单词 | uranical |
释义 | uranicaladj. 1. Astronomical. Now historical and rare.Current use is chiefly with reference to Blagrave. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [adjective] astronomical1551 astrological1576 uranical1585 astronomic1613 Uranian1762 uranological1815 uranoscopic1817 uranic1862 1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel i. x. sig. B I meane..to set the Vranicall instruments or theorikes of the sunne and moone. 1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 3 Tycho Brahe, of whose admirable Vranicall instruments many honourable witnesses are still suruiuing. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 341 Captain Hally, whose method of taking Uranical Observations had been..question'd. 1936 Osiris 1 403 When Blagrave designed his uranical astrolabe..he constructed it according to the Copernican system. 1994 Bull. Brit. Sundial Soc. June 25 Gunther was now in a position to be able to reconstruct the Uranical Astrolabe for the first time in over two centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > [adjective] astrological1538 mathematical?1549 mathematic1593 astrologian1621 astrologic1648 uranical1671 philomathical1709 astrologous1817 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ To Rdr. sig. *4 The Uranical Precepts are more subtile and pure; whose Sublimity is Heaven it self. 1784 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Astrol. (new ed.) ii. 719 By uniting uranical and physical precepts together, there cannot be a doubt but life may oftentimes be preserved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1585 |
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