| 单词 | clinographic curve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclinographic curve Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing, in which the rays are assumed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection. Also, clinographic curve: a curve representing the slope or slopes of (a portion of) the earth's surface. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > hypsograph or clinograph hypsographic curve1895 hypsometric curve1924 clinographic curve1935 clinograph1937 hypsograph1937 1889 Cent. Dict. Clinographic. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 573/2 Clinographic drawings are most frequently used for representing crystals. 1935 J. Hanson-Lowe in Geol. Mag. LXXII. 181 The real need of the morphologist is a knowledge of the actual average gradients between any two available (and adjacent) contours. For this reason I suggest that a new curve, which may conveniently be called the clinographic curve, is of far greater use [than the hypsographic curve]. 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 90 58 The district has been divided into four sub-regions and hypsographic and clinographic curves have been drawn for each. < as lemmas |
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