| 单词 | equinoctial line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasequinoctial line 1. Pertaining to a state of equal day and night. equinoctial line, circle (in Milton equinoctial road), the celestial or terrestrial equator. Cf. B. 1, A. 2 equinoctial point = equinox n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > [adjective] > relating to a state of equal day and night equinoctialc1400 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §25. 35 Tak his nethere elongacioun lengthing fro the same equinoxial lyne. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Bii So haue we sayled ouer ye linie equinocciall. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 39 There is ane vthir circle of the spere callit, the circle equinoctial. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Bv For vnder the lyne equynoctyall..lyeth..greate and wyde desertes. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxvi. 318 The diurnal revolution is from the motion of the Earth, by which the Æquinoctial Circle is described about it. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 672 Som say the Sun Was bid turn Reines from th' Equinoctial Rode. View more context for this quotation 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. § 29. 305 To determine the places of the Stars in respect of the Equinoctial and Solstitial points. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. ix. 420 The origin of the Indian zodiac did not coincide with the equinoxial point. 1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 238 The magnetic equator will meet the equinoctial line only in two points. equinoctial line a. A circle of the terrestrial or celestial sphere; e.g. †ecliptic line, equinoctial line, †tropic line. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] circle of altitudec1000 linea1387 the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] linea1387 climatea1393 clime1553 region1556 zone1559 belt1796 subzone1851 dead zone1926 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic ecliptic linea1387 sun path1599 ecliptic1625 ecliptic circlea1679 ecliptic way1712 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > lesser circle > tropic tropic1503 tropic line1577 tropic line1667 tropic circle1893 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 9 In Armenia, Macedonia, Italia, and in oþer londes of þe same lyne. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 3 The arising of any planete aftur his latitude fro the Ecliptik lyne. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Bii So haue we sayled ouer ye linie equinocciall. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Bv For vnder the lyne equynoctyall..lyeth..greate and wyde desertes. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. aaviij The lyne, called Tropicus Cancri, and the Equinoctinal lyne. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 282 Under the Ethiop Line By Nilus head. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 61 I have seen your..Eclipticks, and your Tropick Lines, Sir. 1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 238 The magnetic equator will meet the equinoctial line only in two points. < as lemmas |
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