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apsidal habâki Fr.: absidial Relating to an → apsis. |
apsidal motion jonbeš-e habâki Fr.: mouvement apsidial → Rotation of the → line of apsides in the plane of the orbit in the same direction as the → revolution of the → secondary body. The major axis of the Earth's orbit rotates by 11.6 arcseconds per year. |
apsidal precession pišâyân-e habâki Fr.: précession absidiale → advance of perihelion, → relativistic precession. → apsidal; → precession. |
apsides, line of xatt-e habâkhâ Fr.: ligne des apsides The line connecting the two apsides, i.e. the major axis of an elliptical orbit. → apsis. |
apsis (pl. apsides) habâk Fr.: apside The point of greatest or least distance of the orbit of a celestial body from a center of attraction. The closest point is the → periapsis, the further point the → apoapsis. L. apsis "arch, vault," from Gk. hapsis "loop, arch," from haptein "fasten together". Mod.Pers. habâk "top of the head; the summit of a mountain". |
apt niyâv Fr.: approprié Exactly suitable; appropriate; suited to a purpose. M.E., from L. aptus "fitted, suitable, fastened," from p.p. of *apere "to fasten;" akin to Hittite hap- "to attach;" PIE *ap- "to grasp, take, reach". Niyâw "apt, suitable, appropriate," from Mid.Pers. |
Apus Morq-e behešti (#) Fr.: Oiseau de paradis The Bird of Paradise. A constellation in the southern hemisphere, at
R.A. = L. apus "a kind of swallow," from Gk. apous "without feet, sand martin," from → a- "without" + pous "foot". Morq-e behešti "bird of paradise," from morq "bird" + behešt "paradise". |
Aquarids Âbkašiyân Fr.: Aquarides Several → meteor showers that have their
→ radiants in the constellation
→ Aquarius. The main showers are: Aquarids, from → Aquarius constellation + → -ids suffix denoting "descendant of, belonging to the family of." Âbkašiyân, from Âbkaš + -iyân, → -ids. |
Aquarius Âbkeš, Rizande-ye âb (#) Fr.: Verseau The Water Bearer. An extended southern constellation composed of rather faint stars (R.A. about 23h, Dec. about -15 deg). One of the signs of the → Zodiac, it is surrounded by → Pegasus, → Equuleus, and → Delphinus to the north, → Aquila to the west, → Pisces Austrinus and → Sculptor to the south, and → Cetus to the east. Abbreviation: Aqr, genitive from: Aquarii. Aquarius, L. "water carrier," literally "of the water," translation of Gk. Hydrokhoos "the water-pourer," old Gk. name of this constellation. Âbkeš "water carrier or drawer," from âb "water" (Mid.Pers. âb "water;" O. Pers. ap- "water;" Av. ap- "water;" cf. Skt. áp- "water;" Hitt. happa- "water;" PIE āp-, ab- "water, river;" cf. Gk. Apidanos, proper noun, a river in Thessalia; L. amnis "stream, river" (from *abnis); O.Ir. ab "river;" O.Prus. ape "stream;" Lith. upé "stream;" Latv. upe "brook") + keš "drawer," contraction of kešandé, from kešidan/kašidan "to carry, draw, extract, trail, drag" (Mid.Pers. kešidan "to draw, pull;" Av. karš- "to draw; to plough," karša- "furrow;" cf. Skt. kars-, kársati "to pull, drag, plough," Gk. pelo, pelomai "to be busy, to bustle;" PIE base kwels- "to plow"). |
Aquila Šâhin (#) Fr.: Aigle The Eagle. A constellation on the celestial equator representing an eagle (R.A. about 19h30, Dec. about +5 deg). It is marked by the bright star → Altair (α Aquilae). Abbreviation: Aql, genitive form: Aquilae. L. aquila "black eagle," fem. of aquilus "dark colored" (bird). Šâhin "eagle," Av. saêna- "eagle," Skt. śyená- "eagle, falcon, hawk". |
Aquila Rift câk-e Šâhin Fr.: Rift de l'Aigle A long, dark structure located close to the → Galactic plane and occupying an area between longitudes l ~15° and ~35° and latitudes b ± 10° in the constellations Aquila, Serpens, and eastern Ophiuchus. The Aquila Rift is a complex of dust and → molecular clouds making part of → Gould's Belt in the → Orion Arm. The mass of the molecular gas, derived from → carbon monoxide (CO) observations (Dame et al. 2001, ApJ 547, 792), is in the range ~ 1-3 x 105 → solar masses. A distance of ~260 pc has been estimated for the Aquila Rift, but it is uncertain. Recent Herschel observations have revealed a filamentary structure in the Aquila Rift and the presence of a population of → pre-stellar cores as well as → young stellar objects (André et al. 2010, A&A 518, L102; Bontemps et al. 2010, A&A 518, L85; Könyves et al. 2010, A&A 518, L106). |
