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Chambers's Technical Dictionary

Chambers's Technical Dictionary (1940–).
The 841st most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 577 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations577Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word10Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning134Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
conductimetricOf or pertaining to the measurement of conductivity; spec. pertaining to volumetric…1940Go To Quotation
culmVariant of come n.1940Go To Quotation
eigentonA frequency at which acoustic resonance characteristically occurs in an enclosure.1940Go To Quotation
manlockA type of airlock enabling passage for people between two chambers, etc., kept at…1940Go To Quotation
photoelectronicsThe branch of science and technology that deals with photoelectronic phenomena.1940Go To Quotation
saprobiotic= saprobic adj.1940Go To Quotation
sequestrectomyThe surgical excision of a sequestrum or sequestra; = sequestrotomy n.1940Go To Quotation
stilbA unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre.1940Go To Quotation
undermodulationModulation that is less than it need be, so that the available capacity of a transmitter…1940Go To Quotation
zerovalentHaving an actual or formal valency of zero.1940Go To Quotation

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