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Rudolfine

Rudolfine is the alternative spelling of Rudolphine.

Meaning of Rudolphine

Adjective

Rudolphine (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612).
    • This hunt was both a classic Rudolfine conceit and at the heart of the mystery of Rudolf. Did he often go hunting with cheetahs?2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 134
  2. Designating a set of astronomical calculations computed by Johannes Kepler in 1627, using data collected by Tycho Brahe (both of whom had Rudolf II as patron).
    • Moreover, like Horrocks, Wendelin improved on the Rudolphine values of the mean solar distances of Mercury and Venus: 0.38711 and 0.72343 as compared with Kepler's 0.38808 and 0.72413 […].2003, R. Taton, C. Wilson, editors, Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, Part A, page 171

Forms of Rudolfine

comparativemore Rudolfine
superlativemost Rudolfine

Questions about Rudolfine

What is Rudolfine the alternative spelling of?
Rudolfine is the alternative spelling of Rudolphine.

Words near Rudolfine in the dictionary

  1. Rudnik
  2. Rudniks
  3. Rudoi
  4. Rudok
  5. Rudolf
  6. Rudolfine
  7. Rudolph
  8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers
  10. Rudolphine
  11. Rudolphine Tables

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