plumb line

英 [ˈplʌm laɪn]

美 [ˈplʌm laɪn]

n.  (测水深或垂直面用的)重锤线，铅垂线

牛津词典

noun

• （测水深或垂直面用的）重锤线，铅垂线
  a piece of thick string with a weight attached to one end, used to find the depth of water or to test whether a wall, etc. is straight

柯林斯词典

• （检查垂直度的）铅垂线
  Aplumb lineis a piece of string with a weight attached to the end that is used to check that something such as a wall is vertical or that it slopes at the correct angle.

英英释义

noun

• a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity
  Synonym:perpendicular

双语例句

• Due to machining accuracy and limited leveling precision of gimbals, there is always an inconsistency between the visual axis and the vertical rotational axis of the digital zenith camera and the plumb line, which leads to a big deviation between measurement precision and theoretical precision.
  由于机械加工精度和常平架的调平精度有限，天顶摄影仪的视轴、垂直旋转轴与铅垂线总是存在不一致，导致测量精度与理论精度存在很大的偏差。
• The plumb line is being used to find the direction of gravity.
  铅垂就是这样确定，重力方向的。
• Plumb line deflection varied with time obtained by repeated gravimetry
  重复重力测量结果计算垂线偏差的时间变化
• Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical. Then the wire between two posts gets lower in the middle.
  用铅垂线调整使得垂直。这样，在两根电线杆中间的电线就略为下垂一些。
• The plumb line deviation method of determining heights from GPS in local area
  GPS在小区域内测定点位高程应用中的垂线偏差方法
• Development tendency of automatic monitoring system of plumb line and extension line
  矫顽力自动测量装置垂线、引张线自动监测系统的发展趋势
• Electrotype alloys a plumb line attached to a narrow board.
  电铸板用铅基压铸合金一种绑在一条窄木板上的铅锤线。
• The installation of boosters is made by means of lofting plumb line to ensure the mounting precision and symmetry, resulting in accurate force transmition direction, and avoiding the emergence of additional moments.
  本文采用放样吊线法安装助推器，确保安装精度和左右对称，从而保证了力的精确传递方向，避免了附加力矩的产生。
• The optical astronomical instruments for time-latitude measurements have advantages of good long-term stability, being able to monitor changes of the local plumb line and to make absolute determinations.
  光学天文时纬仪器具有长期稳定性好，可监测地方铅垂线变化与测定的绝对性等优点。
• Except at the pole and the equator, a plumb line does not point toward the earth's center.
  除在地球的两极和赤道之外，铅锤线并不指向地球中心。