Dear Fabio,
I use "longitude correction" ("corectie de longitudine"), but also
"meridian correction" ("corectie de meridian") would sound okay in Romanian.
Ciao,
Dan
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 12:55 PM fabio.sav...@nonvedolora.it <
fabio.sav...@nonvedolora.it> wrote:
> hi all, I've a matter to put to you.
>
> In Italy some sundials show the written 'costante locale', that can be
> translated as 'local constant'.
> The authors of these sundials use this expression meaning the time
> difference between the Local Sun Time and the Time-Zone Sun Time.
> This 'local costant' is an angle if it highlights the difference of
> longitude or a time if it highlights the difference between the two Sun
> Time.
>
> I don't really like this expression. I think that the term 'costant' is
> misleading: the shown value depends on the selected meridian, it could
> not be that of the Time-Zone (e.g, outside UK, the one of the national
> observatory used in the past).
> Moreover the term suggests that there is a not better identified costant
> in that location but it isn't a costant, it is a choice on how to show
> the time.
>
> I started to look for a more proper expression.
> I'd like to know if there are any terms used in other languages, may be
> that a proper expression already exists.
> Anyway I found two italian terms that I think to propose as an
> alternative to the italian diallists, these terms may be used also in
> english so I'd like to know your thoughts.
> The first term is 'dislocation' (dislocazione), it means a different
> location and it refers to an angle.
> The second one is 'dischrony' (discronia) and it means a different time.
> This terms is curious because it rarely appears on the italian
> dictionaries, it is a technical term used in the medical field to
> indicate the cause of the 'jet lag' (while dysrhythmia is used for the
> effects), that is: to live with a different time.
>
> ciao Fabio
>
>
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