单词 | counterearth |
释义 | counterearth /kown"teuhr errth'/, n. (in Pythagorean astronomy) a planet, out of sight from our part of the earth, whose shadow upon the sun and moon, cast by a central fire that is also out of sight, causes the eclipses. Also called antichthon. [1855-60; COUNTER- + EARTH, as trans. of Gk antíchthon] |
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