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Definition of Substyle
1. n. A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.
Definition of Substyle
1. Noun. A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected, being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Substyle
1. the straight line on which the style of a dial is erected [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Substyle
Literary usage of Substyle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy by Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla (1814)
"29« DIALLING. . substyle, which is the meridian of the plane, ... Thus, if we
suppose the substyle of the plane, on which the dial ought to be described, ..."
2. Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: With Their Applications to by Olinthus Gregory (1816)
"The angle included between the substyle and the horizon is termed the inclination
of. the substyle : it will be denoted by s. 14. ..."
3. Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: With Their Applications to by Olinthus Gregory (1816)
"The angle included between the substyle and the horizon is termed the inclination
of the substyle: it wiU be denoted by s, H. The angle formed by the ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Moving by sudden leaps or starts; making short bounds; spasmodic. substyle (sub'stil),
п. In dialing, the line on which the style or gnomon stands, ..."
5. Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising by Charles Davies, William Guy Peck (1855)
"When the plane of the dial inclines towards the east, the substyle will be on
the left of the vertical SA, and when it inclines to the ..."
6. The Elements of the Theory of Astronomy by John Hymers (1840)
"Let Op be the style, OS the substyle, which falls amongst the morning or evening
hour lines, according as the dial fronts the east, or fronts the west as in ..."
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