† monophoteadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -phote comb. form.

Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -phote comb. form. Compare slightly earlier polyphote adj. at poly- comb. form 1. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫ·nofō^ut) /ˈmɒnəʊfəʊt/.

Obsolete.

Designating, supplying, or relating to a single arc lamp on a circuit.

ΚΠ

1881 Science 12 Nov. 538/2 (caption) Diagram of the ordinary mounting of a dynamo-electric machine supplying a monophote light.

1881 Science 12 Nov. 540/1 This is the mounting adopted to-day in most of the monophote regulators.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 615/1 Monophote Regulator, a voltaic-arc regulator adapted to but a single light on a circuit: as distinguished from polyphote regulator.

Compounds

monophote lamp n. a holophotal lamp (perhaps a spurious sense: the definition given in quot. 1892 may be based on a misapprehension).

ΚΠ

1892 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. (1893) 321 Lamp Holophote... Synonym—Monophote Lamp.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	monophote
释义	† monophoteadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -phote comb. form. Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -phote comb. form. Compare slightly earlier polyphote adj. at poly- comb. form 1. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫ·nofō^ut) /ˈmɒnəʊfəʊt/. Obsolete. Designating, supplying, or relating to a single arc lamp on a circuit. ΚΠ 1881 Science 12 Nov. 538/2 (caption) Diagram of the ordinary mounting of a dynamo-electric machine supplying a monophote light. 1881 Science 12 Nov. 540/1 This is the mounting adopted to-day in most of the monophote regulators. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 615/1 Monophote Regulator, a voltaic-arc regulator adapted to but a single light on a circuit: as distinguished from polyphote regulator. Compounds monophote lamp n. a holophotal lamp (perhaps a spurious sense: the definition given in quot. 1892 may be based on a misapprehension). ΚΠ 1892 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. (1893) 321 Lamp Holophote... Synonym—Monophote Lamp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1881
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