单词 | oblique ascension |
释义 | > as lemmasoblique ascension oblique ascension n. [compare French ascension oblique (1642)] Astronomy (now rare) (of a celestial object) the arc of the celestial equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the celestial equator which rises at the same time as the body; cf. right ascension n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > ascension > [noun] > oblique ascension oblique ascension1594 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 54 If the declination be Southward, then adde the ascentionall difference vnto the right ascention, and the summe shall be the oblique ascention. 1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. 49 Subtract the seminocturnal arc of the star from its oblique ascension. 1976 J. D. North Richard of Wallingford III. App. xxii. 147 V [is]..the first point of Aries, the vernal point... The equator meets the horizon in the easterly point E, which is, for a given observer, fixed... The arc VE is the ascension on the oblique axis, perhaps less misleadingly known as the oblique ascension. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。