in the common limpet and its relatives.

1939 Copeia iii. 127 Most grown turtles (89·5 per cent) showed some homing instinct or tendency to return to territory from which they were moved.

1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals xvi. 412 Experiments on the homing of dogs.

1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals xvi. 412 The homing performances of bats.

1967 M. S. Gardiner & S. C. Flemister Princ. Gen. Biol. (ed. 2) xiv. 248 Insects respond to polarized light, and..this capacity is used in orientation and homing behavior.

3. (In sense of home v. 5a); also attributive, esp. in homing device, an automatic device for guiding aircraft, missiles, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > homing device

homing device1923

homer1945

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > homing on landmark or radio beam

homing1923

1923 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 61 803/2 As this method seriously affects the compass and takes a machine off its course, wing coils are only used for ‘homing’, i.e. flying along a radius towards a transmitting station, thus enabling the aircraft to return to its base.

1933 Bureau of Standards Jrnl. Res. 11 740 In these tests the direction finder was used as a homing device.

1940 Illustr. London News 197 567 (caption) Direction-finding radio compass for work in connection with loop aerial and ‘homing’ beam.

1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War iv. 178 Another..success was gained against the acoustic homing torpedo.

1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 27 Homing aids, systems designed to guide an aircraft to an aerodrome or carrier.

1955 Times 28 June 8/6 There are..other means of detecting a camouflaged operations centre, such as high altitude vertical photography and ‘homing’ on to radio transmissions.

1957 Oxf. Mail 20 Aug. 1/4 After launching, the weapon is guided to the target by a special homing head which picks up the ground radar beams reflected back from the enemy.

1962 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) vi. 4 Homing guidance, a system wherein devices built into a missile enable it to detect and steer itself towards, or to intercept, a target.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	homing
释义	homingn. Brit. /ˈhəʊmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmɪŋ/ Etymology: < home v. †1. Nautical (with in) The curving inwards of the sides of a vessel above its extreme breadth; ‘falling’ or ‘tumbling home’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > part above waterline > inward inclination of homing1622 tumbling home1664 tumbling-in1832 tumble home1833 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxi. 153 This race building, first came in, by overmuch homing in of our shippes. 2. The action of going home; return home; the faculty possessed by animals (e.g. pigeons, turtles, etc.) of returning home from a distance. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > home-life > going or returning home homing1765 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [adjective] > homing homing1765 the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > returning home from a distance homing1894 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 88 When they come to be trained for the homing part. 1875 Live Stock Jrnl. 16 Apr. 35/2 I have always admired the homing faculty in the pigeon. 1886 E. S. Starr in Cent. Mag. XXXII. 375 The much discussed question of the homing of the pigeon, or, as the French term it, orientation. 1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 249 At his regular homing-time he appeared. 1901 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VIII. ix. 387 The same homing instinct has been observed in some females of the Green Turtle. 1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island i. 16 Broadbent: Here you are, belonging to a nation with the..most inveterate homing instinct in the world! and you pretend youd rather go anywhere than back to Ireland. 1922 F. W. Flattely & C. L. Walton Biol. Sea-Shore viii. 178 There is evidence of a ‘homing sense’ in the common limpet and its relatives. 1939 Copeia iii. 127 Most grown turtles (89·5 per cent) showed some homing instinct or tendency to return to territory from which they were moved. 1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals xvi. 412 Experiments on the homing of dogs. 1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals xvi. 412 The homing performances of bats. 1967 M. S. Gardiner & S. C. Flemister Princ. Gen. Biol. (ed. 2) xiv. 248 Insects respond to polarized light, and..this capacity is used in orientation and homing behavior. 3. (In sense of home v. 5a); also attributive, esp. in homing device, an automatic device for guiding aircraft, missiles, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > homing device homing device1923 homer1945 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > homing on landmark or radio beam homing1923 1923 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 61 803/2 As this method seriously affects the compass and takes a machine off its course, wing coils are only used for ‘homing’, i.e. flying along a radius towards a transmitting station, thus enabling the aircraft to return to its base. 1933 Bureau of Standards Jrnl. Res. 11 740 In these tests the direction finder was used as a homing device. 1940 Illustr. London News 197 567 (caption) Direction-finding radio compass for work in connection with loop aerial and ‘homing’ beam. 1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War iv. 178 Another..success was gained against the acoustic homing torpedo. 1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 27 Homing aids, systems designed to guide an aircraft to an aerodrome or carrier. 1955 Times 28 June 8/6 There are..other means of detecting a camouflaged operations centre, such as high altitude vertical photography and ‘homing’ on to radio transmissions. 1957 Oxf. Mail 20 Aug. 1/4 After launching, the weapon is guided to the target by a special homing head which picks up the ground radar beams reflected back from the enemy. 1962 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) vi. 4 Homing guidance, a system wherein devices built into a missile enable it to detect and steer itself towards, or to intercept, a target. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). homingadj. Etymology: < home v. + -ing suffix². That goes home; spec. applied to pigeons that are trained to fly home from a distance. ΚΠ 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 105 The so called ‘homing’ birds having enormous flying powers. 1886 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. Nowadays, the ‘homing pigeon’..is so much better understood than of yore..that no other agency than electricity would be capable of outstripping him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1622adj.1862
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