| 释义 |
clinure Math.|ˈklaɪnjʊə(r), klɪˈnjʊə(r)|
[f. Gr. κλίν-ειν to slope + -ure.]
Direction in space, or inclination, as of a vector, relative to some set of coordinates. Hence cliˈnural a.
1884Jas. Thomson in Proc. R. Soc. Edin. XII. 569 There is..a real distinction..between absolute rotation (or absolute clinural motion) and absolute freedom from rotation (or absolute clinural rest). Ibid., The word clinural is to be understood as introduced for conveying precisely one out of the various conflicting meanings of the word directional. All straight lines which are mutually parallel are, in this amended mode of nomenclature, said to be in one same clinure. |