| 单词 | station line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstation line station line n. (a) Surveying a straight line from one station (sense 6a) to the next (now rare); †(b) Perspective a vertical line through the point of sight (obsolete); (c) Shipbuilding a vertical line through a station (sense 6b); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > a survey line station line1658 survey line1889 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [noun] > planes, lines, or points horizontal plane1638 eye-pointa1650 table1670 principal point1671 plan1678 geometrical plane1695 terrestrial line1704 vertical plane1704 baseline1724 station line1724 middle ground1753 picture plane1771 middle distance1778 primitive plane1798 seat1815 mid-distance1828 ground-plane1833 station point1859 mid-ground1864 no-sky line1927 1658 G. Atwell Faithfull Surveyour iii. 21 Here you see in this plot, the station-lines, being pricked lines, are not drawn parallel to the hedges, or out-sides of the ground. 1724 E. Stone tr. W. J. 's Gravesande Ess. Perspective v. 69 This last Line..will be parallel to the Station Line; and consequently, its Representation will pass thro' the Point of Sight. c1791 Encycl. Brit. VII. 679/1 The distances taken by the off-set staff, on either side of the station-line, are to be entered into columns on either side of the middle column. 1859 J. Ruskin Elements Perspective Introd. 9 From S let fall a perpendicular line SR, to the bottom of the paper, and call this line the Station-line. This represents the line on which the observer stands at a greater or less distance from the picture. 1872 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Civil Engin. (ed. 8) i. i. 17 The points where station-lines cross fences are marked by notches upon timber and grooves upon stone. 1904 Brick 21 110/2 These perpendicular lines are spaced off in tens. These lines are the station lines, and..the stations are numbered from 0 up and set out on the margin. 1913 H. Adams Pract. Surv. & Elem. Geodesy App. 251 Show by a sketch how you would continue a station line past an obstacle, such as a tree. 1920 Pacific Motor Boat Dec. 33/1 Select a place in the shop which will give you plenty of room on either side of the boat, strike a center line and erect the station lines. 2007 B. King Ship Modelling Solutions xl. 156/1 The critical areas in this work are the plan profiles at bow and stern particularly if the station lines are not close together. < as lemmas |
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