| 单词 | universal sundial |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuniversal sundial universal sundial n. a portable sundial, typically having an adjustable gnomon, which may be used at any latitude. ΚΠ 1734 J. Kelly Mod. Navigator's Compleat Tutor II. 365 Thus may the Globe serve as an Universal Sun-Dial in any Latitude to find the Time of the Day. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1603/1 Pantochronometer, an instrument which is a combination of the compass, sun-dial, and universal sun-dial. 1987 Mariner's Mirror 73 154 Walker's variation compass depended basically upon the same ideas as did the Sea Rings of Edward Wright some 180 years earlier, in that he fitted a universal sun dial on top of a compass bowl. 2005 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Apr. f7 Combines compass, magnifying glass, heliograph, quadrant and universal sundial for finding out the time wherever you go. < as lemmas |
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