四し分ぶん法ほう

noun

fractional sampling; method of quartering; quartation

Archaic technical term for a sampling or assaying method that involves dividing material into four parts; also known as quartation. Rare in modern usage.

• 四し分ぶん法ほうは、かつて鉱こう石せきの分ぶん析せきに用もちいられた手しゅ法ほうである。

  The method of quartering was once a technique used for ore analysis.

noun

method of lunar calendar formulation

Historical term for a method used in formulating the lunar calendar. Limited to traditional calendar studies.

• 四し分ぶん法ほうは、太たい陰いん暦れきの作さく成せいに使つかわれた古ふるい計けい算さん法ほうの一ひとつだ。

  The quartering method is one of the old calculation methods used for creating the lunar calendar.