| 单词 | ecliptic conjunction |
| 释义 | > as lemmasecliptic conjunction a. Of or pertaining to an eclipse. ecliptic limits: the limits within which an eclipse is possible. ecliptic conjunction: a conjunction of sun and moon which results in a solar eclipse. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [adjective] > ecliptic ecliptical1556 ecliptic1609 eclipsed1659 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xx. iii. 145 When [the Sunne] himselfe and the roundle of the Moone..are come to those dimensions which they usually tearme..eclipticke or defective [L. defectivas] conjunctions ascending and descending. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. ii. vi. 153 These ecliptic Nights last but a little Time. 1771 Maskelyne in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 544 The time of the ecliptic conjunction may be deduced. 1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Astron. 93/2 The solar ecliptic limits exceed the lunar. < as lemmas |
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