单词 | superincumbence |
释义 | superincumbencen. Now rare. The quality or fact of being superincumbent (in various senses); the condition of lying or pressing on something; (figurative) pressure, weightiness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > action or fact of pressing upon weighing1398 impressure1649 supergravitation1664 superincumbency1666 superincumbence1698 incumbition1760 impressment1866 1698 W. Cowper Anat. Humane Bodies Table 8 sig. E/2 To prevent the Superincumbence of the one [hemisphere of the brain] upon the other, when we lie on either Side. 1771 J. Ussher Introd. Theory Human Mind ii. 52 When we turn our imagination from the metaphor..we find every idea of substance and of superincumbence vanish into emblem. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 397/1 The highest nations are gasping for existence, crushed by the superincumbence of the lowest. 1852 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 232 The superincumbence of the eight persons pressing down the light springs [of the railway engine]. 1883 Life 5 Apr. 167/2 The added superincumbence of two hundred pounds of British female could hardly have a good effect. 1955 M. Hollander tr. P. H. Kuenen Realms Water v. 221 Such movements may be initiated by differences in the weight of snow carried,..or by the superincumbence of a layer of greater density. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698 |
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