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sciatherical

sciatherical adjective: sciatheric.

Adjective

sciatherical (not comparable)

  1. sciatheric
    • Here I ought to mention the Sciatherical Instruments, for Want of which there was a Time when the Grecians themselves were forced to measure the Shadow, in order to know the Hour of the Day.1745, Francis Holliday, Syntagma Mathesios: Containing the Resolution of Equations, London: J. Fuller, page 24
    • [The cromlech] could not be primarily intended either as a Religious Structure, or a Sephulchral Monument, but was partly design'd for Sciatherical Purposes, and in general as the Apparatus of an ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY.1778, William Chapple, Sciatherica Antiqua Restaurata

Examples of sciatherical in a sentence

  • Here I may also mention the sciatherical instruments, for want of which there was a time when the Greeks themselves were obliged to measure the shadow, in order to know the hour[.]1801, David Morrice, Mentor, Or, The Moral Conductor of Youth from the Academy to Manhood, London: Messrs. Rivingtons, Richardson, and...
  • [W]ould the new Narcissus—without any dioptric or sciatherical computing—grasp the alternating skirmish of light and shadow.2014, Umberto Eco, Island of the Day Before, London: Vintage Books, page 363:

Questions about sciatherical

What does sciatherical mean?
Sciatherical means sciatheric.
How do you use sciatherical in a sentence?
Here I may also mention the sciatherical instruments, for want of which there was a time when the Greeks themselves were obliged to measure the shadow, in order to know the hour[.]
What part of speech is sciatherical?
Sciatherical is an adjective.

Words near sciatherical in the dictionary

  1. sciascope
  2. sciascopes
  3. sciascopy
  4. sciath
  5. sciatheric
  6. sciatherical
  7. sciaths
  8. sciatic
  9. sciatic nerve
  10. sciatic nerves
  11. sciatica

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