| 单词 | horizontal parallax |
| 释义 | > as lemmashorizontal parallax 1. Of or belonging to the horizon; situated on or occurring at the horizon. Now chiefly in special collocations, as horizontal parallax, the geocentric parallax of a heavenly body when on the horizon. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > horizon > [adjective] horizontal1555 horizontic1651 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [adjective] > horizon horizontal1555 horizontic1651 mundane1687 the world > the universe > heavenly body > position of heavenly body > [noun] > other declinationc1400 meridian altitudec1400 angle of position?a1560 zenith distance1588 refraction1603 azimuth1626 amplitude1627 horizontal parallax1665 complement1703 aberration1737 hour-angle1837 intercept1901 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 9v The eleuation of the pole from the horizontal lyne. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 236 The Astronomers..who have calculated the distance of the Planets from their Horizontal Parallax. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 595 As when the Sun new ris'n Looks through the Horizontal misty Air. View more context for this quotation 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §77. 87 He will..declare the Horizontal Moon shall appear greater than the Meridional. 1814 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. II. i. v. 74 The parallax at any given altitude..is to the horizontal parallax as the cosine of the altitude to the radius. < as lemmas |
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