单词 | horological |
释义 | horologicaladj. Of or pertaining to a horologe or to horology; measuring or recording time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [adjective] horological1593 horologial1662 1593 T. Fale Horologiographia To Rdrs. sig. A3v The making of the Horologicall Cylindre..we haue presently omitted. 1653 W. Oughtred (title) Description and Use of the General Horological Ring, and the Double Horizontal Dial. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 297/2 The middle of the fourteenth century seems to be the time which affords the first certain evidence of the existence of what would be now called a clock, or regulated horological machine. 1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry vi. 177 Mechanical ingenuity, and horological knowledge. Derivatives horoˈlogically adv. in a horological manner. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [adverb] horologically1727 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II 1851 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 18 469 Chronologically, or rather horologically, the most convenient course. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1593 |
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