| 释义 |
substyle|ˈsʌbstaɪl|
Also -ile.
[See prec. and style.]
In dialling, the line on which the style or gnomon stands.
1593T. Fale Horologiogr. 20 Extend your compasses, the one foote being placed in F. in the line of the Substile toward C. unto H. 1690Leybourn Curs. Math. 704 To find the true Hour distances upon the Plain from the Substiles. 1715tr. Gregory's Astron. (1726) I. 334 That they may be distinguished, and not confounded with the Substyle. 1764J. Ferguson Lect. 197 In all declining dials, the substile makes an angle with the hour-line of XII. 1795Hutton Math. Dict. II. 536.
b. attrib.
1636in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) I. 27 How it comes to pass that Mr. Gunter and yourself should differ in placing the substile line. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. 57 There are two Lines called by the Names of Style and Substyle-Scale. 1764J. Ferguson Lect. 203 The line on which the stile or gnomon stands (commonly called the substile-line). |