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heteroscian

heteroscian noun: a person or object that is located in the temperate zones (i.e., between the polar regions and the tropics), whose shadow thus does not change its north-south direction over the course of the year.

Noun

heteroscian (plural heteroscians)

  1. A person or object that is located in the temperate zones (i.e., between the polar regions and the tropics), whose shadow thus does not change its north-south direction over the course of the year.

Forms of heteroscian

pluralheteroscians

Origin of heteroscian

From Ancient Greek ἑτερόσκιος (heteróskios) other + shadow: compare French hétéroscien. So called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

Questions about heteroscian

What does heteroscian mean?
Heteroscian means a person or object that is located in the temperate zones (i.e., between the polar regions and the tropics), whose shadow thus does not change its north-south direction over the course of the year.
What part of speech is heteroscian?
Heteroscian is a noun.
What is the plural of heteroscian?
The plural of heteroscian is heteroscians.

Words near heteroscian in the dictionary

  1. heteroscedastically
  2. heteroscedasticities
  3. heteroscedasticity
  4. heteroscedasticity-robust
  5. heteroschedasticity
  6. heteroscian
  7. heteroscians
  8. heterosegmental
  9. heterosegmentally
  10. heteroses
  11. heterosex

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