单词 | clinograph |
释义 | clinographn. 1. (See quot. 1888.) Now disused. ΚΠ 1885 Engineering XXXIX. 335/3 The clinograph will no doubt detect errors in a bore, and..map accurately the path, however tortuous, of a drill. 1888 Athenæum 14 Apr. 472/3 The ingenious clinograph of Mr. Macgeorge—an instrument for ascertaining the deflection of a bore-hole. 2. A form of adjustable set square, not graduated to show angles. ΚΠ 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 110/2 The clinograph is invaluable in graphic calculation in statics. 3. Seismology. An instrument for measuring changes in inclination. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geophysics > [noun] > seismological apparatus microseismograph1881 accelerograph1921 clinograph1933 thumper1962 1933 R. Takahasi in Bull. Earthquake Res. Inst. (Japan) IX. 26 A pair of clinographs was installed..at the north slope of the mountain and the tilt of the earth's crust was observed. 1933 R. Takahasi in Bull. Earthquake Res. Inst. (Japan) IX. 26 The clinograph is essentially a horizontal pendulum made of fused quartz. 4. = clinographic curve at clinographic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > hypsograph or clinograph hypsographic curve1895 hypsometric curve1924 clinographic curve1935 clinograph1937 hypsograph1937 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 90 59 Hypsograph and clinograph for the whole region. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1885 |
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