单词 | armillar |
释义 | armillarn.adj. = armillary sphere n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > [noun] > angle-measuring armil sphere1556 armillar1603 armillary1625 armillary sphere1625 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. iv. 143 I haue taken the right ascentions of certaine fixed starres..by another faire Armillare. B. adj. = armillary adj. Only in armillar sphere n. [after post-classical Latin sphaera armillaris (see armillary sphere n.)] = armillary sphere n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > annular > of or relating to rings armillary1625 armillar1701 1701 S. Heynes Treat. Trigonom. 38 'Tis convenient to use the Planes of the Arcs of three great Circles of Card Pastboard, put together as in an Armillar Sphere. 1708 G. Vaux tr. J. C. Sturm Mathesis Juvenilis II. 482 In the Equator of an Armillar sphere [L. Sphæræ armillaris]..there be marked 24 equal Spaces. 1927 S. K. Bukhsh Stud.: Indian & Islamic xv. 172 They prepared armillar spheres, astrolabes, and other instruments. 1945 Geografiska Annaler 27 347 The sixth chapter discusses the drawing of an armillar sphere together with the entire inhabited world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1603 |
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