Vickersn.

Brit.

/ˈvɪkəz/, U.S.

/ˈvɪkərz/

Etymology: < the name of Vickers, Ltd., a manufacturing company.

a. Used attributively with reference to any of a variety of products of the firm, esp. armaments, aircraft, etc. Occasionally also in the possessive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > [adjective] > of specific manufacture

Vickers1913

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > of specific manufacture

Vickers1913

MiG aircraft1947

1913 303-Inch Machine Guns (Ordnance College: Field Artillery & Small Arms Branch) 62 (heading) Gun, Vickers', ·303-in., Light.

1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 313 Vickers gun.

1919 Vickers News 15 Oct. 7/2 Vickers engines are occasionally tested on some such oil as Texas.

1919 Vickers News 1 Nov. 25 (caption) A Vickers airship is also seen leaving Barrow with letters for Sheffield.

a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xiii. 79 Our supporting infantry manned their Vickers M.G.s on the flanks.

1945 Penguin New Writing xxiv. 31 In front of me the man carrying the Vickers ammunition.

?1949 B. W. A. Dixon Aircraft i. 14/1 The Vickers ‘Vimy’, a twin~engined bomber designed originally for the long-distance bombing of Berlin.

1953 C. A. Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis ii. vi. 295 Alcock and Brown..got across the ocean in their twin-engined Vickers bomber.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIX. 688/2 The Maxim machine guns, later often known as Vickers weapons, were used throughout the world well into the 1960s.

b. absol. One of a series of machine-guns manufactured by the company and used in both World Wars, esp. the ·303 or Vickers Maxim.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > types of

mitrailleuse1867

mitrailleur1869

Gatling gun1870

light machine gun1883

Gardner1884

Maxim1884

volley gun1884

Nordenfelt1885

Maxim1888

camel-gun1891

Maxim–Nordenfeldt gun1898

pom-pom1899

bomb Maxim1900

Lewis (machine) gun1913

Spandau guna1918

Vickers1917

LMG1922

Spandau1929

Bren1937

1917 G. Frankau City of Fear 18 You know what it's like in a listening-post, The Very candles aflare, Their bullets smacking the sand-bags, our Vickers combing your hair.

1918 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 243 A frontal attack of eighteen men, two Vickers, and two large Hotchkiss.

1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 195 Nigel was full of questions;..what was the difference between a Bren and a Vickers.

1946 R. Capell Simiomata i. 36 The caiques scattered with Brens and Vickers raking them.

2. attributive. With reference to a method of testing the hardness of a material (esp. metal) by measuring the indentation produced when a small diamond pyramid is applied to the surface under a specified load.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] > testing > type of test

Vickers1926

1926 Automobile Engineer XVI. 105/1 In designing the Vickers machine..an impression having a diameter equal to three-eighths that of the ball has been taken as ideal.

1930 Engineering 12 Sept. 318/2 The hardness of hardened steel was further raised from Vickers number 950 to 1,100 by this treatment.

1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. I. iv. 77 The most standard form of test is the Vickers hardness system performed by pushing a standard square pyramid diamond indenter..into the surface of the material.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vickers
释义	Vickersn. Brit. /ˈvɪkəz/, U.S. /ˈvɪkərz/ Etymology: < the name of Vickers, Ltd., a manufacturing company. 1. a. Used attributively with reference to any of a variety of products of the firm, esp. armaments, aircraft, etc. Occasionally also in the possessive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > [adjective] > of specific manufacture Vickers1913 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > of specific manufacture Vickers1913 MiG aircraft1947 1913 303-Inch Machine Guns (Ordnance College: Field Artillery & Small Arms Branch) 62 (heading) Gun, Vickers', ·303-in., Light. 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 313 Vickers gun. 1919 Vickers News 15 Oct. 7/2 Vickers engines are occasionally tested on some such oil as Texas. 1919 Vickers News 1 Nov. 25 (caption) A Vickers airship is also seen leaving Barrow with letters for Sheffield. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xiii. 79 Our supporting infantry manned their Vickers M.G.s on the flanks. 1945 Penguin New Writing xxiv. 31 In front of me the man carrying the Vickers ammunition. ?1949 B. W. A. Dixon Aircraft i. 14/1 The Vickers ‘Vimy’, a twin~engined bomber designed originally for the long-distance bombing of Berlin. 1953 C. A. Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis ii. vi. 295 Alcock and Brown..got across the ocean in their twin-engined Vickers bomber. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIX. 688/2 The Maxim machine guns, later often known as Vickers weapons, were used throughout the world well into the 1960s. b. absol. One of a series of machine-guns manufactured by the company and used in both World Wars, esp. the ·303 or Vickers Maxim. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > types of mitrailleuse1867 mitrailleur1869 Gatling gun1870 light machine gun1883 Gardner1884 Maxim1884 volley gun1884 Nordenfelt1885 Maxim1888 camel-gun1891 Maxim–Nordenfeldt gun1898 pom-pom1899 bomb Maxim1900 Lewis (machine) gun1913 Spandau guna1918 Vickers1917 LMG1922 Spandau1929 Bren1937 1917 G. Frankau City of Fear 18 You know what it's like in a listening-post, The Very candles aflare, Their bullets smacking the sand-bags, our Vickers combing your hair. 1918 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 243 A frontal attack of eighteen men, two Vickers, and two large Hotchkiss. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 195 Nigel was full of questions;..what was the difference between a Bren and a Vickers. 1946 R. Capell Simiomata i. 36 The caiques scattered with Brens and Vickers raking them. 2. attributive. With reference to a method of testing the hardness of a material (esp. metal) by measuring the indentation produced when a small diamond pyramid is applied to the surface under a specified load. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] > testing > type of test Vickers1926 1926 Automobile Engineer XVI. 105/1 In designing the Vickers machine..an impression having a diameter equal to three-eighths that of the ball has been taken as ideal. 1930 Engineering 12 Sept. 318/2 The hardness of hardened steel was further raised from Vickers number 950 to 1,100 by this treatment. 1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. I. iv. 77 The most standard form of test is the Vickers hardness system performed by pushing a standard square pyramid diamond indenter..into the surface of the material. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1913
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