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

earth-measuring n. [after ancient Greek γεωμετρία geometry n.] now historical measurement of the shape (or other parameter) of the earth.Frequently as a literal gloss for geometry.

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1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. sig. 388^v Geometria, that is, Earthmeasuring.

1856 Mechanics' Mag. 25 Oct. 393/2 Earth-measuring appears to have been a favourite occupation of the French.

1921 J. Dewey Democracy & Educ. (new ed.) xv. 236 Mathematics is now a highly abstract science; geometry, however, means literally earth-measuring.

2006 G. Danson Weighing the World 205 In the year Topping set off on his survey of the Indian coast, far away, in Italy, Boscovish's successors were also engaged in earth measuring.

单词	earth-measuring
释义	> as lemmas earth-measuring earth-measuring n. [after ancient Greek γεωμετρία geometry n.] now historical measurement of the shape (or other parameter) of the earth.Frequently as a literal gloss for geometry. ΚΠ 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. sig. 388^v Geometria, that is, Earthmeasuring. 1856 Mechanics' Mag. 25 Oct. 393/2 Earth-measuring appears to have been a favourite occupation of the French. 1921 J. Dewey Democracy & Educ. (new ed.) xv. 236 Mathematics is now a highly abstract science; geometry, however, means literally earth-measuring. 2006 G. Danson Weighing the World 205 In the year Topping set off on his survey of the Indian coast, far away, in Italy, Boscovish's successors were also engaged in earth measuring. extracted from earthn.¹ < as lemmas
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