单词 | south pole |
释义 | south polen. 1. The south celestial pole (pole n.2 2).The south celestial pole is the zenith as seen from the south geographical pole. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > [noun] > pole > south pole south polea1398 pole antarcticc1400 Antarctic Pole?1574 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 107v The spere of heuen..gooþ a boute apon twey poles; þe on þerof is by north..and hatte polus articus, þat is, þe northe pole; þe oþir is polus antarticus, þat is, þe souþ polus. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Axis mundi Two poyntes in heuen, whiche are called the northe pole and the southe pole. 1659 J. Moxon Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. i. iii. §10. 19 There are in Heaven yet twelve Constellations more, posited about the South Pole, which were added by Frederico Houtmanno. 1750 J. Robertson tr. N. L. de La Caille Elements Astron. ii. i. 122 If the star is towards the north pole P, its declination is north; but if towards the south pole Q, its declination is south. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 185/1 Circinus, the Compasses, a constellation..not very far from the South Pole. 1891 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. (ed. 8) 523 Centaur, a star of the first magnitude, 30° from the south pole of the heavens. 1922 I. M. Lewis Astron. Young Folks 101 The nearest star to the south pole..a faint fifth-magnitude star called Sigma Octantis. 1986 P. Moore Exploring Night Sky with Binoculars (1990) (BNC) 121 The South Pole lies about midway between Achernar and the Southern Cross. 2008 Ruidoso (New Mexico) News (Nexis) 15 May It [sc. Crux] is a distinct celestial landmark, made more so by the fact that the north-south long arm of the cross points almost directly toward the sky's south pole. 2. a. Usually with capital initials. The southern geographical pole of the earth (pole n.2 1a), situated in central Antarctica. Also: the earth's southern magnetic pole (pole n.2 6a).At present the south magnetic pole is over 2,500 miles (4000 km) from the South Pole, off the coast of Antarctica (in the direction of Australia); it is moving about 25 miles (41 km) per year. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > pole polec1392 pole antarcticc1400 Arctic?a1425 north pole?a1475 south pole1553 Antarctic Pole1559 Arctic Pole1604 Antarctic1656 magnesa1657 the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > pole > magnetic south pole1553 magnetic (also magnetical) pole1581 magnetic north1812 palaeopole1962 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Hvij One should sayle Westwarde, and the other towarde the South pole. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. Introd. 433 The Pole Antartique, that is to say, the South Pole. 1639 G. Plattes Discov. Subterraneall Treasure i. 2 There is no probability that any Mettalls can bee generated neare unto the North and South poles of the Globe. 1725 D. Defoe Voy. round World (1840) 19 They entertained a notion that I was going..to search for the South pole. 1781 W. Falconer Remarks on Infl. Climate i. ix. 37 If we go from the Equator again to the South Pole, we shall find drunkenness travelling south. 1869 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 2) xii. 398 The immense cupola of ice which is known to exist round the South Pole. 1907 Daily Chron. 30 July 4/6 The Nimrod..sails from the East India Dock today to pick up Lieutenant Shackleton..and convey him towards the South Pole. 1929 Science 13 Dec. 573/2 American investigators who are establishing several stations near the magnetic south pole. 2005 N. Johnson Big Dead Place i. 12 The South Pole, an abstract natural nonlandmark, has no visible identifying characteristics, which only adds to its elusiveness and mystique. b. An analogous point on a spherical or spheroidal body, esp. another planet or a moon.By a convention agreed by the International Astronomical Union, the southern pole of a body such as a planet is the pole that points to the southern side of the ecliptic, regardless of the planet's direction of spin. ΚΠ 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. II. iv. 653 Some part of the Lunar Globe beyond that Pole, are enlighten'd by the Sun, when at the same time the South Pole of it, and some parts of this side of it..are in darkness. 1808 Crit. Rev. 15 498 The chain of mountains..towards the south pole of the moon. 1890 Ann. Math. 5 175 This rotation interchanges the north and south poles of the sphere. 1900 Pearson's Mag. Jan. 29/2 There, that is Malapert. It is almost exactly at the south pole of the moon. 1956 Sci. News. Let. 25 Aug. 122/2 At present the south pole of Mars is turned to our view. 2009 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Sept. d1 Plumes erupting from the south pole of another Saturn moon, Enceladus, suggesting the presence of underground water. 3. That pole of a magnet that points south when it is allowed to orient itself with the earth's magnetic field; the pole of a magnetized body that is repelled by such a pole. ΚΠ 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iii. 57 Let the two Poles both North and South be marked out in the Load-stone.] 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxii. 194 That which Doctour Gilbert disputeth against all former writers of the loadestone; to witt which is the North, and which the South pole of a stone? 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 257 The same end held upwards becomes a South Pole, sc. attracts the North end of a Needle, and repels the South end. 1733 B. Langrish New Ess. Muscular Motion 27 If the South Pole of one Magnet be placed within a proper Distance of the North Pole of another, they will fly together. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. lv. 687 If the north pole of a magnet be supposed to be positively charged, the south pole must be imagined to be negative. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics x. 93 A steel wire..became magnetic by exposure to the white light of the sun; a north pole appearing at each polished part, and a south pole at each unpolished part. 1922 L. D. Bliss Theoret. & Pract. Electr. Engin. (ed. 2) I. iv. iii. 140 Magnetic lines are supposed to emanate from the north pole of a magnet, pass through space and enter at the south pole. 2004 A. Watson Quantum Quark vi. 291 A bar magnet with a north and south pole which, when snapped, gives two bar magnets each with a north and a south pole. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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