单词 | rupturing |
释义 | rupturingn. The action or process of undergoing or (less commonly) causing a rupture or breach; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > dehiscence rupturing1787 1787 Mem. Med. Soc. London 1 107 The pressure is so great as to be attended with pain, and to endanger the rupturing of the membrana tympani. 1795 W. Dufour Treat. Dis. Urin. Passages 26 A sudden hæmorrhage took place, from the rupturing of the urethra. 1841 Iris July 425 The rupturings and ruin of agitation have fertilized and mellowed the soil, where is to spring up and ripen a better order of things. 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised i. 12 I will not affirm that the rupturing of the exterior membrane..takes place spontaneously. 1889 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Sept. 695/2 Sometimes I excise a portion before the removal of the cataract or the rupturing of its capsule. 1909 Engin. Digest Nov. 393/2 The close-fitting silver jacket prevents the rupturing of the platinum wire within. 1945 Sci. Amer, Oct. 219/1 Rupturings bad enough to sink a ship, unless caused by enemy action, became non-existent. 1952 Times 22 Dec. 6/6 With the rupturing of the wing tanks the wreckage instantly broke into flames. 2006 G. Corera Shopping for Bombs ii. 37 The Pervez case might mean the rupturing of the relationship that supplied the Afghan rebels. Compounds rupturing capacity n. = breaking capacity n. at breaking n. Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > circuit-breaker > [noun] > ability to withstand surge rupturing capacity1904 1904 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 23 249 The high rupturing capacity of the switches. 1930 Engineering 24 Jan. 97/3 These circuit breakers were designed for a rupturing capacity of 1,000,000 kva. 1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 737/2 This is a plug-type current limiting power fuse rated for 3A/600V with 100kA rupturing capacity. 2007 C. R. Bayliss & B. J. Hardy Transmission & Distribution Electr. Engin. xi. 345 The high rupturing capacity (HRC) fuse has excellent current and energy limiting characteristics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787 |
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