nocturlaben.

Brit.

/ˈnɒktəːleɪb/, U.S.

/ˈnɑktərˌleɪb/

Forms: 1500s nocturnlabe, 1700s 1900s– nocturlabe.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nocturn adj., -labe comb. form.

Etymology: < nocturn adj. + -labe comb. form, after astrolabe n. In form nocturlabe perhaps after French †nocturlabe (1643), with loss of medial -n- apparently as simplification of the consonant cluster -rnl- . Compare slightly earlier nocturnal adj. 1.

Now historical and rare.

= nocturnal n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > measuring altitude > [noun] > at night

nocturnal1582

nocturlabe1594

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vii. xxxix. f. 337 To know by the North starre and his guardes with the help of an instrument called a Nocturlabe [f. 315 Nocturnlabe] the houre of the night.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Nocturlabe, is an Instrument used to find how much the North Star is higher or lower than the Pole at all Hours of the Night.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 9 Among the papers he saw some spyglasses lying, a handsome copper nocturlabe..and a parchment with circular drawings in red and black.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nocturlabe
释义	nocturlaben. Brit. /ˈnɒktəːleɪb/, U.S. /ˈnɑktərˌleɪb/ Forms: 1500s nocturnlabe, 1700s 1900s– nocturlabe. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nocturn adj., -labe comb. form. Etymology: < nocturn adj. + -labe comb. form, after astrolabe n. In form nocturlabe perhaps after French †nocturlabe (1643), with loss of medial -n- apparently as simplification of the consonant cluster -rnl- . Compare slightly earlier nocturnal adj. 1. Now historical and rare. = nocturnal n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > measuring altitude > [noun] > at night nocturnal1582 nocturlabe1594 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vii. xxxix. f. 337 To know by the North starre and his guardes with the help of an instrument called a Nocturlabe [f. 315 Nocturnlabe] the houre of the night. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Nocturlabe, is an Instrument used to find how much the North Star is higher or lower than the Pole at all Hours of the Night. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 9 Among the papers he saw some spyglasses lying, a handsome copper nocturlabe..and a parchment with circular drawings in red and black. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594
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