| 单词 | gnomonic column |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgnomonic column a. Pertaining to the gnomon or sun-dial, or to the measuring of time, etc. by means of this. gnomonic column (see quot. 1728). ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [adjective] > of or relating to sundials gnomonical1570 gnomonic1601 sandy1607 gnomical1611 stylar1614 sciatherical1615 direct1659 skiagraphical1690 sciatheric1700 solar1728 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 35 The Gnomonicke art. 1673 Philos. Trans. 1672 (Royal Soc.) 7 5151 The whole Science Gnomonique. 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 154 [He] may have given him a Dial furnish'd with a Magnetic Needle, rather than an Ordinary Gnomonic [Wks. 1744 IV. 539/1 gnomical] Dial. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Column Gnomonic Column, a Cylinder, whereon the Hour of the Day is represented by the Shadow of a Style. 1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 632 The gnomonic phenomena of the year of complete days recurred at the interval of this cycle. < as lemmas |
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