| 单词 | artificial hour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasartificial hour artificial hour n. now historical a division of time equivalent to one-twelfth of the period during which the sun is above (or, alternatively, below) the horizon; cf. artificial day n. ΚΠ 1582 T. Lupton Christian against Iesuite f. 63v For as in euery artificial houre is conteined three score minutes. 1747 D. Jennings Introd. Use of Globes & Orrery i. 125 An Artificial Hour is the 12th Part of the artificial Day. 1822 W. J. Hort Gen. View of Sci. & Arts 288 An artificial hour is the twelfth part of the artificial day or night. 2005 L. Kassell Med. & Magic in Elizabethan London ii. 48 ‘Artificial hours’ were measured by dividing the period between sunrise and sunset into twelve, and the same for the period between sunset and sunrise, and thus they varied in length throughout the year. < as lemmas |
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