| 单词 |
subminiature |
| 释义 |
subˈminiature, a.
[sub- 14.]
Even smaller than what is described as ‘miniature’; very much reduced in size. Chiefly used in Electronics and Photogr.
1947Electronics June 160/2 (caption) Oscillator circuits of the two units..are printed on the outer surface of a steatite cylinder housing the subminiature tube. 1956Spaceflight I. 28/1 There are two alternative designs, one using subminiature valves and the other transistors. 1968Amateur Photographer 1 May 13/2 Sizes [of camera] below 35mm are usually called sub-miniature. 1977‘J. le Carré’ Hon. Schoolboy vi. 123 Four lozenges of subminiature film..and a battered subminiature camera.
Hence subˌminiaturiˈzation, the development or use of subminiature devices, esp. in electronics.
1949Aviation Week 11 Apr. 18/1 Not content with ‘miniaturization’ of electronic equipment for airborne installations, engineers are now utilizing ‘subminiaturization’ of this material to reduce its size and weight. 1957Circulation XVI. 764/1 The transition from antisubmarine warfare to phonocardiography involved mainly subminiaturization of the transducer and adaptation of the amplifiers to the recording instruments used in routine clinical phonocardiography. 1960Analog Science Fact/Fiction Nov. 108/2, I don't know what genius indulged his yen for subminiaturization,..but he carried it too far. |
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