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重力场 (zhòng lì chǎng) — gravitational field

Definition

noun
gravitational field

Examples

  • 重力场。
    Dì qiú de zhòng lì chǎng duì wù tǐ yǒu xī yǐn lì.
    The Earth's gravitational field attracts objects.
  • 重力场。
    Kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū huǒ xīng de zhòng lì chǎng.
    Scientists are studying the gravitational field of Mars.
  • ，重力场。
    Zài tài kōng zhōng, zhòng lì chǎng fēi cháng wēi ruò.
    In space, the gravitational field is very weak.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

重力gravity
重zhòngweight力lìforce
偏正Modifier + head
场chǎngfield

"重力" gravity and "场" field combine to mean a field of gravitational force.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng重zhòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

Open 重 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

Open 力 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →
Appears in
Physics & Chemistry

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