plimsoll

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

tennis

zapatillas

zapatillas deportivas

bambas

Sinónimos

sneaker

gym shoe

trainer

Traducciones

basket

🏀

basquetbol

🏀

Turnschuh

πάνινα παπούτσια

plimsoll

basquetbòl

basquet

bàsquet

🏀

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈplɪmsoʊl/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.