单词 | line of centrality |
释义 | > as lemmasline of centrality line of centrality n. [compare French ligne de centralité (1803 or earlier).] now rare a band-like region of the earth's surface from which the totality of a solar eclipse can be viewed. ΚΠ 1829 P. Barlow Astron. in Encycl. Metrop.: Mixed Sci. I. 587/2 Astronomers have hitherto paid but little attention to these kind of eclipses: they have generally been satisfied with calculating the line of centrality. 1882 Athenæum 2 Dec. 789 The line of centrality is confined to the South Pacific Ocean. 1930 Science Bull. (Museum Brooklyn Inst.) 4 No. 1 55 One of the most striking eclipses of the sun in this early formative period was an annular eclipse with a line of centrality passing close to Copan. < as lemmas |
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