| 单词 | right sphere |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright sphere right sphere n. Astronomy and Astrology the celestial or terrestrial sphere when its equator is perpendicular to the horizon (as it is only at the earth's equator); cf. oblique sphere n. at oblique adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2, parallel sphere n. at parallel n., adj., and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > [noun] > right sphere right circlec1400 right sphere1556 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 209 In the Righte Sphere. 1700 Moxon's Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 158 A Right or Direct Sphere hath both the Poles of the World in the Horizon, and the Equinoctial transiting the Zenith. 1818 E. Polehampton & J. M. Good Gallery Nature & Art (ed. 2) I. 310 Those who live under the equator..are said to live in a right sphere. 1906 A. Leo Progressed Horoscope 220 In a Right Sphere the horizon is a meridian circle. 1956 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 46 140/2 For the important special case where ϕ = 0°, i.e. when the observer is on the terrestrial equator, the risings are said to be in the right sphere. 2006 D. S. Birney et al. Observational Astron. (ed. 2) i. 9 The stars ascend vertically in the east in a right sphere. right sphere oblique sphere, parallel sphere, right sphere: see oblique adj. 2b, parallel n. 1b, right adj. 3a.extracted from spheren.< as lemmas |
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