单词 | revolute |
释义 | revoluteadj.ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > cycle of time > [adjective] > revolving revolute?a1475 overturning1532 orby?1609 revolving1612 rolling1656 wheeling1725 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 275 (MED) The firste yere of his age of xij monethes..from the xxv day of December, is complete and finischede un to that tyme the yere revolute [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. to þe same day at twelfmonþe; L. usque ad eundem diem anno revoluto]. a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 462 To the lord that þis day apere, Be yeuen lawde..In tymes reuolute frome yere to yere. 2. Chiefly Botany. Esp. of (the margin of) a leaf or petal: rolled downwards or back, or towards the lower side. Also (of vernation or aestivation): having the edges of the leaves or petals in bud rolled back or towards the lower side. Opposed to involute adj. 3.In quot. 1826: of the antennae of an insect. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > rolled inwards or outwards revolute1753 involutive1855 revolutive1860 involuted1875 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > revolute revolute1753 revoluted1773 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Revolute leaf,..a leaf, the upper part of which rolls itself downward. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxii. 313 Garden Thyme is an erect plant, with its ovate leaves revolute. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 318 [Antennæ are] Revolute, when they roll outwards. 1865 G. Bentham Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Flora I. p. xxvi If the edges [of the petals] are much inflexed, the æstivation is..induplicate; involute, if the margins are rolled inward;..revolute, if the margins are rolled outwards. 1883 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 16 Nov. 454/1 Chrysanthemum F. A. Davis..—A Japanese variety with narrow florets, the margins revolute, and deep rich maroon in colour. 1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 48 The species is Lilium pardalinum,..flowers about six inches wide, bright orange, purple spotted in the throat, segments revolute—a majestic plant. 1945 J. W. Parry Spice Handbk. xxxi. 145 During the drying process, the margins of the leaves [of rosemary] which are already folded back become more so, giving them a permanent revolute form. 1984 Penguin Dict. Bot. 377/2 Many types of vernation are recognized... The leaves may be rolled forwards to the upper surface of the leaf (involute) or rolled backwards to the adaxial surface (revolute). 2006 P. Sell & G. Murrell Flora Great Brit. & Irel. IV. 204/2 Leaves entire to repand-dentate, the margin narrowly revolute, petiolate. 3. Engineering. Of a joint: having one rotational degree of freedom only; that rotates without sliding. Contrasted with prismatic adj. 4. ΚΠ 1912 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 87 62 The difficulty of making running joints for holding the pressure of fluids with any device except lower pairs of either the revolute or the cylindrical prism form. 1965 N. P. Chironis Mechanisms, Linkages, & Mech. Controls ii. 45 In the table, these joints are the five closed, lower pair types: R = Revolute joint, which permits rotation only [etc.]. 1998 M. A. C. Gill & A. Y. Zomaya Obstacle Avoidance in Multi-robot Syst. v. 69 If the link is revolute then the joint variable is the joint angle (Θi). 2005 J. M. Selig Geom. Fund. Robotics (ed. 2) xiii. 294 The magnitude of the generalised force delivered by the motor, a torque if the joint is revolute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). revolutev.1 Now rare. transitive and intransitive. To revolve (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] wharvec888 turnOE runOE to turn aboutOE to turn roundc1450 to go roundc1460 revolute1553 gyre1598 veer1605 to come about1607 circumvolve1626 circumgyre1634 to turn around1642 roll1646 revolve1660 circulate1672 twist1680 circumgyrate1683 rotate1757 gyrate1830 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 86 b Ponderyng, expendyng, and reuolutyng with my self your ingent affabilitee..for mundane affaires. ?1558 H. Baker tr. O. Fine Rules Vse of Almanackes (new ed.) sig. B.ii The tyme at the whyche all the equinoctiall circle is passed and reuoluted or tourned backe vnder the sayde merediane. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. sig. bv Some..contente themselves with a common razer, which behinde they involve with linnen, leaste that it shoulde revolute backwardes. 1848 Cork Mag. Apr. 349/2 On the very hearthrug where the dog used to revolute, his master revoluted. 1884 Contributor Mar. 212 While those on whom it revolutes 'twill pulverize, as dust. 1907 H. N. Shore Old Foye Days II. 62 I tell ee, though, I've been revoluting the matter over in my brain-box since last meeting. 1922 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 878/2 He glorified it into something that simply made the blood revolute from head to heels. Derivatives ˈrevoluting adj. [compare earlier revolving adj.] ΚΠ a1630 Earl Pembroke Poems (1660) 50 Then he frames a second notion From the revoluting eyes. 1748 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 135/1 What is all our food But revoluting t—d, fulfilling still The circle marked by heav'n. 1880 J. G. Dalton Lyra Bicyclica 106 I tread the pedal orbits with plunging feet; I dance and equilibrize on the revoluting stilts. 1939 P. Di Donato Christ in Concrete 306 She lay in the grip of awful revoluting breaths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). revolutev.2ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > engage in revolution [verb (intransitive)] sansculottize1798 revolute1807 revolutionize1817 1807 S. Whelpley Hist. Compend II. v. 29 Miranda may revolutionize them; yet, if they are not made a..commercial people, they will be only revoluted from bad to worse. 2. intransitive. To engage in or promote revolution; to rebel. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > rebel [verb (intransitive)] rebel1340 revolt1562 uparise1649 revolute1868 1868 J. Barbiere Scraps from Prison Table v. 153 The deprivation has been a source of irritation and annoyance, culminating in a disposition to ‘revolute’. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right ii It looks bad when old Mark Thursby begins to ‘revolute.’ 1921 D. H. Lawrence Let. 2 Mar. (1962) II. 644 I think Italy will not revolute or bolsh any more. 1985 E. McClanahan Famous People I Have Known ii. 29 I rocked and I rolled. I ingested illicit substances. I revoluted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475v.11553v.21807 |
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