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語源

Originally in reference to the hollow-tube frames used as cases or mounting in various machines but now usually understood in reference to factory packaging and default standards.^[1]

名詞

box standard ‎(複数形 box standards)

1. (obsolete) A hollow tube frame used for a machine.
   • 1884 June, Manufacturer & Builder, page 127:

     ...the standards F 0, to support the jointing devices, consisting in the combination of the cutter-heads supported by adjustable box standards Y, having sliding bearings in the bars V f.

   • 1888, Lockwood's Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering, page 45:

     Box standard or boxed standard, the standard, or main framework, of a machine or engine, which is hollowed internally to obtain the maximum of strength with the minimum of material.

形容詞

box standard ‎(comparative more box standard, superlative most box standard)

1. (Britain colloquial, used especially in automotive, motorcycle, engineering かつ technical contexts) Synonym of standard, especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification.

関連する語

• (more pejorative): bog standard

参照

1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "box-standard, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.

形容詞

box-standard ‎(comparative more box-standard, superlative most box-standard)

1. Alternative form of box standard.