deambulationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /diːæmbjuːˈleɪʃən/

名詞

deambulation

1. (obsolete) A walking abroad; a promenading.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour

     Touching suche exercises, as many be used within the house, or in the shadowe, (as is the olde maner of speking), as deambulations, laborynge with poyses made of leadde or other metall

2. A cycle or revolution during which a programmable machine performs various functions
   • 1914, Raymond Roussel, Rupert Copeland Cuningham (translator), Locus Solus:

     Then, declaring that, according to his recollection, a very long wait would be necessary before the [contraption's] next automatic deambulation could be witnessed, Canterel, with measured steps, led us to another part of the vast establishment.