Gutta
[gʌtә]
Definition
(n.) A drop.
(n.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop.
Editor: Sidney
Examples
- The central dots in the section are the conducting wires round which are the gutta percha and hemp, and the outer rim represents the iron wire casing. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This fine copper cord is covered carefully with gutta percha; it is then coated with tarred hemp, and is protected externally by an iron wire rope, composed of numerous strands of fine wire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It can be used with a common pen, but must be kept in bottles coated inside with paraffine, beeswax, or gutta-percha, with rubber stoppers. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They were then covered with hempen yarn, to protect the gutta percha from attrition, and they were thus introduced into the hollow cable, of which they formed the core. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The excellent insulation obtained by means of gutta percha covered wires has caused a return to the original plan of burying the wires in trenches in the ground. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The wire is usually covered with silk, cotton, gutta percha or some other insulator, to prevent the current from leaping across, and compel it to travel through the whole length of the wire. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A single copper wire, about the thickness of a common bell wire, coated thickly with gutta percha, was laid across the English Channel experimentally, without any protection. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Editor: Sidney