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?
| 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
U.S. English
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
- zenithwards, adv.1826–
- Zenker, n.¹1872–
- Zenker, n.²1894–
- Zen-like, adj.a1908–
- Zen master, n.1907–
- Zenned-out, adj.1968–
- Zennist, adj. & n.1904–
- zeno-, comb. form
- zenocentric, adj.1911–
- Zenocratically, adv.1588
- zenographic, adj.1853–
- zenographical, adj.1853–
- zenography, n.1890–
- Zenonian, adj.¹ & n.¹1654–
- Zenonian, adj.²1756–
- Zenonian, adj.³ & n.²1837–
- Zenonic, adj.¹1779–
- Zenonic, adj.²1827–
- Zenonism, n.¹1789–
- Zenonism, n.²1935–
- zenzi-, comb. form
Meaning & use
- 1853–Measured or expressed with reference to the surface of Jupiter; of or relating to the surface of Jupiter.
- 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 - 1971
A bright spot at zenographic latitude 23°.8 N displayed the shortest rotation period ever recorded on Jupiter.
Icarus vol. 14 343 - 2006
Latitudes are zenographic. In all images, south is up and longitude increases to the right.
Icarus vol. 185 246
the world the universe cosmology astronomy planetology [adjectives] Jupiter with reference to the surface of Jupiter- zenographic1853–Measured or expressed with reference to the surface of Jupiter; of or relating to the surface of Jupiter.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
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
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
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 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 |