单词 | magellanic |
释义 | Magellanicadj. Of or relating to Magellan. I. Senses with geographical reference. a. Magellanic Sea n. Obsolete the South Pacific Ocean. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific South Sea1553 Magellanic Sea1602 1602 J. Beaumont Metamorph. Tabacco sig. B4 The Magellanick sea her vnions brought. 1669 J. Seller Pract. Navig. i. 19 America is bounded on..the South with the Magilanick Sea. 1708 Brit. Apollo 22–24 Dec. The Magellanic Sea. b. Magellanic Straits n. Obsolete the Straits of Magellan. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > specific strait Hellespont1596 Magellan1596 Magellan straits1613 phare1615 the Sounda1643 belt1644 fare1653 Magellanic Straits1690 1652 T. Elsliot True Mariner 10 Upon the taking or hitting of the Straights of Magellanica, perfectly to be sure to jeep his course well to the South and by West, betwixt the terra incognita, and the terra della fogo, and the Island of Cacofogo.] 1690 Athenian Mercury 31 Mar. 1/1 We be asked why the Mediterranean, West-Indian and Caspian Seas, and the Magellanick Streights have not their Tide? 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God i. xi. 231 The People about the Magellanick Streights are white. c. Magellanic regions n. Obsolete the regions of Patagonia visited by Magellan. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [noun] > other specific regions Magellanic regions1772 terra firma1772 Southern Cone1960 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 2/2 That..right which they [sc. the Spaniards] pretend to all the Magellanic regions. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 277 If we have not searched the Magellanick regions, let us however forbear to people them with Patagons. d. Magellanic jacket n. Obsolete a sailor's watch-coat with a hood. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > for specific purpose > wearing when on watch watch-coat?1704 Magellanic jacket1772 Magellan jacket1867 1772 J. R. Forster Resol. Jrnl. 30 Nov. (1982) II. 186 A good Magellanic Jacket & Fearnought Trowsers were found excellent. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. 40 Each of them received what is called a Magellanic jacket and a pair of trowsers. The jacket is made of a thick woollen stuff called Fearnought. e. Magellanic bark n. [after post-classical Latin cortex Magellanicus] Obsolete = Winter's bark n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for scurvy > plant-derived black cinnamon1584 Winter's bark1622 Winter's cinnamon1673 Winteran bark1694 Magellan barka1769 Magellanic bark1775 a1769 G. Robertson Disc. Tahiti (1948) 46 Here the Pepper Tree grows to Great perfection which produces the Winter or Magellan Bark.] 1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 221 An equal quantity of the Peruvian and Magellanic bark. 2. Designating animals living in southern South America, esp. near the Straits of Magellan (or, rarely, elsewhere along Magellan's route in southern latitudes).† Magellanic fox n. Obsolete the South American canid Pseudalope (or Dusicyon) culpaeus. Magellanic penguin n. the penguin Spheniscus magellanicus, which inhabits the coasts and islands of southern Chile and Argentina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > other types of karagan1800 Magellanic fox1837 dog fox1882 platinum1948 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iv. 72 The Penguin breeds in Canada, in the Island called Newland, in those of Fero, and of the Magellanick-Sea, and is therefore by Clusius called the Magellanick-Goose. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 604 Magellanic Shag. 1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. i. 89 The Magellanic Cormorant is thirty inches in length. 1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. 65 Magellanic Sphenisque... Magellanic Penguin. 1837 J. E. Grey in Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 578 Vulpes magellanica (Magellanic Fox). Greyish, varied with black on the back [etc.]. Inhabits Magellan's Straits. 1974 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Nov. 19/5 Magellanic penguins, quite distinctive with stripes across their faces and bibs, burrow in the ground to nest. 1988 Zool. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 94 117 The Indian Ocean origin of A[deonella] lichenoides seems to have been overlooked and the species has assumed a residual distribution as a magellanic species. II. Senses with personal reference. 3. a. Magellanic Cloud n. Astronomy either of two small galaxies associated with the Milky Way and visible at night in the southern hemisphere as cloudy spots; more fully Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud; Black Magellanic Cloud: see black adj. and n. ΚΠ 1678 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 987 To these are added..the 2 Nubeculæ, called by Saylors, the Magellanic Clouds. 1686 T. Mackrith Let. 5 Feb. in R. Boyle Wks. (1744) V. 651/1 The Magellanick clouds..consist of a greater and a lesser. 1710 Brit. Apollo 15–17 May What by Marriners are called Magellanic-clouds. 1880 R. A. Proctor Poetry of Astron. xii. 434 The Magellanic Clouds are roughly spherical in shape. 1930 J. H. Jeans Universe around Us (ed. 2) iii. 182 The star S Doradus in the Lesser Magellanic Cloud. 1936 E. Hubble Realm of Nebulæ ii. 47 About half of the irregulars form a homogeneous group, in which the Magellanic Clouds are typical examples. 1988 T. Ferris Coming of Age in Milky Way (1989) i. ix. 169 The Magellanic clouds are two large, shaggy patches of softly glowing light that resemble detached swatches of the Milky Way. 1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 400/2 We were incredibly privileged in 1987 to witness in the Large Magellanic Cloud the brightest supernova since the invention of the telescope. b. Magellanic Stream n. Astronomy a long stream of neutral hydrogen gas stretching outwards from the Magellanic Clouds around the edge of the Milky Way. ΚΠ 1974 Astrophysical Jrnl. 190 291 This filament, which follows very closely a great circle over its entire 180° arc across the sky, is given the name ‘the Magellanic Stream’. 1986 Astrophysics & Space Sci. 119 169 In an attempt to interpret the Magellanic Stream.., a new tidal simulation for the triple system, the Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMS) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) has been performed to represent the past 1010 yr. 1990 New Scientist 18 Aug. 23/3 At present, a huge tail of gas, known as the Magellanic Stream is being ripped from the LMC by the Milky Way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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