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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.
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.
Definition 2024
heteroscian
heteroscian
English
Noun
heteroscian (plural heteroscians)
- One who lives either north or south of the Tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them.