单词 | replenisher |
释义 | replenishern. 1. A person who or thing which replenishes something (in various senses). Frequently with of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier > one who renews supplies replenisher1582 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. v. sig. R.ii v What was the cause of most Deuotion? and yet the greatest replenisher of Hell. 1589 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations ii. 402 One God euerlasting,..replenisher of all things euery where. 1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Fiue Senses v. 62 In his mercy a father, in his comfort a redeemer, and in his delight a replenisher. ?1740 Laird & Farmer xiv. 91 The Master, who is in one Year a Replenisher, an Improver of Ground, and..laying a Plan for a fine Mansion-House. 1763 J. Spencer tr. L.-C. de Hautefort Mem. 237 Villars, say they, is a favourite of the king's, why! for being..the replenisher of his empty coffers. 1844 D. Gardner Treat. Internat. Law i. 24 The ancestral fathers of these great Romans, were the robbers, who by treachery and force, thus provided Rome with her first matrons and replenishers of a martial line. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 14 May 307/1 The Finisher of delights, and the Replenisher of tombs. 1925 Times 3 Aug. 10/5 Domestic service would absorb thousands of these family exchequer replenishers at any age, so great is the dearth of servants. 1962 B. MacKaye New Explor. iii. 27 The Nile was an integrator in more ways than one—as a highway, as a replenisher of soil fertility, and as the source of a bountiful supply of water. 1996 Washington Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. e1 Son-in-law Greg..is on station in the kitchen—part chef and part replenisher of the hot-vegetable bar. 2. A device for increasing or maintaining an electrostatic charge. Also Kelvin replenisher. Now historical.A replenisher consists of two curved metal plates at each end of a rotating arm that carries them between two larger fixed plates. The two outer plates are given opposite charges, which induces inversely opposite charges on the inner plates. Metal wipers or springs on the plates mean that when the inner plates make a half turn their induced charge is transferred to the similarly charged outer plate, whose total charge is thereby increased. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric charge, electricity > [noun] > process of charging > producer replenisher1867 exciter1885 electrifier1906 1867 W. Thomson in Brit. Patent 2147 (1868) 8 The inductor..should be kept electrified to a high and constant potential. This is effected by an adjunct called the replenisher. The replenisher is similar..to the inductor, but two contact springs are added. 1881 W. Thomson in Nature 8 Sept. 435/1 My ‘replenisher’ for multiplying and maintaining charges in Leyden jars for heterostatic electrometers. 1933 Science 14 July 22/2 The Belli doubler..was devised in 1831 and operated on the same principle as a later device designed by Lord Kelvin and better known as the Kelvin Replenisher. 1997 G. W. A. Dummer Electronic Inventions & Discov. i. 1 The Kelvin replenisher was developed as a rotary device to build up the charges. 3. Photography. A solution used to top up and extend the useful life of depleted processing chemicals. ΚΠ 1928 Trans. Soc. Motion Picture Engineers 12 189 A replenisher should theoretically contain a preponderance of the developing agents and a trace of sulphite, carbonate and no bromide. 1954 Brit. Patent 712,356 3/2 If Replenisher B, containing diglycolic acid, is used the formation of sludge is substantially prevented. 2000 R. E. Jacobson & A. Horder Man. Photogr. (ed. 9) xviii. 283/2 To assist in the setting-up of automatic processing equipment, suppliers of chemicals provide tables of graphs that relate the volume of replenisher to the area or number of films being processed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1582 |
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