单词 | tropic of capricorn |
释义 | > as lemmasTropic of Capricorn b. The tenth of the twelve signs of the Zodiac, beginning at the most southerly point of the ecliptic or winter solstitial point, which the sun enters about the 21st of December. Tropic of Capricorn: the southern Tropic forming a tangent to the ecliptic at the first point of Capricorn. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > particular signs > [noun] > Capricorn goatOE Capricornc1400 tropicc1400 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §17. 9 Wiche declinacioun..is 23 degrees & 50 Minutis, as wel in cancer as in Capricorne. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy Prol. Whose lordshyp cheifest is in Capricorne. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxiii. i. 161 Whan golden Phebus in the Capricorne Gan to ascend fast unto Aquary. 1595 J. Davis Seamans Secrets ii. sig. H4 What is the tropick of Capricorne? 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 677 As deep as Capricorne . View more context for this quotation 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 106 That very morn The Sun was entr'd into Capricorn. 1833 T. B. Macaulay War Succession in Spain in Ess. (1854) I. 239/1 The American dependencies of the Castilian crown still extended far to the North of Cancer and far to the South of Capricorn. 1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 37 The tropic of Capricorn, which the sun reaches in our winter and the southern midsummer. tropic of Capricorn tropic of Capricorn n. (a) Astronomy the circle of the celestial sphere at about 23° 26′ south of the equator, touching the ecliptic at the southern solstitial point (cf. senses A. 1b and A. 1c); (b) Geography the parallel of latitude corresponding to this (cf. sense A. 2a). [Compare post-classical Latin tropicus capricorni (1490 or earlier), Middle French, French †tropique de capricorne (1546 or earlier), French tropique du capricorne (1680).] ΚΠ c1550 Complaynt Scotl. f. 42 And fra tyme..the sune be past the equinoctial touart the meridian tropic of capricorn. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. ix. 209 The Tropicke of Capricorne: which ends the Torrid zone, and beginnes the South Temperate zone. 1747 Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 142 The Sun's rays will be as oblique..as they are at London, when he touches the Tropic of Capricorn in December. 1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 37 The tropic of Capricorn, which the sun reaches in our winter and the southern midsummer. 1917 Amer. Math. Monthly 24 166 To obtain these, divide the Tropic of Capricorn into twelve equal arcs. 2001 Smithsonian Jan. 87/1 Harper..followed the Tropic of Capricorn across the continent with just three camels and a dog. < as lemmas |
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