α. Middle English planisperie.
β. 1500s–1600s planispheare, 1500s– planisphere, 1600s planisphaer, 1600s planisphare.
单词 | planisphere |
释义 | planispheren.α. Middle English planisperie. β. 1500s–1600s planispheare, 1500s– planisphere, 1600s planisphaer, 1600s planisphare. A map, chart, or scale formed by the projection of a sphere, or part of one, on a plane; a representation of a hemisphere of the earth, the sky, or the solar system, on a flat surface, usually as a circle.spec. (a) a polar projection of half (or more) of the celestial sphere on to a plane surface, so that the equator and circles parallel to it appear as circles on the plane, esp. as used in a common form of astrolabe; (b) a flat device consisting of a polar projection of the whole of that part of the celestial sphere visible from a particular latitude, viewed through a movable cover with an elliptical opening that can be adjusted to show the part of the heavens visible at a given time of night and season of the year. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > [noun] > astrolabe > planisphere planispherea1393 analem1635 analemma1667 star-wheel1982 the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > representational device > [noun] > map of heavens planispherea1393 scheme1638 horoscopea1656 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > projection > types of planispherea1393 Mercator's projection1615 Mercator's chart1645 Mercator1694 Bonne projection1854 zenithal projection1877 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1464 (MED) Gebuz and Alpetragus eke Of Planisperie, which men seke, The bokes made. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxix. sig. I ij v Being brought to his due place the crosse diameters of the Planisphere may demonstrate the foure principall quarters of the Horizon. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vi. f. 281 Astrolabe..is called of some a planispheare, because it is both flat and rounde, representing the Globe or Spheare, hauing both his Poles flatte both together. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. vii. 174 The Planispheare is a table or map of two faces, whereon the lines are projected circularly. 1679 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 1027 I am at present making a silver Planisphere of two foot diameter for the King; the Invention of that famous Astronomer..Mr. Cassini. 1725 H. Jackson Longitude & Latitude iii. viii. 144 Finding in the foregoing Way of Working on the Planisphere the Difference between the given Meridian on the Earth and the first Cæelstial Meridian in the Heaven of the Fixed Stars. 1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 69 I received your favour with Mr. Samuel Dunn's letter, touching Mr. West's method of constructing a nautical planisphere. 1828 W. Irving Life C. Columbus (1848) I. 128 The globe or planisphere finished by Martin Behem..furnishes an idea of what the chart of Columbus must have been. 1879 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 11 32 It [sc. a Polish map of 1512] was the parent of the mode now in use..of representing in a map of the world both sides of the globe upon a flat surface by two planispheres, or circular maps joined together. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 6/1 An ingenious arrangement called a Planisphere, upon which the stars for any evening of the year are, by turning a circle, brought into view. 1905 A. B. Grimaldi (title) Catalogue of zodiacs and planispheres, ancient and modern. 1995 School Sci. Rev. June 129/1 It also includes a simple planisphere (a star wheel to find the seasonally changing constellations). DerivativesΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 373/1 A Meridian Spherical Dial [is] of some termed a Planisphearal Sun-Dial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393 |
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