parapegma

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device for keeping track of cyclical events, particularly of stars, weather, seasons, and so on.
    — At its most basic, the word parapegma (plural:parapegmata) describes any instrument that tracked cyclical phenomena by the use of a moveable peg or pegs.

词形变化

parapegmas plural parapegmata plural

词源

From Latin parapegma, from Ancient Greek παράπηγμα (parápēgma, “something fixed on or hung up”) .
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