analemma
/,ænә'lemә/
📖 中文释义
- n. [天](在地球仪上表示全年太阳的赤纬和时差的)地球仪8字曲线
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n. An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of
- the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in
- the east or west point of the horizon.
- n. An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection
- of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly
- much used in solving some common astronomical problems.
- n. A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the
- year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.