proportionern.
/prəˈpɔːʃn̩ə/, /prəˈpɔːʃənə/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃənər/, /pərˈpɔrʃənər/ 1. A person who or thing which proportions something. Now rare in general sense.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > that which proportions or measures
proportioner1590
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > one who assigns or allots
carver1578
proportioner1590
allotter1591
assigner1667
apportioner1884
allocator1885
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > in due proportion > one who or that which
modulator1654
modulant1869
proportioner1901
1590 R. Greene tr. O. Rinaldi Royal Exchange sig. C4 The Poet calles them inequall proportioners of duetie.
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 161 Time the true proportioner of things.
1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 183 A Measurer, or Proportioner of monethes.
1648 E. Drapes Gospel-glory iii. 13 The author, original, distributer, and proportioner of all these things in such an order and degree, is one that was before us, is above us.
1854 Times 20 May 8/5 When the fabricator of the material becomes the tailleur or proportioner of the human figure such absurdities will disappear.
1901 Academy 9 Mar. 211/2 Earth is the great corrector of values, the great proportioner.
1905 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 13 450 The influence of labor cost, as a leveller and proportioner of values.
2. spec. A motorized pump which automatically dispenses a fluid, concentrate, etc., at a set rate into the main flow of a hose or sprayer.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > other types of pump
bottom lift1778
rose pump1778
centrifugal pump1789
jack-heada1792
jet pump1850
sand-pump1865
Union pump1867
shell-pump1875
eductor1877
brake-pump1881
bull-pump1881
cam-pumpa1884
sand-reel1883
grasshopper1884
knapsack pump1894
knapsack sprayer1897
turbo-pump1903
Sylphon1906
slush pump1913
displacement pump1924
power pack1937
proportioner1945
solids pump1957
peristaltic pump1958
powerhead1981
Cornish pump-
1945 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 23 Dec. 12 a/7 Apply the dilute solution with a sprinkling can or if you haven't one, obtain for yourself a hose proportioner. These proportioners suck up the dilute material into the hose stream when the water is turned on full force.
1955 Sci. News Let. 16 July 45/1 Proportioners that attach to a water hose may be obtained commercially to dole the concentrate out automatically.
1999 Avian Dis. 43 785/2 Treatment..consisted of 3 pounds of citric acid per gallon of stock solution metered at 1oz per gallon through a proportioner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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