traverse tablen.

Brit.

/ˈtravəs ˌteɪbl/,

/ˈtravəːs ˌteɪbl/,

/trəˈvəːs ˌteɪbl/, U.S.

/ˈtrævərs ˌteɪb(ə)l/,

/trəˈvərs ˌteɪb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: traverse n., table n.

Etymology: < traverse n. + table n.

1. A table used in navigation and surveying to find course and distance from the difference of latitude and departure (departure n. 7a) (or vice versa), or the difference of longitude from departure (or vice versa).Such tables are based on trigonometrical calculations involving right angled-triangles in which course and distance form the hypotenuse.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > tables > types of

regimenta1544

traverse table1669

loxodromic tables1702

loxodromics1704

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. i. 141 By the Traverse-Table..you may find the Difference of Latitude and departure from the Meridian.

1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) 178 The variation is 11° 52′ E., and must be allowed..in all courses steered, or bearings taken by the compass, before they can be put in the Traverse Table.

1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 352/1 He also shows how his traverse tables may be applied in setting out railway curves.

2014 @asdfnbla 16 July in twitter.com (accessed 17 Apr. 2019) I used to like interpolation but then they introduced me to practical navigation and traverse table.

2. A device used to transfer railway locomotives, rolling stock, etc., from one set of rails to another; = traverser n. 1b. Chiefly North American in later use. Now rare (chiefly historical).

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > platform for changing to parallel track

traverser1851

traverse table1851

1851 Morning Chron. 10 Sept. 3/2 A traverse table is exhibited by the Great Western Railway Company for the wide gauge; and two others..for the narrow gauge.

1945 Maple Leaf (Canadian Press News Service) (W. Europe ed.) 16 June 3/3 Near the end of the assembly line, a traverse table clanks down the rails and fastens on the end of the boxcar spur. The completed car is loaded aboard and whisked into the marshalling yards.

2012 in J. E. Shay Bygone Binghamton I. 374 Every 45 minutes, they moved a car from one station to another, like an assembly line. We had a traverse table, a ‘move table’ that went back and forth, and it took a car on a track from one shop to another shop.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	traverse table
释义	traverse tablen. Brit. /ˈtravəs ˌteɪbl/, /ˈtravəːs ˌteɪbl/, /trəˈvəːs ˌteɪbl/, U.S. /ˈtrævərs ˌteɪb(ə)l/, /trəˈvərs ˌteɪb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: traverse n., table n. Etymology: < traverse n. + table n. 1. A table used in navigation and surveying to find course and distance from the difference of latitude and departure (departure n. 7a) (or vice versa), or the difference of longitude from departure (or vice versa).Such tables are based on trigonometrical calculations involving right angled-triangles in which course and distance form the hypotenuse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > tables > types of regimenta1544 traverse table1669 loxodromic tables1702 loxodromics1704 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. i. 141 By the Traverse-Table..you may find the Difference of Latitude and departure from the Meridian. 1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) 178 The variation is 11° 52′ E., and must be allowed..in all courses steered, or bearings taken by the compass, before they can be put in the Traverse Table. 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 352/1 He also shows how his traverse tables may be applied in setting out railway curves. 2014 @asdfnbla 16 July in twitter.com (accessed 17 Apr. 2019) I used to like interpolation but then they introduced me to practical navigation and traverse table. 2. A device used to transfer railway locomotives, rolling stock, etc., from one set of rails to another; = traverser n. 1b. Chiefly North American in later use. Now rare (chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > platform for changing to parallel track traverser1851 traverse table1851 1851 Morning Chron. 10 Sept. 3/2 A traverse table is exhibited by the Great Western Railway Company for the wide gauge; and two others..for the narrow gauge. 1945 Maple Leaf (Canadian Press News Service) (W. Europe ed.) 16 June 3/3 Near the end of the assembly line, a traverse table clanks down the rails and fastens on the end of the boxcar spur. The completed car is loaded aboard and whisked into the marshalling yards. 2012 in J. E. Shay Bygone Binghamton I. 374 Every 45 minutes, they moved a car from one station to another, like an assembly line. We had a traverse table, a ‘move table’ that went back and forth, and it took a car on a track from one shop to another shop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1669
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