单词 | uranographic |
释义 | uranographicadj. Now chiefly historical. Of or relating to uranography. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > stars > [adjective] uranographic1715 uranographical1796 astrogonic1869 astrographic1889 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §29. 310 These Uranographic Schemes [L. Schemata..Uranographica] of the Constellations are delineated in Plano. 1855 Tallis's Crystal Palace II. 245 Detouche and Houdin (France) exhibited a uranographic apparatus. 1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 21 Apr. 558/1 The ancient Britons were painted with representations of the heavenly bodies; and..in the South Seas, the tattooing was always found to be of this ourano-graphic description. 1939 Amer. Anthropologist 41 596 Kamohoula's division [of stars] into three unspecified classes..appears to be on the basis of uranographic zones. 2002 A. Jing Water God's Temple Guangsheng Monastery ii. 101 In Chinese art the constellations..are traditionally depicted in animal rather than uranographic forms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1715 |
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