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dial-plate
ˈdial-plate [f. dial n.1 + plate.] The face-plate of a dial; spec. (in Clock-making) the sheet of metal, glass, etc. on the face of which the hours, etc. are marked; = dial n.1 4.1690 Lond. Gaz. No. 2603/4 A little Gold Watch with a white Enamell Dial-Plate, made in France. 1781 Cowper Conversation ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bifilar sundial
He related the trace of the sun to conic sections and the angle on the dial-plate to the hour angle and the calculation of local apparent time, using conventional - one running north-south and the other east-west The east west wire passes under the north south dial, so the (latitude) the shadow is thrown on a dial-plate wikipedia.org
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dial
▪ I. dial, n.1 (ˈdaɪəl) Also 5 dyale, dyel, 5–7 dyal(l, diall. [Presumably a derivative of L. dies a day, through a med.L. adj. diāl-is daily (repr. in Du Cange by diāle = diurnāle ‘as much land as could be ploughed in a day’, and diāliter adv. daily.) Outside Eng., however, dial is known only from ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Matteo Campani-Alimenis
satellites, and for an attempt to rectify chromatic aberration by using a triple eyeglass; and in clock-making, for his invention of the illuminated dial-plate wikipedia.org
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outkeeper
ˈoutkeeper [out- 8.] An instrument used in land-measuring: see quot.1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 1582/1 Outkeeper, a small dial-plate having an index turned by a milled head underneath, used with the surveyor's compass to keep tally in chaining. The dial is figured from 0 to 16, the index being moved one... Oxford English Dictionary
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contrate
contrate, a. (ˈkɒntreɪt) [f. L. type *contrāt-us, f. contrā against, opposite: cf. med.L. contrāta = It., Sp. contrada, F. contrée lit. ‘region lying opposite’, country.] † 1. ? Opposed, contrary, adverse. Obs.c 1450 Henryson Mor. Fab. 41 Of ciuill Law volumes full many they reuolue..Contrate, Prost... Oxford English Dictionary
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digger
digger (ˈdɪgə(r)) [f. dig v. + -er.] One who or that which digs. 1. One who excavates or turns up the earth with a mattock, spade, or other tool; also an animal that turns up the earth. With adverb, as digger-up.c 1400 Promp. Parv. 118/1 Deluar or dyggar, fossor. 1585 J. B. tr. Viret's Sch. Beastes ... Oxford English Dictionary
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detent
▪ I. detent, n.1 (dɪˈtɛnt) (Also 7 detton.) [a. F. détente, OF. destente (Froissart, 14th c.), deriv. of détendre ‘to slacken, unstretch, undo’, in OF. destendre, f. des-, L. dis- privative (cf. de- 6) + tendre to stretch. (In L. distendĕre the prefix had a different force: see distend.) The earlies... Oxford English Dictionary
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pedometer
pedometer (pɪˈdɒmɪtə(r)) [ad. F. pédomètre (Bion 1723), hybrid f. pedo- for L. pedi- foot + Gr. µέτρον measure, -meter. French had also the etymologically more correct form podomètre (1712 in Hatz.-Darm.). In sense 2, the first element might be πέδον ground.] 1. An instrument for recording the numbe... Oxford English Dictionary
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lettering
▪ I. lettering, vbl. n. (ˈlɛtərɪŋ) [f. letter v. or n.1 + -ing1.] 1. The action of writing letters; letter-writing.c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) II. 118 You may give the law of lettering to all the world. 1681 Disc. Tanger 3 If I exceed the Laws of Lettering, your command is my Apology. 1813 Byron in M... Oxford English Dictionary
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inscribe
inscribe, v. (ɪnˈskraɪb) [ad. L. inscrībĕre to write in or upon, f. in- (in-2) + scrībĕre to write.] 1. trans. To write, mark, or delineate (words, a name, characters, etc.) in or on something; esp. so as to be conspicuous or durable, as on a monument, tablet, etc. (In quot. 1603, with upon in indir... Oxford English Dictionary
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analogue
analogue, n. and a. (ˈænəlɒg) [a. Fr. analogue, f. Gr. ἀνάλογ-ον analogon, which was in earlier use.] A. n. 1. An analogous word or thing; a representative in different circumstances or situation; something performing a corresponding part.1837 Whewell Induct. Sc. (1857) III. 438 Identifying..the str... Oxford English Dictionary
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hour
hour (aʊə(r)) Forms: 3–4 ure, (hure), 3–5 oure, 4 ore, vure, hor, 4–5 owre, 4–6 our, hore, 4–7 howr(e, houre, 5 oware, heure, 6 ower(e, howere, 6–7 hower, 7 hoore, 4– hour. [a. OF. ure, ore, later hure, hore, h)eure, AF. houre, mod.F. heure, = Pr. h)ora, It. ora, Sp., Pg. hora:—L. hōra hour, a. Gr. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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clock
▪ I. clock, n.1 Forms: (1 clucge), 4–5 clok, clokke, clocke, 6 klocke, 6– clock. [OE. clucge (or cluccge) is found only once, and has no historical connexion with the extant word which goes back app. only to the 13–14th c. ME. clok(ke, clocke, was either a. MDu. clocke (mod.Du. klok ‘bell, clock’), ... Oxford English Dictionary
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I
▪ I. I (aɪ) the ninth letter and third vowel of the Roman alphabet, going back through the Greek Iota to the Semitic Yod. The simple form I of the character in Greek from about 500 b.c., and in the Roman alphabet, was reduced from a more complex Early Greek form {egiota}, which originated in the Phœ... Oxford English Dictionary
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