Ara Âtašdân (#) Fr.: Autel L. ara "fire altar," from PIE as- "to burn". Âtašdân "a hearth, a fire-place; a movable coal grate," from âtaš "fire" (from Mid.Pers. âtaxš, âzar-, O.Pers. *âtar-, Av. âtar-, from Indo-Iranian *âtar-, compare with L. âter (feminine âtra) "black" (from "blackened by fire"); PIE *âter) + -dân suffix denoting recipient. |
Arabic astronomy axtaršenâsi-ye Arabi (#) Fr.: astronomie arabe The astronomical activities that took place from the 8th to the 14th century in the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, and Moorish Spain. Arab/Arabic is not meant as an ethnic but rather a linguistic term. In fact a large number of Non-Arab scholars, mainly Persians, Mongols, and Spanish people, wrote their works in Arabic. Even so, many astronomical works were also produced in the other languages of this civilization, especially Persian and in the later centuries Turkish. For example, the main → zijs were originally written in Persian, a notable example being the Zij of Ulugh Beg (c. A.D. 1394-1449), a landmark in precise observations before the Renaissance. Therefore, the term Arabic astronomy is misleading. It also creates a disparity with respect to Western scholars who wrote in Latin. The term "Latin astronomy" is meaningless and as far as these scholars are concerned, the Latin adjective is not specified. For example, the expressions like "the Latin astronomer Copernicus," "the Latin physicist Newton," or "the Latin philosopher Leibniz" are not used. See also → Islamic astronomy. M.E. arabik, from O.Fr. arabique, from L. Arabicus; → astronomy. |
Arago point noqte-ye Arago Fr.: point d'Arago A → neutral point located at about 20° above the → antisolar point. Named for François Arago (1786-1853), French physicist; → point |
arbitrary kâmsar Fr.: arbitraire 1) Based on individual will or choice rather than by reason or necessity. M.E., from O.Fr. arbitraire or directly from L. arbitrarius "depending on the will, uncertain," from → ad- "to" + baetere "to come, go." Kâmsar, literally "at one's will," from kâm "desire, wish; cause, reason," → despite, + sar "person, individual," originally "→ head." |
arbitrary constant pâyâ-ye kâmsar Fr.: constante arbitraire A constant quantity in → equations which takes various values but which remains unaffected by the changes in the values of the → variables of the equation. Most → differential equations have more than one → solution. In general, the number of arbitrary constants of an ordinary differential equation is given by the → order of the highest → derivative. |
arborescence šâkedâri Fr.: arborescence 1) In → graph theory, a → rooted tree
that has a natural orientation in which all → paths
are directed away from the → root. More specifically, a
→ directed graph in
which, for a → vertex u, called the
→ root, and any other vertex v,
there is exactly one → directed path
from u to v. From Fr. arborescence, from → arborescent + → -ance. Šâkedâri, nous from šâkedâr, → arborescent. |
arborescent šâkedâr Fr.: arborescent Having the shape or characteristics of a tree in growth, structure, or appearance. From Fr. arborescent, from L. arborescent-, p.p. of arborescere "to grow into a tree," from arbor, arboris "tree." Šâkedâr "having branches," from šâké, from šâxé, → branch, + dâr "having, possessor," from dâštan "to have, to possess," → charged. |
arc kamân (#) Fr.: arc 1) General: Something shaped like a → curve
or → arch. M.E. ark, from M.Fr. arc "bow," from L. arcus "bow, arch" (cf. Goth. arhwazna "arrow," O.E. earh), PIE *arqu- "bowed, curved." Kamân "arc, bow" from Mid.Pers. kamân, related to xam "curve," cf. Breton kamm "curved, bent," Gk. kampe "a corner, a joint," L. campus "a field," Lith. kampus "corner," PIE *kamb- "to bend, crook." |
arc minute kamân-daqiqé, daqiqe-ye kamâni Fr.: minute de degré A unit of angular size equal to 1/60 of a degree. |
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