| 单词 | south-preceding |
| 释义 | > as lemmassouth-preceding south-preceding adj. (of a celestial object) located to the south-west of another in the sky; (also, of a point on a celestial object) coming into view before, and located to the south of, another point; cf. preceding adj. 3. ΚΠ 1782 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 114 The small star is said to be south preceding at mn, north preceding at op, south following at qr, and north following at st. 1863 Intellectual Observer Dec. 353 The brightness of the ring is not strictly uniform, the south preceding position being slightly more luminous. 1921 Carnegie Instit. Year Bk. 252 At least three small flares jutting out from T Tauri, south preceding, south following, and to the north. 2008 G. McNamara Clocks in Sky vii. 92 The astronomers clearly state their opinion that the pulsar they had detected was the south preceding star. < as lemmas |
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