zenitfern.
/ˈzɛnɪtfə/, /ˈziːnɪtfə/, U.S. /ˈzinᵻtfər/ Astronomy Now historical and rare.
A part of an astrolabe used for measuring zenith distances.
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1596 J. Blagrave Astrolabium Vranicum i. sig. B1 This Astrolabe hath three generall partes, that is to say, the Celestiall, the Zenitfer with his Cursor, and the Almicantifer with his Pointer.
1596 J. Blagrave Astrolabium Vranicum i. sig. B 1 b As farre as the Zenithfer will giue leaue.
1929 Archaeologia 29 68 The scales on the Zenitfer are so elaborate..that I doubt whether any one would ever have been able to reconstruct them.
1980 Map Collector No. 10. 6/1 At the top is an unusual revolving rule, or zenitfer, used for astrolabe calculations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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