单词 | ortive |
释义 | ortiveadj. 1. Astronomy. Of or relating to the rising of a celestial object. Usually in ortive amplitude: the angular distance of an object at its rising measured from the eastern point of the horizon. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [adjective] > rising rising1557 ascensional1594 ortive1635 1635 H. Gellibrand Disc. Variation Magneticall Needle 5 It may likewise be performed by the Amplitude Ortive or Occiduall of the Sunne. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. 45 The Suns Azimuth when he riseth, commonly called Ortiue Latitude. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Ortive or Eastern Amplitude, is an Arch of the Horizon intercepted between the Point where a Star rises, and the East Point of the Horizon, or the Point where the Horizon and Equator intersect. 1802 O. G. Gregory Treat. Astron. 81 Amplitude is..either north and south, or ortive and occasive. 1859 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation (ed. 2) 38/1 Amplitude, in Astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point and the centre of the sun or a planet at its rising or setting; and which therefore is said to be either north and south, or ortive and occasive. 1975 O. Neugebauer Hist. Anc. Math. Astron. III. 1078 Azimuths with respect to E[ast] are called rising amplitudes or ortive amplitudes. 1984 G. J. Toomer tr. Ptolemy Almagest ii. 77 (note) In modern terms, arc EH is the ortive amplitude of the sun. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] fellowship1552 rule of two1612 calculus1684 numeration ortivea1690 operation1713 sum1803 a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) i. 13 Numeration Ortive, ariseth from the former Species of Numeration Original, and consisteth in two things, Reduction, and Figuration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1635 |
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