单词 | meteoroscope |
释义 | † meteoroscopen. Astronomy. Obsolete. 1. An instrument for making observations of celestial objects. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > [noun] > astrolabe > meteoroscope meteoroscope1615 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar ii. v. sig. Ev With Astralobe [sic], and Meteoroscope, Il'e finde the Cuspe [etc.]. 1744 J. Ralph Astrologer ii. i. 30 I'll hasten home, and with Astrolabe and Meteoroscope, find out the Cusp and Alfridaria.] 2. An instrument for plotting the apparent path of a meteor across the sky. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Meteoro- Meteoroscope, an instrument for measuring the apparent path of a meteor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1615 |
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