| 单词 | gnomonics |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgnomonics 1. Plural gnomonics (rarely singular gnomonic = Latin gnōmonica, -icē, Greek γνωμονική): the art of dialling. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > [noun] > dialling dialling1570 gnomonic1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Gnomonick, the Art of Dyalling; consisting in the knowledge of the scituation, lying or measure of any place or Country. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 269 The Cylindrical Dyal in Corpus Christi College Quadrangle..is a fine old piece of Gnomonicks. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Gnomonica, Gnomonice, or Gnomonicks, the Art of Dialling; or of drawing Sun and Moon Dials, &c., on any given Plane. 1792 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. (new ed.) I. 79 One part of this [astrology] is gnomonics, which is exercised in settling the dimension of the horary gnomons. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 155 Another important result of the doctrine of the sphere was Gnomonick or Dialling. 1876 H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke I. ii. 56 He lectured..also on optics and gnomonics. < as lemmas |
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