surge
nounEtymology
The verb is from Middle English ^((please verify)) surgen, possibly from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir (“to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”), from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, contraction of surrigō, subrigō (“lift up, raise, erect; intransitive rise, arise, get up, spring up, grow, etc.”, transitive verb), from sub (“from below; up”) + regō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of source and sourd. The noun is from the verb.
- derived from *h₃réǵeti✻
- derived from surgō
- derived from surgir
- derived from sourgir
- inherited from ^((please verify)) surgen
Definitions
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
- He felt a surge of excitement.
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
- A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.
- When the diesel was being worked full out, the ammeter normally showed about 1,500-1,600 amps, with occasional surges of current at starting or up the steepest gradients to 1,700 or even 1,800 amps.
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A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to…
A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
The swell or heave of the sea.
- He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
- He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, / Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.
A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
- surge capacity; surge fleet; surge deployment capabilities
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
- Toaster sales surged last year.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
- A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.
- Wales began the second half as they ended the first, closing down Montenegro quickly and the pressure told as Bale surged into the box and pulled the ball back for skipper Ramsey, arriving on cue, to double their lead.
To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to…
To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
- Use of maximum reverse thrust at low speeds can cause the engine to surge from ingesting its own exhaust.
To slack off a line.
A spring
A spring; a fountain.
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles all great rivers are gorged and assembled of various surges and springs of water
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A definitional loop anchored at surge. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at surge. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at surge
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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