单词 | thalassometrician |
释义 | > as lemmasthalassometrician thalassometrician n. Brit. /θəˌlasə(ʊ)mᵻˈtrɪʃn/ , U.S. /θəˌlæsoʊməˈtrɪʃ(ə)n/ one who measures the sea.Apparently an isolated use. [After post-classical Latin thalassometra (4th cent.).] ΚΠ 1652 M. Nedham tr. St Ambrose in tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 5 I have heard of a Geometrician, or one that could measure Land; but never of a Thalassometrician [L. Thalassometram], one that could measure or lay out Bounds in the Sea. < as lemmas |
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