单词 | quadrature aspect |
释义 | > as lemmasquadrature aspect a. Astronomy. The aspect of an object in the solar system when situated 90 degrees from the sun as seen from earth (formerly also †quadrature aspect); a similar aspect between any two celestial objects or zodiacal signs; frequently in in quadrature. Also: each of the two points at which the moon is 90 degrees from the sun as seen from the earth, i.e. midway between the points of conjunction and opposition. Cf. octant n. 2, syzygy n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > quadrature quarreurea1500 quartile1517 quadrate1555 quadrature1555 tetragona1626 quadrine1628 square1667 the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > lunar orbit > [noun] > quadrature quartile1517 quadrate1555 quadrature1555 quarter moon1601 square1667 1555 L. Digges Prognostication Right Good Effect sig. B.ivv The quadrature, sextile, or opposition of Saturne, wyth Iuppiter in moyst signes cawsith troubled ayer. 1666 J. Wallis Let. 25 Apr. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 144 About the Full-moon and New-moon the Tides are at the Highest, at the Quadratures the Tides are at the Lowest. 1670 J. Flamsteed Let. 16 July in Corr. (1995) I. 48 He teaches how to corect the apparent time of the Quadrature as if the parallax caused the Moone to be really cave when shee was apparently semi illuminated but this correction is needlesse. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §61. 125 The passage of the Body L from the Quadratures to the Syzygies. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 255 The tides are greatest in the syzigies, and least in the quadratures. 1854 D. Brewster More Worlds xvi. 236 The rays reflected from them when the planets are in quadrature. 1877 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. (ed. 3) i. ii. 39 After starting from conjunction with the Sun it successively reaches its Eastern quadrature, [etc.]. 1926 H. N. Russell et al. Astron. I. ix. 238 A planet when in opposition is on the meridian about midnight; when in quadrature, about 6 a.m. or 6 p.m. 1994 J. North Fontana Hist. Astron. & Cosmol. xii. 306 He settled on the octants, mid-way between syzygies and quadratures, and observed the Moon carefully through these points. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau vii. 399 I found a note in the pilot: when the moon was in quadrature, a continuous ebb sometimes ran in Stephens Passage. < as lemmas |
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