单词 | recession of the equinoxes |
释义 | > as lemmasrecession of the equinoxes c. Astronomy. = precession n.2 1a. Chiefly in recession of the equinoxes (cf. precession of the equinoxes at precession n.2 1a). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic > cardinal points > precession of equinoxes precession1594 recession1682 retrogression1794 1682 J. Flamsteed Gresham Lect. (1975) 285 It will be requisite to shew yu how they come to alter theire Longitudes annually by the recession of the Earths æquinoctiall points. 1759 B. Martin Philosophia Britannica (ed. 2) III. xi. 224 By this Recession of the Equinox it will..cause that the Sun shall arrive to the Equinox, or first Point of Aries, before his Revolution is compleated. 1787 J. Richardson Key to Geogr. viii. v. 149 The Aberration of the Earth's Axis, round the Pole of the Ecliptic (called the Precession or Recession of the Equinoxes). 1868 Sci. Amer. 18 Jan. 36/3 The true and only cause of precession, rather recession of the equinoxes. 1960 Isis 51 526 He [sc. Faraday (c1810)] referred throughout to the recession of the Equinox. < as lemmas |
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