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单词 sideral
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sideraladj.

Brit. /ˈsʌɪdərəl/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdərəl/
Forms: 1500s–1600s syderall, 1500s–1700s syderal, 1600s siderall, 1600s– sideral.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sīderālis.
Etymology: < classical Latin sīderālis of or concerned with the stars or constellations < sīder- , sīdus celestial object, star, planet, constellation, comet (of unknown origin) + -ālis -al suffix1. Compare Middle French, French sidéral (1520), Catalan sideral (1839), Spanish sideral (1589 or earlier), Portuguese sideral (1858), Italian siderale (1598 in Florio). Compare sidereal adj.With sideral science (see quots. 1545, 1653 at sense 1) compare classical Latin scientia sīderālis. N.E.D. (1910) also gives the pronunciation as (si·dĕrăl) /ˈsɪdərəl/. Compare the following earlier occurrence in an English context of post-classical Latin sideralis as an alternative name for the zodiac (attested from c800 in British sources):OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 106 Zodiacus ys se circul genemned þe þa twelf tacna geondscriðað.., and sideralis he hatte forþan þa tunglan hine wundorlice geondfarað.
Now rare.
1. Of or relating to the stars; starry; = sidereal adj. (in various senses, esp. 1, 2, 3).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > star > [adjective]
starry1543
sideral1545
astral1605
siderean1613
stellary1623
sidereal1639
astrean1650
asteristic1652
stellar1656
sidereous1657
siderous1658
stellate1694
asteriala1708
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (i.) f. 13v In that cite yet (as it is left) there remaineth the temple of Iupiters image, called Bele the fynder of the syderall science.
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. i. xxxviii. f. 168v The Astronomicall yeare is eyther Tropicall or Syderall.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 48 He sends for those of his Egyptian Wizards, whome he deemed most skilful in the Sideral Science.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 38 The Syderal Observations set forth in Tycho's name.
1702 J. Tanner Angelus Britannicus sig. C7 He was a..strict Enquirer into this Sideral Philosophy.
1778 S. Dunn Theory & Pract. Longitude at Sea Introd. 26 This Time may be either Sideral or Mean Solar Time, but the latter is best.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad x. 353 So shone the earth, as if the sideral train, Broad as full suns, had sail'd the etherial plain.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 2 I who am only waiting..to..put diameters of the..sideral orbits between me and all souls.
1916 Amer. Anthropologist 18 72 In the case of the earth itself the difference between the sideral or true revolution and the tropical or seasonal one is so slight as to be almost negligible.
2011 J. Scott Conceptualising Social World v. 138 The 1582 reforms of Pope Gregory..brought the calendar year back into line with the solar (sideral) year.
2. Esp. of a phenomenon having a malign effect: emanating from or caused by the stars. Obsolete.This sense reflects the belief in astrology that celestial objects influence events on earth; compare siderate v.
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the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [adjective]
influent1430
starry1561
influential1570
sideral1611
influxious1644
ruling1659
influous1662
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 596/1 As if it had been a syderall infection or generall Lunacy.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 693 These changes in the Heav'ns..produc'd..sideral blast, Vapour, and Mist, and Exhalation hot. View more context for this quotation
1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 31 The vernal nippings and cold syderal blasts.
1799 Monthly Rev. 30 570 The virgin mud, fecundated..by the sideral influence.
1805 Poet. Reg. 175 Worse than mildew hoar Or Sideral blast is he.
1918 Dental Reg. 72 545 He advises setting an alarm clock to wake one in time for the sunrise, to take advantage of this moment of positive sideral influence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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