单词 | anallatism |
释义 | anallatismn. Surveying. The property of a telescope of being anallatic; centre of anallatism n. the point in a telescope from which the distance to a graduated rod is proportional to the rod intercept as seen through the telescope. ΚΠ 1888 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 91 286 The rays after passing through this third lens become parallel, whilst the sizes of objects subtending the same angle at the centre of ‘anallatism’, or unchangeableness, are proportional to their distance from that point. 1920 Trans. Optical Soc. 22 24 The centre of anallatism for near objects..is situated on the telescope axis close to the object glass. 1944 A. L. Higgins Higher Surv. i. 59 Anallatism means that the principal anterior focus is virtually moved to the vertical axis, so that in effect C = O, and distances D are directly proportional to intercepts s. 2004 J.-P. Kurtz Dict. Civil Engin. 22 Anallatism, ability of stadimeters and tachometers to give direct read-out of the distance from the center of the instrument to the leveling rod. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1888 |
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