单词 | substylar |
释义 | substylarn. Now rare. = substyle n. Chiefly in substylar line. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > parts of pinOE gnomon1546 style1577 cock1585 hour-line1593 substyle1593 index1594 noon-line1596 incliner1638 substylara1652 substylar linea1652 staff1669 nodus1678 node1704 stylus1796 noon-mark1842 sun line1877 a1652 S. Foster in E. Gunter Works (1653) 298 The style in recliners pointeth upward, and the substylar and the hour of 6 do ascend above the line of 12. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. xxvii. 40 Chuse some convenient place in your Substiler Line..and there draw the line FBA. 1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. 224 Draw the contingent line EQ, cutting the substilar line at right angles. 1795 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. II. 536 In easterly and westerly dials, the substilar line is the line of 6 o'clock. 1870 Eng. Mech. 25 Mar. 15/1 The number of degrees on the tape or strip of brass, reckoning from the zenith to the part where it cuts the meridian, will be the distance of the substiler line from the 12 o'clock line. 2009 E. Schmeidler in G. D. Roth Handbk. Pract. Astron. x. 263 When the style of the desired length is to be inserted, this plywood triangle is placed with one of its sides perpendicular to the substylar line. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1652 |
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