prehensorn.

Brit.

/priːˈhɛnsə/,

/prᵻˈhɛnsə/, U.S.

/priˈhɛnsər/,

/prəˈhɛnsər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prehēns- , prehendere , -or suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin prehēns-, past participial stem of prehendere prehend v. + -or suffix.With sense 2 compare earlier prehensorium n.

†1. A person who seizes or apprehends something or someone in the name of the law. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 179 Distinguished by some such name as prehensors or arrestors.

1830 J. Bentham Equity Disp. Court Prop. iii. vii. 41 Three different sorts of functionaries—Prehensors, Messengers, and Consignees—for carrying on the necessary intercourse, between the judge, on the one part, and things and persons, on the other.

2. Something that grasps or grips; esp. a hand or prosthetic hand replacement.

ΚΠ

1968 M. T. May tr. Galen Usefulness of Parts of Body 73 It is necessary for the object grasped to be surrounded as completely as possible by the prehensor.

1981 Jrnl. Field Archaeol. 8 208 The forces generated through tool use..usually do not carry across the core. Since they do not approach the prehensor..they should rarely be influenced by it.

1991 Boulder County (Colorado) Business Rep. (Nexis) Nov. 5 TRS designs and manufactures replacement components for hands, called prehensors.

2003 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 6 May a5 In the case of a voluntary-closing prehensor, amputees wear a lightweight harness around the shoulder and use their own muscles to operate the device.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prehensor
释义	prehensorn. Brit. /priːˈhɛnsə/, /prᵻˈhɛnsə/, U.S. /priˈhɛnsər/, /prəˈhɛnsər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prehēns- , prehendere , -or suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin prehēns-, past participial stem of prehendere prehend v. + -or suffix.With sense 2 compare earlier prehensorium n. †1. A person who seizes or apprehends something or someone in the name of the law. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 179 Distinguished by some such name as prehensors or arrestors. 1830 J. Bentham Equity Disp. Court Prop. iii. vii. 41 Three different sorts of functionaries—Prehensors, Messengers, and Consignees—for carrying on the necessary intercourse, between the judge, on the one part, and things and persons, on the other. 2. Something that grasps or grips; esp. a hand or prosthetic hand replacement. ΚΠ 1968 M. T. May tr. Galen Usefulness of Parts of Body 73 It is necessary for the object grasped to be surrounded as completely as possible by the prehensor. 1981 Jrnl. Field Archaeol. 8 208 The forces generated through tool use..usually do not carry across the core. Since they do not approach the prehensor..they should rarely be influenced by it. 1991 Boulder County (Colorado) Business Rep. (Nexis) Nov. 5 TRS designs and manufactures replacement components for hands, called prehensors. 2003 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 6 May a5 In the case of a voluntary-closing prehensor, amputees wear a lightweight harness around the shoulder and use their own muscles to operate the device. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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