| 单词 | open scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopen scale open scale n. and adj. (a) n. a set of graduations or a scale of values having either a wide range or no upper limit; (b) adj. having or relating to an open scale; spec. designating a barometer or thermometer whose tube is open at one end. ΚΠ 1831 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 121 452 A bar of wrought iron..affords the additional advantage of a much more open scale [for a register-pyrometer]. 1864 Proc. Royal Soc. 1863–4 13 169 I constructed an open-scale barometer, with a column of mercury placed in a glass tube hermetically sealed at the top, and perfectly open at the bottom. 1905 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 204 76 An open scale thermometer lying alongside the tube for temperature observations. 1992 TASS (Nexis) 13 Apr. The earthquake..measured 5.6 points on the open-scale Richter scale. < as lemmas |
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