单词 | hodometrical |
释义 | hodometricaladj. 1. Relating to the measurement of a ship's ‘way’, i.e. the distance traversed by it. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [adjective] > relating to measurement of speed hodometrical1730 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Hodometrical,..is the method of Computation of the Measure of the Way of a Ship between Place and Place.., and what way she has made. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hodometrical, [applied to] a method of finding the longitude at sea by dead reckoning. 2. Belonging to an odometer; = odometrical adj. ΚΠ 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Hodometrical, 1. Pertaining to a hodometer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.1730 |
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