dying gasp
English
Noun
dying gasp (plural dying gasps)
- The last breath taken before death.
- (figuratively) The last moments, or final period, of something that becomes obsolete or inactive.
- 1951, IBM Corp., Proceedings, Computation Seminar (page 13)
- To replace logarithmic tables with natural tables required some time. This seems like a modern age, yet I am not an octogenarian and I can remember the dying gasp of the logarithmic table as the standard method of computation. I have seen the desk calculator become a necessary instrument for every scientist who is doing quantitative work.
- 1951, IBM Corp., Proceedings, Computation Seminar (page 13)
Translations
the last breath taken before death
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