cardinal pointn.

Brit.

/ˌkɑːdᵻnəl ˈpɔɪnt/,

/ˌkɑːdn̩əl ˈpɔɪnt/,

/ˌkɑːdn̩l̩ ˈpɔɪnt/, U.S.

/ˌkɑrdn̩əl ˈpɔɪnt/,

/ˌkɑrdənəl ˈpɔɪnt/

Forms: see cardinal adj. and point n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: cardinal adj., point n.¹

Etymology: < cardinal adj. + point n.¹, in sense 1 after Spanish puntos cardinales (1551 or earlier).

Chiefly in plural.

1. Each of the four points on the horizon where it intersects the circle of the meridian and the prime vertical, corresponding to the directions north, south, east, and west (the directions of the north and south poles and, broadly, of sunrise and sunset); the four principal points of the compass. Cf. cardinal adj. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > [noun]

cardinal point1561

cardinal1704

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > card of > point(s) of compass > principal points

cardinal point1561

cardinal1704

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation iii. i. f. liiii. There are foure principall wyndes which come from the foure cardinall or principal poyntes of the Horizon [Sp. quatro puntos cardinales del orizonte].

1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. ii. 179 Four of them are called the Cardinal Points..S, the South; W, the West; N, the North; E, the East.

1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. v. 96 The angles of the building exactly face the four cardinal points.

1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland xi. 168 The cardinal points are designated on the supposition that the face is turned to the east... Hence in Irish ‘east’ is ‘front’.

1997 I. Sinclair Lights out for Territory (1998) 109 Effortlessly, she did the patter: the building was a square, its sides aligned with the cardinal points of the compass.

2. Astrology and (formerly) Astronomy. Each of the four points on the ecliptic corresponding to its intersection with the horizon and the meridian at a particular time and location, being the ascendant, the imum coeli or nadir, the descendant, and the medium coeli or mid-heaven, which generally determine the locations of the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth houses in a horoscope; (formerly also) †each of the houses so determined (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1585 C. Turnbull Perfect & Easie Treat. Vse Cœlestiall Globe xlix. sig. D.vi.^v With all marke the degree of the Ecliptick in the East, so likewise in the South, West and North, for those be then the Cardinall points.

1685 J. Twysden Use Gen. Planisphere 17 By this you may know the four Cardinal Points or Angles, to wit, the 10th. the 1st. the 4th. and the Seventh.

1741 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 5) I. Cardinal Points of the heavens, or, of a nativity, are the rising, and setting of the sun, the zenith, and nadir.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In astrology, the cardinal points are the rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir.

2011 M. A. Abramowicz in J.-P. Lasota Astron. at Frontiers of Sci. xvii. 293 The cusps of the houses are at the four cardinal points, Asc, Dsc, IC, MC, and at the ecliptic crossings with the ‘hour lines’.

3. Astronomy and Astrology. Each of the four points on the ecliptic corresponding to the position of the sun at the equinoxes and solstices; the equinoctial and solstitial points.The equinoctial points correspond to the intersections of the ecliptic with the celestial equator.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic > cardinal points

cardo?a1560

cardinal point1585

principal point1591

cardinal1659

cardinal point1684

1684 J. Gadbury Cardines Cœli 8 The Moveable Feasts of the Church depend upon the Equinoctium Vernum, the grand Cardinal Point of all.

1762 J. Kennedy Compl. Syst. Astron. Chronol. 389 The sun, in making his annual round, passes over four cardinal points, namely, two equinoxes and two solstices.

1894 Johns Hopkins Univ. Circulars Mar. 41/1 Each time when the vernal equinox is said to be in a certain constellation the summer solstice is found, as it should be, seven constellations further, and correspondingly, the two other cardinal points, the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.

