单词 | sensible horizon |
释义 | sensible horizonSEE SYNONYMS FOR sensible horizon ON THESAURUS.COM noun Astronomy.See under horizon (def. 2a). Origin of sensible horizonFirst recorded in 1635–45 Words nearby sensible horizonsense perception, sensi, sensibilia, sensibility, sensible, sensible horizon, sensible perspiration, sensillum, sensitive, sensitive fern, sensitiveness Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sensible horizonsensible horizon nounSee horizon (def. 2a) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for sensible horizonsensible horizon [ sĕn′sə-bəl ] The plane of an observer's position lying at a right angle to the line formed by the observer's zenith and nadir. The plane of the sensible horizon is parallel to the plane of the observer's celestial horizon but is tangential to the Earth's surface rather than passing through the Earth's center. Both the celestial and sensible horizons change with the observer's position. Compare celestial horizon. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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