单词 | quieting |
释义 | quietingn. 1. The action of quiet v. (in various senses); an instance of this.In Middle English: = quittance n. 2. ΚΠ c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 36 (MED) They haue þe forsaide fredoms and quietynges [L. quietancias] well and In peece. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 631 (MED) Þe fore-seide minchons sholde holde & haue þe fore-seide maner..with all thinges hangynge þer-to, & all libertees & quietinges þe which þe foreseid Reinolde his fadur helde. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxix He..for quietyng of his conscience called together the best lerned of the realme. 1590 Edinb. Test. XXI. f. 303v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Quieting The kinbuite..for quyeting and reconceilling of the vnhappie slauchter and cummer standing betuix my bairnes & thaim. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) x. iv. 473 A pacifying and quieting of all those riots and tumults. 1705 Ax laid to Root of Tree 113 St. Ambrose was their Lay-Governour, and as yet not Baptized, till the Bishops were compell'd by the Emperour, for the Quieting of the People, to Baptize him. 1783 F. Burney Diary 18 Jan. (1842) II. 246 I felt so fagged..that I really wanted quieting and refitting. 1861 G. Smith Irish Hist. 105 To withhold the capital ‘grace’ concerning the quieting of titles to land. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age lx. 543 A receding of tides, a quieting of the storm-wash to a murmurous surf-beat. 1903 Philos. Rev. 12 470 With this quieting of rude and boisterous mirth, the lash of satire has been eased. 1950 C. Brinton Shaping of Mod. Thought (1963) ii. 75 The Calvinist is not the mystic who seeks to annihilate sense awareness, not the mystic who seeks passiveness, the quieting of the will, seclusion from this world. 2005 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 5 Jan. 9 Quieting of title is a common law remedy for the removal of any cloud upon or doubts or uncertainty with respect to title in real property. 2. Electronics. a. The automatic suppression of the noise output of a radio receiver when the signal strength falls below a predetermined level. Cf. quiet v. 5. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > signal > reduction of noise level > by reduction of gain quieting1937 1937 F. E. Terman Radio Engin. (ed. 2) xiii. 561 In tuning a sensitive receiver provided with automatic volume control, the noise output between stations is high because, when no signal is being received, the A.V.C. system increases the sensitivity of the receiver to the maximum possible value. Arrangements for eliminating this interstation noise are variously known as Q circuits, quieting systems, squelch circuits, etc. 1959 R. L. Shrader Electronic Communication xvii. 554 (caption) A squelch interstation quieting, or Q, circuit. 1994 J. Perozzo Compl. Guide Electronics Troubleshooting xiii. 358 Remove the RF signal, then adjust the squelch for quieting of the receiver noise. b. The reduction of the noise level in a receiver caused by the presence of an input at the frequency to which it is tuned. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > signal > reduction of noise level quieting1949 1949 Proc. IRE 37 1373/2 The quieting-signal-sensitivity test input is the least unmodulated signal input which, when applied to the receiver through the standard dummy antenna, reduces the receiver noise by a factor of 20 decibels. 1960 IRE Trans. Vehicular Communications Dec. 32/2 Two methods of measuring sensitivity are recognized... The oldest and probably the most used is the quieting method. This procedure measures the on-frequency signal level required to reduce the noise output of a receiver by 20 db. 1974 P. K. Harvey & K. J. Bohlman Stereo F.M. Radio Handbk. iii. 41 Receiver sensitivity must be quoted together with the corresponding noise figure; a typical figure for a good circuit is 2μV for 30 dB quieting. 1997 Electrotechnology 8 24/1 In the 1960s it was common to use either the 20dB quieting method or to measure signal/noise ratio as the convention of the time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quietingadj. That quiets; calming; tranquillizing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > composing or calming lullingc1440 quieting1634 composing1644 appeasing1648 lenient1652 quietivea1683 hesychastic1694 anodyne1790 tranquillizing1801 sobering1816 becalming1827 antiphlogistic1840 calminga1853 anodynic1904 anodynous1904 stress-relieving1947 chill-out1990 1634 R. Sibbes Saints Safetie in Evill Times 218 Those that are full of cares and feares may talke their pleasure, but they never yet had any true confidence in God; for faith is a quieting grace, it stils the soule. 1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 80 There is a quieting rest under Christ's wings. 1759 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 9 Feb. (1846) III. 432 The Parliament has taken a quieting-draught. 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor V. xii. 213 Not all the quieting hints of my assistants could keep my anger under. I lost all patience, at every word. 1839 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity I. 23 The quieting recollection that they themselves are members of a series. 1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius viii. 94 The medical man had..given him a quieting draught, and ordered that he should not be disturbed. 1906 Daily Chron. 7 Apr. 3/3 It is the even-going routine of institutional life which affords the indispensable quieting effect—provided that routine is well ordered. 1957 J. Agee Death in Family iii. xvii. 285 Her mother shook her head and placed a quieting hand on Catherine's knees. 1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. ciii. 619 The oral administration of acepromazine has a quieting effect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1460adj.1634 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。