单词 | torpedinal |
释义 | † torpedinal, a. Obs. rare.|tɔːˈpiːdɪnəl| [f. L. torpēdin-em, torpedo + -al1.] Of or pertaining to the torpedo or electric ray.
1772Walsh in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 465 The vigour of the fresh taken Torpedos at the Isle of Ré, was not able to force the torpedinal fluid across the minutest tract of air. Ibid., Notwithstanding the weak spring of the torpedinal electricity, I was able..to convey it through a circuit, formed from one surface of the animal to the other, by two long brass wires, and four persons. 1800Med. Jrnl. IV. 118 He..offers his own new and striking apparatus as more nearly resembling the torpedinal organ. |

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