| 单词 | inclination-equator |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinclination-equator attributive designating instruments for measuring inclination (sense 9b); designating things relating to or involving such measurements (now rare); esp. in inclination-chart, inclination-compass, inclination-equator, inclination-pole. ΚΠ 1807 Philos. Mag. 28 128 M. Le Noir..exhibited an azimuth circle, an equatorial, a repeating circle, a circle of reflection for the navy, a variation compass, an inclination compass. 1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 44 The first inclination chart was published by Wilke. 1870 R. A. Proctor in Eng. Mech. 14 Jan. 424/2 As we leave either inclination-pole, the dipping needle leaves its vertical position, and gradually approaches the horizontal. 1892 R. A. Proctor Old & New Astron. vi. 351 (footnote) Inclination changes as quickly near the inclination-equator and poles as on any inclination-latitude. 1925 H. C. Booth tr. F. Auerbach Mod. Magnetics (U.K. ed.) ix. 218 Apparatus for the continuous observation of the quantities under consideration are called variometers, and there are intensity, inclination and declination variometers. 2014 J. Al-Khalili & J. McFadden Life on Edge Introd. i. 6 A compass that measures the angle of dip between the magnetic field lines and the surface of the earth, which we call an inclination compass. < as lemmas |
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