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lyncean

/lin-see-uhn/US // lɪnˈsi ən //UK // (lɪnˈsiːən) //

凌海,凌云,凌海市

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
    • : lynx-eyed; sharp-sighted.

Examples

  • One of the most important of these was the Lyncean Society, founded about the year 1611, Galileo himself being a member.

  • O for that Lyncean eye that can discover in the acorn of Error the rooted and widely spreading oak of Misery!

  • Galileo's part of this controversy was published at Rome by the Lyncean Academy in 1613.