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Meaning of "amphiscian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMPHISCIAN

amphiscian  [æmˈfɪʃɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMPHISCIAN

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Amphiscian is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMPHISCIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

amphiscian

Amphiscian

Amphiscians, or Amphiscii, is a name given to inhabitants of the tropics. The word comes from the Greek αμφι, and σχια. The Amphiscians were also called Ascii. This term related specifically to those inhabitants of the globe, which, at certain times of the year, have no shadow. The word is formed of the privative particle α, and σχια,.

Definition of amphiscian in the English dictionary

The definition of amphiscian in the dictionary is the name given to an inhabitant of The Tropics whose shadows are cast both ways ie northwards during one part of the year and southwards the other.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMPHISCIAN


antiscian
ænˈtɪʃɪən
Appalachian
ˌæpəˈleɪtʃɪən
Cilician
sɪˈlɪʃɪən
cybernetician
ˌsaɪbənɛˈtɪʃɪən
Galician
ɡəˈlɪʃɪən
Gratian
ˈɡreɪʃɪən
Haitian
ˈheɪʃɪən
Haytian
ˈheɪʃɪən
Laotian
ˈlaʊʃɪən
Laplacian
ləˈpleɪʃɪən
Lilliputian
ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃɪən
Lusatian
luːˈseɪʃɪən
Nietzschean
ˈniːtʃɪən
Ordovician
ˌɔːdəʊˈvɪʃɪən
pancratian
pænˈkreɪʃɪən
periscian
pəˈrɪʃɪən
Priscian
ˈprɪʃɪən
Sarmatian
sɑːˈmeɪʃɪən
Silesian
saɪˈliːʃɪən
Thracian
ˈθreɪʃɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMPHISCIAN

amphiploid
amphiploidy
amphipod
amphipodous
amphiprostylar
amphiprostyle
amphiprotic
amphisbaena
amphisbaenae
amphisbaenic
amphistomatal
amphistomatic
amphistomous
amphistylar
amphitheatral
amphitheatre
amphitheatric
amphitheatrical
amphitheatrically
amphithecia

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMPHISCIAN

ascian
beautician
clinician
electrician
geriatrician
Grecian
heteroscian
Lucian
magician
mathematician
musician
obstetrician
optician
pediatrician
physician
politician
Roscian
statistician
technician
Volscian

Synonyms and antonyms of amphiscian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «amphiscian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMPHISCIAN

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Translator English - Chinese

amphiscian
1,325 millions of speakers

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amphiscian
570 millions of speakers

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amphiscian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

amphiscian
380 millions of speakers
ar

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amphiscian
280 millions of speakers

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amphiscian
278 millions of speakers

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amphiscian
270 millions of speakers

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amphiscian
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amphiscian
220 millions of speakers

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Amphiscian
190 millions of speakers

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amphiscian
180 millions of speakers

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amphiscian
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

amphiscian
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amphiscian
85 millions of speakers
vi

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amphiscian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

amphiscian
75 millions of speakers

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Amphiscian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amphiscian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amphiscian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

amphiscian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

amphiscian
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amphiscian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

amphiscian
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amphiscian
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

amphiscian
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

amphiscian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amphiscian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHISCIAN»

The term «amphiscian» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.173 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHISCIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amphiscian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPHISCIAN»

Discover the use of amphiscian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amphiscian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and ...
SHADOWS. ARE. There are differences between the midday shadows on account of which some people are called periscian, others amphiscian, and still others heteroscian. The periscian are those whom we might call "circumumbratile ," ...
Stephen W. Hawking, 2003
2
A Survey of the Almagest: With Annotation and New Commentary ...
Therefore parallels N08 1-6 are called amphiscian (amphiskios = throwing shadows both ways) while N° 7 is the first of the heteroscian parallels ( heteroskios = throwing shadows one way only). The first 25 parallels are defined by time ...
Alexander Jones, Olaf Pedersen, 2010
3
American State Papers. The federalist: by Alexander ...
And it is one of the amphiscian parallels, since the sun is twice at the zenith for those living under it and twice makes the gnomons shadowless at noon when it is 79J^° from the summer tropic on either side. And so for 159° of its passage the ...
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, 1978
4
The Major writings of Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes ...
And it is one of the amphiscian parallels, since the sun is twice at the zenith for those living under it and twice makes the gnomons shadowless at noon when it is 791/2° from the summer tropic on either side. And so for 159° of its passage the ...
Johannes Kepler, Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, 1985
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great books of the western world
And it is one of the amphiscian parallels, since the sun is twice at the zenith for those living under it and twice makes the gnomons shadowless at noon when it is 79^° from the summer tropic on either side. And so for 159° of its passage the ...
6
Great books of the Western world
And it is one of the amphiscian parallels, since the sun is twice at the zenith for those living under it and twice makes the gnomons shadowless at noon when it is 793^° from the summer tropic on either side. And so for 159° of its passage the ...
Robert Maynard Hutchins, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, 1952
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Great books of the Western World
And it is one of the amphiscian parallels, since the sun is twice at the zenith for those living under it and twice makes the gnomons shadowless at noon when it is 7934° from the summer tropic on either side. And so for 159° of its passage the ...
Robert Maynard Hutchins, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, University of Chicago, 1952
8
Greek Astronomy
fall on one side or the other, north or south, but not both); and the zone between the tropics is “amphiscian” (i.e. shadows fall different ways, north or south, at different times of the year). But, as matter of human interest, there are (according to ...
Thomas L. Heath, 2014
9
The Works of Francis Rabelais
... that maugre longitudes and latitudes, and all the variations of the zones, the periaecian people, and antoecian, amphiscian, he- teroscian, and periscian, have oft tendered and re* ceived mutual visits to, and from other, ujjon all the climates.
Du Chat, Motteux, Ozell, 1807
10
Gargantua and Pantagruel:
... yea, insuch sort have interviews beenmade by the assistance of this sacred herb, that, maugre longitudes and latitudes, and all the variations of the zones,the Periaecianpeople,and Antoecian, Amphiscian, Heteroscian, andPeriscian hadoft  ...
François Rabelais & Burton Raffel, 2014

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