单词 | noon-line |
释义 | > as lemmasnoon-line noon-line n. the line marking the hour of noon on a sundial. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > parts of pinOE gnomon1546 style1577 cock1585 hour-line1593 substyle1593 index1594 noon-line1596 incliner1638 substylara1652 substylar linea1652 staff1669 nodus1678 node1704 stylus1796 noon-mark1842 sun line1877 1596 J. Blagrave Astrolabium Vranicum sig. E3 The noone-line brought to the sunnes chief Apex. 1685 J. Twysden Anal. To Rdr. sig. A2 Mr. Blagrave in his Mathematical Jewel finds fault, that the Meridians towards the Noon-Line are very narrow and close together. 1882 R. Jefferies Bevis III. i. 8 He thought he could make the divisions for the rest of the hours. The moonlight cast a shadow to the east of the noon-line, as she had crossed the meridian. 1999 Clocks Dec. 31/2 It takes the form of a gilded analemma..superimposed on a plain vertical noon-line. < as lemmas |
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