单词 | orientator |
释义 | orientatorn. A person who or thing which orientates. (In quot. 1844 with reference to a device for determining the orientation of churches.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > finding direction > device for finding direction orientator1844 locator1904 direction-finder1913 D.F.1920 1844 Cambr. Camden Soc. (title) The Orientator, a simple contrivance for ascertaining the orientation of churches. 1945 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 5 422 One of the most illustrious orientators of present-day Hispano-American thought. 1959 Science 6 Mar. 643/3 It thus appears that the accessory gland secretion functions as both a releaser and orientator of trail following. 1998 Food Manuf. (Nexis) Feb. 55 An in-built sensor and a label orientator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844 |
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