plimsoll

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
  2. The plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point.

Konzepte

Übersetzungen

πάνινα παπούτσια

plimsoll

basquetbòl

basquet

tennis

zapatillas deportivas

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈplɪmsoʊl/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From Samuel Plimsoll, a Bristol merchant who created a system of marks and symbols for the waterline of ships. The shoe was possibly named because the line of its sole resembled the Plimsoll line of ship.

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