| 单词 | retrocession of the equinoxes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretrocession of the equinoxes 2. Astronomy. = retrogradation n. 1; spec. = precession n.2 1a. Chiefly in retrocession of the equinoxes (cf. precession of the equinoxes at precession n.2 1a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > planetary movement > [noun] > retrograde motion retrogradation?c1450 retrogration1567 regradation1607 retrograde1613 retrogression1619 retrocession1639 regression1640 regress1642 repedation1646 retrogation1646 antecedence1649 1639 E. Chilmead tr. R. Hues Learned Treat. Globes i. ii. 31 This Retrocession [L. retrocessum] is called by the Greekes τροπὴ, and the Parallel Circles, drawn through the same points, are likewise called Tropickes. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Precession Which retrograde Motion is call'd the Precession, Recession, or Retrocession of the Equinoxes. 1860 O. M. Mitchel Pop. Astron. i. 22 This discovery of the retrocession of the equinoxes led to a more critical examination of the sun's apparent motion. 1913 Mod. Philol. 11 15 A general discussion of the retrocession of the equinoxes. 1934 L. Thorndike Hist. Magic & Exper.Sci. III. 126 Our author tries..to allow for the error in the Julian calendar and the retrocession of the solstices and equinoxes. 1980 R. B. Winn tr. H. Reichenbach From Copernicus to Einstein v. 102 The planet Mercury shows certain deviations from its course... This was found in the lateral retrocession of one of the extreme orbital points. < as lemmas |
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