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子午儀 (しごぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

子し午ご儀ぎ

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Meanings

1

noun

meridian instrument; transit instrument; meridian circle

astronomy

Technical term in astronomy for a telescope mounted to observe celestial objects as they cross the meridian.

子し午ご儀ぎは天てん体たいの子し午ご線せん通つう過かを観かん測そくするために使つかわれる。
A meridian instrument is used to observe celestial objects crossing the meridian.

Kanji

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
午noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM
儀ceremony, rule, affair

Etymology

Compound of 子午 (shigo, 'meridian') and 儀 (gi, 'instrument'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the astronomical meaning.