Whereby

(adv.) By which; -- used relatively.

(adv.) By what; how; -- used interrogatively.

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• An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The alchemists sought to discover processes whereby one metal might be transmuted into another. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The term is also applied to the extraordinary phenomenon of the human body, which has been told of some people, whereby it is reduced to ashes without the application of fire. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Here the greatest difficulty confronted Clayton, for he had no means whereby to hang his massive door now that he had built it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She never broke her word, and was much exercised in her mind how to get round it, and at last devised a plan whereby she could satisfy herself. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• In 1763 Hargreaves invented the spinning-jenny (see Fig. 285), in which a multiplicity of spindles was employed, whereby one person could attend to the making of many threads simultaneously. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• A telephone receiver whereby the vibrations of the diaphragm are considerably amplified. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is organized in principle after the Bunsen burner, whereby a perfect combustion of the carbon is obtained with maximum heating effect and without smoke or deposits of lampblack. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Had he been as acute as he was meddling, as profound as he was prying, he might have found that in Sir Philip's face whereby to correct his inference. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Among the latest inventions are electrical connections with the safe, whereby tampering therewith alarms one or more watchmen at a near station. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements have no place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to express them in their language. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Furnaces to hold the crucibles, and made of iron cylinders lined with fire brick, whereby the crucibles were subjected to greater heat, were also known. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The gas regulator is simply a little automatic apparatus whereby the variation of pressure in the gas main is reduced and the flow rendered perfectly uniform at the burner. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• We had a box made thus: whereby two points could be brought together within a dark box provided with an eyepiece. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Finally, Xodar, who is a fiend for subtle craftiness, evolved a plan whereby we might worm the information from him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• How my lords then made a Minute, number five thousand one hundred and three, whereby they resigned the business to the Circumlocution Office. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The most important, perhaps, are those relating to spindle structure, whereby the speed and efficiency of spinning machines have been greatly increased. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Another form is an arrangement of desk drawers, whereby when one drawer is locked or unlocked all the rest are locked or unlocked automatically. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Later on a treaty was made with the Republic of Panama whereby the United States was granted control of a ten-mile strip constituting the Canal Zone. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Whereby I was in reality the man's best friend, and tried to take care of him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• If now the motors were made to run dynamos conveying low-pressure currents to the public, there is no possible way whereby this high-pressure current could get to the public. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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