plain tablen.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪn ˌteɪbl/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪn ˌteɪb(ə)l/

Forms: see plain adj.² and table n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adj.², table n.

Etymology: < plain adj.² + table n. Compare later plane table n.

Surveying.

= plane table n.

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theodolite?a1560

topographical instrument?a1560

plain table1607

circumferentor1610

diopter1613

plane table1670

circumferencera1687

graphometer1696

semicircle1701

transit theodolite1824

dioptric1849

planchette1858

theodolite-goniometer1909

gyro-theodolite1950

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation iii. ix. f. lxii Of the makyng of the Crosse staffe, wherwith the Mariners take the Altitude of the North Starre... The take a very playne table of the lengthe of the staffe, and twoo spannes of breath,..And in the myddest of this table, make a ryght lyne by longitude.

1582 R. Robinson tr. J. Leland Learned Assertion Life Prince Arthure xiii. f. 24 I wil herevnto annex the discription of the Pyrameds, artificially purtrayed out by the very pencilles of the same Gulielmus, as it were in a plaine table to the eyes of the beholders.]

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 127 Two principall instruments, fit..for the plotting of grounds,..a plaine table, and the Theodolite which sometimes I use.

1653 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved (new ed.) x. 66 Others have used them of seven or eight foot long, to be placed on two or three legs, as the Surveyor placeth the plain Table.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying To explain, in a very easy and concise manner, the use of the plain table.

1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 44 The special position of villages, farms, and cottages, the situation of the coast, woods, rivers, ponds, moors, roads, are laid down by the plain table, on a scale of 2000 Danish or Rhenish feet to one decimal inch.

1828 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) II. 76 In surveying with the plain table, a field-book is not used.

1894 Geogr. Jrnl. 3 302 These have been used as fixed points in triangulating the surrounding country, the details having been filled in with the compass and plain-table.

1947 Econ. Hist. Rev. 17 130 The second revolutionary change of practice had already begun... This was the use of instruments, especially the plain-table and the theodolite.

1977 Geogr. Jrnl. 143 445 The list of instruments required included barometers for the measurement of heights and ‘plaintables’ for detailed mapping.

2001 Fresh Air (Nexis) 7 Aug. Without any other source of income, he was in stagecoaches, he was walking on foot, he was climbing up hills with his plain tables, surveying..for 20 years, essentially on his own.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plain table
释义	plain tablen. Brit. /ˈpleɪn ˌteɪbl/, U.S. /ˈpleɪn ˌteɪb(ə)l/ Forms: see plain adj.² and table n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adj.², table n. Etymology: < plain adj.² + table n. Compare later plane table n. Surveying. = plane table n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > for measuring angles theodolite?a1560 topographical instrument?a1560 plain table1607 circumferentor1610 diopter1613 plane table1670 circumferencera1687 graphometer1696 semicircle1701 transit theodolite1824 dioptric1849 planchette1858 theodolite-goniometer1909 gyro-theodolite1950 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation iii. ix. f. lxii Of the makyng of the Crosse staffe, wherwith the Mariners take the Altitude of the North Starre... The take a very playne table of the lengthe of the staffe, and twoo spannes of breath,..And in the myddest of this table, make a ryght lyne by longitude. 1582 R. Robinson tr. J. Leland Learned Assertion Life Prince Arthure xiii. f. 24 I wil herevnto annex the discription of the Pyrameds, artificially purtrayed out by the very pencilles of the same Gulielmus, as it were in a plaine table to the eyes of the beholders.] 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 127 Two principall instruments, fit..for the plotting of grounds,..a plaine table, and the Theodolite which sometimes I use. 1653 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved (new ed.) x. 66 Others have used them of seven or eight foot long, to be placed on two or three legs, as the Surveyor placeth the plain Table. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying To explain, in a very easy and concise manner, the use of the plain table. 1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 44 The special position of villages, farms, and cottages, the situation of the coast, woods, rivers, ponds, moors, roads, are laid down by the plain table, on a scale of 2000 Danish or Rhenish feet to one decimal inch. 1828 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) II. 76 In surveying with the plain table, a field-book is not used. 1894 Geogr. Jrnl. 3 302 These have been used as fixed points in triangulating the surrounding country, the details having been filled in with the compass and plain-table. 1947 Econ. Hist. Rev. 17 130 The second revolutionary change of practice had already begun... This was the use of instruments, especially the plain-table and the theodolite. 1977 Geogr. Jrnl. 143 445 The list of instruments required included barometers for the measurement of heights and ‘plaintables’ for detailed mapping. 2001 Fresh Air (Nexis) 7 Aug. Without any other source of income, he was in stagecoaches, he was walking on foot, he was climbing up hills with his plain tables, surveying..for 20 years, essentially on his own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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