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单词 earth-measure
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earth-measure
earth-measure n. rare measurement, or a measure, of the shape (or other parameter) of the earth.
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1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. sig. 388v It was nedefull for Mechanicall earthmeasures, not to be ignorant of the measure and contents of the circle.
1946 H. McKay World of Numbers i. 15 There is another earth measure that has intrigued men from of old, the tilt of the earth's axis.
1999 C. Hoffman Seven Story Tower v. 93 The Mesopotamians were the first to make maps with north oriented up and south down, creating a correspondence between Earth-measure (geography) to Skymeasure (astronomy).
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