Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Heteroscian

Hetˊer-os′cian

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] other + [GREEK] shadow: cf. F.
hétéroscien
.]
One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; – so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

Webster 1828 Edition

Heteroscian

HETEROS'CIAN

,
Noun.
[Gr. other, and shadow.]
Those inhabitants of the earth are called Heteroscians, whose shadows fall one way only. Such are those who live between the tropics and the polar circles. The shadows of those who live north of the tropic of Cancer, fall northward; those of the inhabitants south of the tropic of Capricorn, fall southward; whereas the shadows of those who dwell between the tropics fall sometimes to the north and sometimes to the south.

HETEROS'CIAN

,
Adj.
Having the shadow fall one way only.

Definition 2024

heteroscian

heteroscian

English

Noun

heteroscian ‎(plural heteroscians)

  1. One who lives either north or south of the Tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them.

Etymology

Ancient Greek other + shadow: compare French hétéroscien. So called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

Similar Results