2013 E. Dekker Illustrating Phaenomena i. 15/2 Hipparchus may have been thinking of Euctemon (430 bc) or Callippus (ca. 330 bc), who are believed to have placed the cardinal points (the equinoxes and solstices) on the first days of the respective signs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cardinal point
释义	cardinal pointn. Brit. /ˌkɑːdᵻnəl ˈpɔɪnt/, /ˌkɑːdn̩əl ˈpɔɪnt/, /ˌkɑːdn̩l̩ ˈpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˌkɑrdn̩əl ˈpɔɪnt/, /ˌkɑrdənəl ˈpɔɪnt/ Forms: see cardinal adj. and point n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: cardinal adj., point n.¹ Etymology: < cardinal adj. + point n.¹, in sense 1 after Spanish puntos cardinales (1551 or earlier). Chiefly in plural. 1. Each of the four points on the horizon where it intersects the circle of the meridian and the prime vertical, corresponding to the directions north, south, east, and west (the directions of the north and south poles and, broadly, of sunrise and sunset); the four principal points of the compass. Cf. cardinal adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > [noun] cardinal point1561 cardinal1704 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > card of > point(s) of compass > principal points cardinal point1561 cardinal1704 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation iii. i. f. liiii. There are foure principall wyndes which come from the foure cardinall or principal poyntes of the Horizon [Sp. quatro puntos cardinales del orizonte]. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. ii. 179 Four of them are called the Cardinal Points..S, the South; W, the West; N, the North; E, the East. 1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. v. 96 The angles of the building exactly face the four cardinal points. 1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland xi. 168 The cardinal points are designated on the supposition that the face is turned to the east... Hence in Irish ‘east’ is ‘front’. 1997 I. Sinclair Lights out for Territory (1998) 109 Effortlessly, she did the patter: the building was a square, its sides aligned with the cardinal points of the compass. 2. Astrology and (formerly) Astronomy. Each of the four points on the ecliptic corresponding to its intersection with the horizon and the meridian at a particular time and location, being the ascendant, the imum coeli or nadir, the descendant, and the medium coeli or mid-heaven, which generally determine the locations of the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth houses in a horoscope; (formerly also) †each of the houses so determined (obsolete). ΚΠ 1585 C. Turnbull Perfect & Easie Treat. Vse Cœlestiall Globe xlix. sig. D.vi.^v With all marke the degree of the Ecliptick in the East, so likewise in the South, West and North, for those be then the Cardinall points. 1685 J. Twysden Use Gen. Planisphere 17 By this you may know the four Cardinal Points or Angles, to wit, the 10th. the 1st. the 4th. and the Seventh. 1741 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 5) I. Cardinal Points of the heavens, or, of a nativity, are the rising, and setting of the sun, the zenith, and nadir. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In astrology, the cardinal points are the rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir. 2011 M. A. Abramowicz in J.-P. Lasota Astron. at Frontiers of Sci. xvii. 293 The cusps of the houses are at the four cardinal points, Asc, Dsc, IC, MC, and at the ecliptic crossings with the ‘hour lines’. 3. Astronomy and Astrology. Each of the four points on the ecliptic corresponding to the position of the sun at the equinoxes and solstices; the equinoctial and solstitial points.The equinoctial points correspond to the intersections of the ecliptic with the celestial equator. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic > cardinal points cardo?a1560 cardinal point1585 principal point1591 cardinal1659 cardinal point1684 1684 J. Gadbury Cardines Cœli 8 The Moveable Feasts of the Church depend upon the Equinoctium Vernum, the grand Cardinal Point of all. 1762 J. Kennedy Compl. Syst. Astron. Chronol. 389 The sun, in making his annual round, passes over four cardinal points, namely, two equinoxes and two solstices. 1894 Johns Hopkins Univ. Circulars Mar. 41/1 Each time when the vernal equinox is said to be in a certain constellation the summer solstice is found, as it should be, seven constellations further, and correspondingly, the two other cardinal points, the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. 2013 E. Dekker Illustrating Phaenomena i. 15/2 Hipparchus may have been thinking of Euctemon (430 bc) or Callippus (ca. 330 bc), who are believed to have placed the cardinal points (the equinoxes and solstices) on the first days of the respective signs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1561
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