Chambers's Technical Dictionary (1940–).
The 839th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 578 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).
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| conductimetric | Of or pertaining to the measurement of conductivity; spec. pertaining to volumetric… | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| culm | Variant of come n. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| eigenton | A frequency at which acoustic resonance characteristically occurs in an enclosure. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| manlock | A type of airlock enabling passage for people between two chambers, etc., kept at… | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| photoelectronics | The branch of science and technology that deals with photoelectronic phenomena. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| saprobiotic | = saprobic adj. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| sequestrectomy | The surgical excision of a sequestrum or sequestra; = sequestrotomy n. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| stilb | A unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| undermodulation | Modulation that is less than it need be, so that the available capacity of a transmitter… | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| zerovalent | Having an actual or formal valency of zero. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
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