单词 | pulveration |
释义 | pulverationn. Now rare. Reduction to powder or dust; pulverization. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > reduction to powder or dust pulverization1617 dusting1623 pulveration1623 alcoholization1662 powdering1664 levigating1710 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Pulueration, a beating into powder. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry v. 20 No further..than the Hoe-Plow could turn it up, and help it in its Pulveration. 1777 J. Black Observ. Tillage Earth 38 No invention..can approach to the pulveration of tilth, to be made by the hoeing and earthing with the ridging double mold-board plough. 1866 C. W. Hoskyns Occas. Ess. 103 The deep and perfect pulveration of the soil. 1970 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 2 June 23/7 Despite that earlier pulveration, Viking Coach Bud Grant is taking a cautious attittude towards Sunday's battle. 1990 Frederick (Maryland) Post 9 May a8/5 Then solid wastes would be separated and go through a wet mill pulveration process. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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