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单词 steadiment
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steadimentn.

/ˈstɛdɪmənt/
Etymology: < steady v. + -ment suffix.
rare.
A means of steadying; also, the condition of being steadied.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > stability > steadiness > making steady > that which
steadiment1817
stiller1862
steadier1864
steady1899
the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > stability > steadiness > condition of being steadied
steadimenta1878
1817 J. Bentham Def. Econ. against Mr. Burke 67 Instrument attempted to be made for the ‘fixing himself in power’, Burke's East India Bill: a steadiment, containing in it a sort of pump, contrived for drawing from the East Indies the matter of wealth... His grand instrument of steadiment and ‘fixation’ having failed.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. vi. 227 Its footing on the capital..requires as much steadiment as possible.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. vi. 227 To give greater steadiment to the foot of the arch.
1894 Adm. Elliot in Morning Post 15 May The wonderful steadiment produced by the clutch of the side keels of Hodgetts' patent form of vessel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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