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† finitor Obs. Astron.
[a. L. fīnītor, agent-n. f. fīnīre to bound; a literal transl. of Gr. ὁρίζων horizon.]
The horizon.
1594Blundevil Exerc. vi. Introd. (ed. 7) 604 The other Crosse Diameter..signifieth the Horizon, which for distinctions sake is otherwise called the Finitor. 1671Flamsteed in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 124 Not thinking but that the appearance..would be invisible as celebrated under our finitor. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 147/1 In Terms of Art used by Limners..Finitor [is the] Horizon. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn., Finitor, the same with Horizon. |