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单词 jacquard loom
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Jacquard loom


Jac′quard

(or jac′quard) loom`,


n. a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jac′quard weave` or jac′quard weave`) constructed from a variety of basic weaves. [1850–55; after J. M. Jacquard (1757–1834), French inventor]
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Noun1.Jacquard loom - a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threadsJacquard loom - a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabricsJacquardloom - a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

Jacquard loom


Jacquard loom

(history)/zhah-kar'/ A mechanical loom, invented byJoseph-Marie Jacquard in 1801, which used the holes punchedin pasteboard punch cards (which see) to control the weavingof patterns in fabric. It was the first machine to use punchcards, although it did no computation based on them.

http://history.rochester.edu/steam/hollerith/loom.htm.

Jacquard loom

An automated loom that transformed the 19th century textile industry and became the inspiration for future calculating and tabulating machines. Developed by the French silk-weaver, Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), it used punch cards to control its operation.

Although punch cards were used in earlier looms and music boxes, Jacquard's loom was a vast improvement and allowed complex patterns to be created swiftly. The loom was inspiration to Charles Babbage and, later, to Herman Hollerith who developed the first commercial punch card equipment.


The Jacquard Loom
The binary principle embodied in the punched-card operation of the loom was inspiration for the data processing machines to come. (Image courtesy of The Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org)

Jacquard loom


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Synonyms for Jacquard loom

noun a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads

Synonyms

  • Jacquard

Related Words

  • loom
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