cometographyn.

Brit.

/kɒmᵻˈtɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ˌkɑməˈtɑɡrəfi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cometographia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin cometographia description of comets (1549 or earlier) < classical Latin comēta comet n. + -graphia -graphy comb. form. Compare French cométographie (1743 or earlier).

Now chiefly historical.

The branch of astronomy concerned with comets; cometology. Also: a treatise on comets.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > comet > [noun]

cometography1619

cometology1640

1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 3 The first occasion and particular manner of which obseruations with the scrupulous and punctuall places (of the Comet) from them by necessity of sphericall triangles deducted, I leaue to my Latine Cometography.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. ii. 439 Hevelius his Additament to his Cometography.

1735 B. Martin Philos. Gram. ii. v. 130 (heading) Of Cometography, or the Philosophy of the Comets.

1810 Mem. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 107 The principal desideratum in cometography..is that of the periodical times of the comets.

1850 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 10 52 The results to which I have been led by a close examination of the Cometographies and Chinese records.

1972 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 35 327 One of the finest books on the history of cometography appeared in Paris between 1783 and 1784. Alexandre Guy Pingré traced ancient and modern beliefs concerning their apparition.

2000 R. S. Westfall in A. Hessenbruch Reader's Guide Hist. Sci. 516/1 Cometography was a principal avenue for the development of Newtonianism in 18th-century Europe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cometography
释义	cometographyn. Brit. /kɒmᵻˈtɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌkɑməˈtɑɡrəfi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cometographia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin cometographia description of comets (1549 or earlier) < classical Latin comēta comet n. + -graphia -graphy comb. form. Compare French cométographie (1743 or earlier). Now chiefly historical. The branch of astronomy concerned with comets; cometology. Also: a treatise on comets. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > comet > [noun] cometography1619 cometology1640 1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 3 The first occasion and particular manner of which obseruations with the scrupulous and punctuall places (of the Comet) from them by necessity of sphericall triangles deducted, I leaue to my Latine Cometography. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. ii. 439 Hevelius his Additament to his Cometography. 1735 B. Martin Philos. Gram. ii. v. 130 (heading) Of Cometography, or the Philosophy of the Comets. 1810 Mem. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 107 The principal desideratum in cometography..is that of the periodical times of the comets. 1850 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 10 52 The results to which I have been led by a close examination of the Cometographies and Chinese records. 1972 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 35 327 One of the finest books on the history of cometography appeared in Paris between 1783 and 1784. Alexandre Guy Pingré traced ancient and modern beliefs concerning their apparition. 2000 R. S. Westfall in A. Hessenbruch Reader's Guide Hist. Sci. 516/1 Cometography was a principal avenue for the development of Newtonianism in 18th-century Europe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1619
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