caus.
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Only State whose board actually favors linking Santa Caus with liquor is New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was engineers such as de Caus who, by generalizing the concept of a moving mechanism, made the clockwork universe and the mechanical man possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
De Caus in 1615 played with a very simple steam engine, and working steam engines require simple feedback mechanisms.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
This principle was employed by della Porta in 1606, and in 1625 Salomon de Caus devised a steam fountain.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
But a false legend concerning Solomon de Caus, the supposed original inventor of the steam-engine, is so instructive that we must give a brief account of it.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
