| 单词 | slow of clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslow of (the) clock a. Of the sun or its motion in the sky: lagging behind the position which is calculated for the mean sun, so that apparent solar time (as shown by a sundial) lags behind clock time. Formerly also †slow of (the) clock (obsolete). Cf. fast adj. 8b. ΚΠ 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vii. xliv. f. 343v The Sunne hath three motions, that is, slowe, swift and meane. 1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 5) at Equinox As the sun's motion is unequal, that is, sometimes swifter, and sometimes slower,..it comes to pass, that there are about eight days more from the vernal, to the autumnal equinox, than from the autumnal to the vernal. 1802 T. Gale Electricity i. 50 The inequality of the earth's motion upon her axis..causes the sun to be, apparently, sometimes fast of clock, and sometimes slow of clock. 1849 H. N. Robinson Treat. Astron. v. 96 The sun being slow, it does not come to the meridian until 11m. 49 s. after the noon shown by a perfect clock. 1855 Lardner's Museum Sci. & Art V. 135 From the 25th December to the 15th April the sun is always slow. 1916 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 433/2 Observe the position of the sun—whether fast or slow—according to your analemma. 2019 T. Timberlake & P. Wallace Finding our Place in Solar Syst. iv. 85 The true Sun..seems slowest at apogee A and fastest at perigee P. < as lemmas |
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