| 单词 | dial plane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdial plane dial plane n. the flat surface of a sundial on which the shadow of the gnomon is cast. ΚΠ 1652 S. Morgan Horlogiographia Optica 37 The Sun cannot shine on all Diall Planes. 1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 310 A Dyal Plane is that Flat whereon a Dyal is intended to be projected. 1868 Chambers's Encycl. III. 531/1 A dial consists of two parts—the stile or gnomon..and the dial-plane. 1999 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 62 116 The splay of hour lines depends on the angle between the dial plane and the polar axis. < as lemmas |
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