英语词汇“celestial meridian”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. (a) Astronomy. The great circle of the celestial sphere which passes through the celestial poles and the zenith of a given place on the earth's surface; more fully celestial meridian; (b) Astronomy and Geography, the great circle of the earth which lies in the plane of the celestial meridian of a place, and which passes through that place and the terrestrial poles; (also) that half of the latter circle which extends from pole to pole through the place, corresponding to a line of longitude; a line representing this, or part of it, on a globe, map, etc.; more fully terrestrial meridian.The sun crosses the celestial meridian of a place at noon (local time). A terrestrial globe or a map of the earth usually has a number of meridians drawn upon it at convenient distances, each marked with its angular distance or longitude east or west of the prime meridian, which since 1884 has been internationally accepted as the meridian passing through Greenwich in London: see prime adj. 3b.magnetic meridian: see magnetic adj. and n. Compounds.

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the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > meridian

meridional linec1392

meridianc1400

midday line?a1439

meridian circlec1550

meridian line1559

midday circle1559

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > hour circle > meridian

meridian1594

mid-heaven1594

middle line1595

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Brussels) (1940) ii. §39. f. 95 ^v Wite thow also that the arch of the equinoxial that is contened or bownded bitwix the two meridians is clepid the longitude of the town.

a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe ii. §39. 18 And yf so be that two townes haue ilike meridian or oon meridian, than is the distaunce of hem bothe ilike fer fro the est.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 40 Quhen the sune rysis at our est orizon, than it ascendis quhil it cum til our meridian.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 243 And commaunded a line or meridian to bee drawen Northe and south.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xviii. f. 217 Whereas the terrestrial Globe is traced with 12. Meridians...The celestial G[l]obe is onely traced with 6. Meridians.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. 93 You must wait..till the Sun is upon the Meridian.

1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum viii. 101 It will turn it self till it lye in a Meridian, that is to say, with one and the same Line still North and South.

1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 231 All those who live under the same Meridian have twelve of the Clock at the same time.

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §3. 211 Any such Secondaries drawn thro' any Place upon the Earth, is called the Meridian of that Place.

1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 344 The interval between the transit of the sun across the meridian one day, and his transit the next day, is called an apparent solar day.

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 110/1 The terrestrial meridian is the section of the earth made by the plane of the celestial meridian.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. viii. i. 177 These two rájas soon reduced the Mussulman frontier to the Kishna on the south, and the meridian of Heiderábád on the east.

1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. cccv Moments in which the meteors belted the sky like the meridians on a terrestrial globe.

1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 796/2 The standard for the next western or ‘Mountain’ system is the time of the one hundred and fifth meridian.

1900 G. Santayana Poetry & Relig. 261 As the parallels and meridians make a checker-board of the sea.

1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) 5 The meridian of Greenwich Observatory near London is now almost universally accepted as the prime meridian.

1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 132 The great circle through the zenith, north, and south points, is called the celestial meridian.

单词	celestial meridian
释义	> as lemmas celestial meridian a. (a) Astronomy. The great circle of the celestial sphere which passes through the celestial poles and the zenith of a given place on the earth's surface; more fully celestial meridian; (b) Astronomy and Geography, the great circle of the earth which lies in the plane of the celestial meridian of a place, and which passes through that place and the terrestrial poles; (also) that half of the latter circle which extends from pole to pole through the place, corresponding to a line of longitude; a line representing this, or part of it, on a globe, map, etc.; more fully terrestrial meridian.The sun crosses the celestial meridian of a place at noon (local time). A terrestrial globe or a map of the earth usually has a number of meridians drawn upon it at convenient distances, each marked with its angular distance or longitude east or west of the prime meridian, which since 1884 has been internationally accepted as the meridian passing through Greenwich in London: see prime adj. 3b.magnetic meridian: see magnetic adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > meridian meridional linec1392 meridianc1400 midday line?a1439 meridian circlec1550 meridian line1559 midday circle1559 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > hour circle > meridian meridian1594 mid-heaven1594 middle line1595 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Brussels) (1940) ii. §39. f. 95 ^v Wite thow also that the arch of the equinoxial that is contened or bownded bitwix the two meridians is clepid the longitude of the town. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe ii. §39. 18 And yf so be that two townes haue ilike meridian or oon meridian, than is the distaunce of hem bothe ilike fer fro the est. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 40 Quhen the sune rysis at our est orizon, than it ascendis quhil it cum til our meridian. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 243 And commaunded a line or meridian to bee drawen Northe and south. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xviii. f. 217 Whereas the terrestrial Globe is traced with 12. Meridians...The celestial G[l]obe is onely traced with 6. Meridians. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. 93 You must wait..till the Sun is upon the Meridian. 1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum viii. 101 It will turn it self till it lye in a Meridian, that is to say, with one and the same Line still North and South. 1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 231 All those who live under the same Meridian have twelve of the Clock at the same time. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §3. 211 Any such Secondaries drawn thro' any Place upon the Earth, is called the Meridian of that Place. 1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 344 The interval between the transit of the sun across the meridian one day, and his transit the next day, is called an apparent solar day. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 110/1 The terrestrial meridian is the section of the earth made by the plane of the celestial meridian. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. viii. i. 177 These two rájas soon reduced the Mussulman frontier to the Kishna on the south, and the meridian of Heiderábád on the east. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. cccv Moments in which the meteors belted the sky like the meridians on a terrestrial globe. 1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 796/2 The standard for the next western or ‘Mountain’ system is the time of the one hundred and fifth meridian. 1900 G. Santayana Poetry & Relig. 261 As the parallels and meridians make a checker-board of the sea. 1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) 5 The meridian of Greenwich Observatory near London is now almost universally accepted as the prime meridian. 1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 132 The great circle through the zenith, north, and south points, is called the celestial meridian. extracted from meridiann. < as lemmas
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