Alfonsine
/alˈfɒnziːn/ /alˈfɒnsiːn/ /alˈfɒnzɪn/(also Alphonsine)
noun
1Chiefly in plural One of the scholars who prepared the astronomical tables for Alfonso X in Toledo in about 1272. Also: one of the followers or advocates of the astronomical system set out in these tables.
2In plural The astronomical tables prepared for Alfonso X by these scholars, regarded collectively. rare.
adjective
Designating astronomical tables prepared in Toledo in about 1272 for Alfonso X and used to calculate the positions of the sun and the planets in relation to fixed stars; of or relating to such tables. Chiefly in Alfonsine tables.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Hill (b. c1528). From post-classical Latin Alphonsinus from Alphonsus, the name in Latin of AlfonsoX, King of Castile + classical Latin -īnus.