单词 | pulverization |
释义 | pulverizationn. 1. a. The action of pulverizing something; reduction to powder or dust; an instance of this. 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 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 342 Elution is the preparation of common Bole, Talcum, Crocus Martis, Terra Lemnia, &c. by puluerization, calcination, lotion, &c. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. i. 130 All things become so much the more Decoloured, by how much the smaller the parts are into which they are divided; as may be most promptly experimented in the pulverization of painted Glass, and pretious stones. 1692 W. Salmon tr. ‘Pseudo-Geber’ Summa in Medicina Practica ii. liii. 432 Be carefull that you err not in exposing Saturn after its first Pulverization to too great a Fire, and so reduce the Calx into a Body, before it is perfected. 1726 W. Gibson Farrier's Dispensatory (ed. 2) ii. 70 Calcination, This is no other than a Chymical Pulverisation. 1794 J. Billingsley Gen. View Agric. Somerset 163 His [sc. Rev. J. Cooke's] instruments called the scuffler, and scarifier, are the best contrivances I ever beheld,..for the pulverization of the soil, and the destruction of weeds. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 64 Rains, alternate frosts, and thaws, greatly assist its pulverization. 1886 Sci. Amer. 11 Dec. 376/1 After pulverizing the mass, it is again calcined at the same temperature for a quarter of an hour... A new pulverization is to be avoided, as it tends to diminish the phosphorescence. 1923 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 103 639 It appears that the blow delivered..is completely obliterated in giving momentum to the dust produced by the pulverisation of the end. 1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 522 Initial crushing was in a hydraulic press fitted with tungsten carbide plates, followed by pulverization in a tungsten carbide swing mill. b. The division of a liquid into minute particles or spray. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of spraying > [noun] > conversion or reduction into spray or mist pulverization1861 atomization1865 nebulization1868 nebulizing1874 1861 New Sydenham Soc. Year-bk. Med. 207 Method of rendering Medicated Liquids Respirable by Pulverisation. 1886 Times 30 July 8/2 As to the adoption of compressed air for the ‘pulverization’ of the liquid fuel, the experiment had been tried but the noise was too great. 1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) x. 250 The process of pulverisation or breaking up the oil into a large number of small particles. 1998 Automotive Engineer June 62/1 The common rail injection system..enables extremely fine fuel pulverisation which ensures immediate atomisation and excellent fuel/air mixture quality. 2. Utter demolition, destruction or defeat; reduction to nullity. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming quench?c1225 stanchingc1400 suppressingc1400 suppression1528 suffocation1567 crushing1580 suffocating1621 pulverization1643 overwhelming1645 depression1656 stifling1805 burking1827 spiflication1839 restinction1891 stamping1897 submergence1898 snuffing1922 1643 W. Slatyer Compl. Christian v. 665 Where, not the Altar, but the Lord towards his Altar, in that humiliation or pulverization, nihileitatis nostra, is worshiped. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield liv. 545 I waited only for what Mr. Micawber called the ‘final pulverisation of Heep’. 1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. i. 42 This criticism..marks a beginning of true democracy, as distinguished from the mere pulverisation of aristocracy. 1897 Windsor Mag. Jan. 282/2 That the Saturday Review devote to your pulverisation two pages and a ‘par’. 1928 Times 9 July 23/4 Specialization was growing and was necessary to reclaim history from the domain of the pamphleteer and the partisan... But the effect had been the pulverization of history. 1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory ix. 249 The Second World War..ended in Germany's defeat and the pulverization of most of her cities. 2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 June d5 After last night's third-quarter pulverization of the Nets, it is doubtful the Lakers will need three games. ΚΠ 1896 Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 18 Mar. 11/3 The pulverizations gradually find a place on the lowest levels of the ocean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1617 |
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