zenographic, adj.

zenographic
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Revised 2018

# zenographicadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zenographic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zenographic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective zenographic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1900 | 0.00001
1910 | 0.00001
1920 | 0.00004
1930 | 0.0001
1940 | 0.0003
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0004
1970 | 0.0004
1980 | 0.0004
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0002

### How is the adjective zenographic pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌziːnəˈɡrafɪk/
zee-nuh-GRAFF-ik

#### U.S. English

/ˌzinəˈɡræfɪk/
zee-nuh-GRAFF-ik

### Where does the adjective zenographic come from?

Earliest known use

1850s

The earliest known use of the adjective zenographic is in the 1850s.

OED's earliest evidence for zenographic is from 1853, in the writing of Dionysius Lardner, writer on science and public lecturer.

### Nearby entries

1. zenithwards, adv. 1826–
2. Zenker, n.¹ 1872–
3. Zenker, n.² 1894–
4. Zen-like, adj. a1908–
5. Zen master, n. 1907–
6. Zenned-out, adj. 1968–
7. Zennist, adj. & n. 1904–
8. zeno-, comb. form
9. zenocentric, adj. 1911–
10. Zenocratically, adv. 1588
11. zenographic, adj.1853–
12. zenographical, adj. 1853–
13. zenography, n. 1890–
14. Zenonian, adj.¹ & n.¹ 1654–
15. Zenonian, adj.² 1756–
16. Zenonian, adj.³ & n.² 1837–
17. Zenonic, adj.¹ 1779–
18. Zenonic, adj.² 1827–
19. Zenonism, n.¹ 1789–
20. Zenonism, n.² 1935–
21. zenzi-, comb. form

## Meaning & use

Astronomy.

1. 1853–
   Measured or expressed with reference to the surface of Jupiter; of or relating to the surface of Jupiter.
   1. 1853

      > They are nevertheless entirely destitute of that permanence which would characterise Zenographic features, such as are observed, for example, on Mars.

      D. Lardner, Hand-book of Natural Philosophy & Astronomy vol. III. ii. xv. 340
   2. 1971

      > A bright spot at zenographic latitude 23°.8 N displayed the shortest rotation period ever recorded on Jupiter.

      Icarus vol. 14 343
   3. 2006

      > Latitudes are zenographic. In all images, south is up and longitude increases to the right.

      Icarus vol. 185 246
   astronomy
   1. zenographic 1853–
      Measured or expressed with reference to the surface of Jupiter; of or relating to the surface of Jupiter.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌziːnəˈɡrafɪk/
zee-nuh-GRAFF-ik

### U.S. English

/ˌzinəˈɡræfɪk/
zee-nuh-GRAFF-ik

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zenographic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zenographic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zenographic, adj., 1900–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1900 | 0.00001
1910 | 0.00001
1920 | 0.00004
1930 | 0.0001
1940 | 0.0003
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0004
1970 | 0.0004
1980 | 0.0004
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0002

Originally published as part of the entry for zeno-, comb. form

zeno-, comb. form was revised in June 2018.