sciathericaladj.n.

Brit.

/sʌɪəˈθɛrᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌsaɪəˈθɪrək(ə)l/,

/ˌsaɪəˈθɛrək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s sciaterical, 1600s sciofericall, 1600s sciotericall, 1600s sciotherical, 1600s– sciatherical, 1700s scioterical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sciathericus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin sciathericus, sciotericus, sciothericus sciatheric n. + -al suffix¹. Compare later sciatheric n.With sciatherical instrument compare post-classical Latin instrumentum sciotericum (1573 or earlier).

Now literary and historical.

Intended for or concerned with the measurement or recording of shadows cast by the sun, esp. as a means of finding the time of day (as with a sundial). Also as n.: a sundial (rare). Cf. gnomonical adj. a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [adjective] > of or relating to sundials

gnomonical1570

gnomonic1601

sandy1607

gnomical1611

stylar1614

sciatherical1615

direct1659

skiagraphical1690

sciatheric1700

solar1728

1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar i. vii. sig. C4 With Sciofericall instrument, By way of Azimuth and Almicantarath I'le seeke some happy point in heauen for you.

1639 E. Chilmead tr. R. Hues Learned Treat. Globes iii. ii. 148 Some of them would have it [sc. the distance between Alexandria and Carthage] to bee but 4000. and others 5000. as Eratosthenes confesseth..: but added moreover, that he himselfe had found by Sciotericall instruments [L. Sciotericis instrumentis], that it was but 3750.

1701 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Usefulness Math. Learning 23 Here I ought to mention the Sciatherical Instruments, for want of which there was a time, when the Grecians themselves were forced to measure the Shadow, in order to know the Hour.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Sciatherical... This should be written skiatherical.

1782 Archaeologia 6 142 You observe that the scioterical dial was very irregular and uncertain.

?a1806 Encycl. Perthensis XX. 46/1 There were also, from great antiquity, sciathericals or sun-dials, by the shadow of a stile or gnomon denoting the hours.

1873 ‘Josiah Allen's Wife’ My Opinions & Betsey Bobbet's 172 The Lumin[o]us Lamp of progression, whose sciatherical shadows falling upon earthly matter..may it illumine humanity.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before xxvii. 363 Only after observing the surface of a pond and poking it with a twig..would the new Narcissus—without any dioptric or sciatherical computing—grasp the alternating skirmish of light and shadow.

2008 P. Burnett tr. R. Monaldi & F. Sorti Imprimatur 229 Innumerable catoptric machines, spagyric ovens, mechanical organs and sciatherical dials.

Derivatives

ˌsciaˈtherically adv. rare in a sciatherical manner; by means of or after the manner of a sundial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [adverb] > according to different instruments

sciatherically1639

metronomically1822

1639 E. Chilmead tr. R. Hues Learned Treat. Globes iii. ii. 151 The difference of latitude betwixt these two places he [sc. Eratosthenes] found Scioterically, after his manner [L. sciotericis suo more], to be something more than 5. degrees.

a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 37 Let the Plane bee Sciaterically prepar'd, and it shall bee necessarie for the shadow of the Sun to go back.

2009 P. Metevelis Japanese Mythol. & Primeval World i. 59 The Indian Mount Meru..in tradition stands under the polestar and works sciatherically, like the gnomon of an ideal sundial.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sciatherical
释义	sciathericaladj.n. Brit. /sʌɪəˈθɛrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌsaɪəˈθɪrək(ə)l/, /ˌsaɪəˈθɛrək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s sciaterical, 1600s sciofericall, 1600s sciotericall, 1600s sciotherical, 1600s– sciatherical, 1700s scioterical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sciathericus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin sciathericus, sciotericus, sciothericus sciatheric n. + -al suffix¹. Compare later sciatheric n.With sciatherical instrument compare post-classical Latin instrumentum sciotericum (1573 or earlier). Now literary and historical. Intended for or concerned with the measurement or recording of shadows cast by the sun, esp. as a means of finding the time of day (as with a sundial). Also as n.: a sundial (rare). Cf. gnomonical adj. a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [adjective] > of or relating to sundials gnomonical1570 gnomonic1601 sandy1607 gnomical1611 stylar1614 sciatherical1615 direct1659 skiagraphical1690 sciatheric1700 solar1728 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar i. vii. sig. C4 With Sciofericall instrument, By way of Azimuth and Almicantarath I'le seeke some happy point in heauen for you. 1639 E. Chilmead tr. R. Hues Learned Treat. Globes iii. ii. 148 Some of them would have it [sc. the distance between Alexandria and Carthage] to bee but 4000. and others 5000. as Eratosthenes confesseth..: but added moreover, that he himselfe had found by Sciotericall instruments [L. Sciotericis instrumentis], that it was but 3750. 1701 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Usefulness Math. Learning 23 Here I ought to mention the Sciatherical Instruments, for want of which there was a time, when the Grecians themselves were forced to measure the Shadow, in order to know the Hour. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Sciatherical... This should be written skiatherical. 1782 Archaeologia 6 142 You observe that the scioterical dial was very irregular and uncertain. ?a1806 Encycl. Perthensis XX. 46/1 There were also, from great antiquity, sciathericals or sun-dials, by the shadow of a stile or gnomon denoting the hours. 1873 ‘Josiah Allen's Wife’ My Opinions & Betsey Bobbet's 172 The Lumin[o]us Lamp of progression, whose sciatherical shadows falling upon earthly matter..may it illumine humanity. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before xxvii. 363 Only after observing the surface of a pond and poking it with a twig..would the new Narcissus—without any dioptric or sciatherical computing—grasp the alternating skirmish of light and shadow. 2008 P. Burnett tr. R. Monaldi & F. Sorti Imprimatur 229 Innumerable catoptric machines, spagyric ovens, mechanical organs and sciatherical dials. Derivatives ˌsciaˈtherically adv. rare in a sciatherical manner; by means of or after the manner of a sundial. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [adverb] > according to different instruments sciatherically1639 metronomically1822 1639 E. Chilmead tr. R. Hues Learned Treat. Globes iii. ii. 151 The difference of latitude betwixt these two places he [sc. Eratosthenes] found Scioterically, after his manner [L. sciotericis suo more], to be something more than 5. degrees. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 37 Let the Plane bee Sciaterically prepar'd, and it shall bee necessarie for the shadow of the Sun to go back. 2009 P. Metevelis Japanese Mythol. & Primeval World i. 59 The Indian Mount Meru..in tradition stands under the polestar and works sciatherically, like the gnomon of an ideal sundial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1615
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