Rudolphine
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Etymology[edit]
From Rudolph + -ine, after Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Adjective[edit]
Rudolphine (not comparable)
- Pertaining to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612). [from 17th c.]
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 134:
- This hunt was both a classic Rudolfine conceit and at the heart of the mystery of Rudolf. Did he often go hunting with cheetahs?
- Specifically, designating a set of astronomical calculations computed by Johannes Kepler in 1627, using data collected by Tycho Brahe (both of whom had Rudolf II as patron). [from 17th c.]
- 2003, R. Taton, C. Wilson, editors, Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, Part A, page 171:
- Moreover, like Horrocks, Wendelin improved on the Rudolphine values of the mean solar distances of Mercury and Venus: 0.38711 and 0.72343 as compared with Kepler's 0.38808 and 0.72413 […] .
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pertaining to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
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