| 单词 | striking distance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstriking distance striking distance n. (a) the distance within which it is possible to strike a blow; (b) (see quot. 1892). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > of a stroke or blow dent1567 dint1579 striking distance1751 blow-reach1871 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > [noun] > point of discharge > distance between conductors striking distance1751 1751 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. 62 A needle..will draw the fire from the scale silently at a much greater than the striking distance. 1769 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. (new ed.) 481 The distance at which a body charged with this fluid will discharge itself suddenly, striking through the air into another body that is not..so highly charg'd, is different according to the quantity [etc.]... This distance, whatever it happens to be between any two bodies, is called their striking distance, as till they come within that distance of each other, no stroke will be made. 1804 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 20 While fortune then places us within striking distance, let us avail ourselves of it. 1870 Daily News 20 Dec. The north-westward movement of Chanzy brought him within striking distance of the German Corps at Chartres. 1892 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. (1893) 496 Striking distance, the distance that separates two conductors charged with electricity of different potential, when a spark starts between them. < as lemmas |
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