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单词 finitor
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finitorn.

Etymology: < Latin fīnītor, agent-noun < fīnīre to bound; a literal translation of Greek ὁρίζων horizon n.
Obsolete. Astronomy.
The horizon.
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the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > horizon
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finitor1594
rational horizon1599
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vi. f. 284 The other crosse Diameter..signifieth the Horizon, which for distinctions cause is otherwise called the Finitor.
1671 J. Flamsteed Let. 8 Nov. in Corr. (1995) I. 113 Not thinkeing but that the appearance..would be invisible as celebrated under our finitor.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 147/1 In Terms of Art used by Limners..Finitor [is the] Horizon.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Finitor, the same with Horizon.
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