verlängert gedachte
English translation: imaginary axis
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| 5 | imaginary |
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| 3 +1 | conceptually projected |
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| 3 | mentally extended |
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| verlängert gedachte mentally extended Explanation: As in: mentally extending a line between two points |
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imaginary Explanation: as it exists only in your imagination Cheers Wolf -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2005-06-07 10:12:58 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorrt, should of course have added AXIS. Too early in the morning.... |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| verlängert gedachte conceptually projected Explanation: ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2005-06-06 23:31:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- However, this web ref seems to suggest that \'prolonged\' will also work in the context: Celestial North and South Poles: the points at which the prolonged polar axis of the earth intersects the celestial sphere. The Celestial North http://www.tpub.com/content/USMC/mcr3161a/css/mcr3161a_376.h... It is not easy to force \'gedacht\' into the translation. \'conceptually\', \'imaginary\'? Perhaps \'gedacht\' is redundant. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 55 mins (2005-06-07 01:06:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Die Ausnahme bildet der Polarstern. Durch ihn verläuft die \"verlängert gedachte\" Polachse der Erde. The Pole Star (Polaris) is an exception to this rule. The celestial axis, an imaginary line drawn (projected) through the poles, also extends through it. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 11 mins (2005-06-07 01:22:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- celestial axis The imaginary north-south line joining the celestial poles around which the celestial sphere rotates. (See “celestial sphere”). http://opticsplanet.com/info/glossary.shtml -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 hrs 26 mins (2005-06-07 19:37:57 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Hi, Lone! Sometimes I wonder why anybody bothers do to do any research or offer any answers on this forum when the askers take so little trouble to read what has been contributed and award the points so carelessly. |
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