How to pronounce“comparative”in English
As William Dunbar had put it, this eclipse was to be seen all over Europe and North America, and was thus very important for settling
comparative longitudes. Basically, you just figure out the local time where you see the eclipse in all of these different places.
Allows you to have a good comparison of longitudes from throughout the whole space where you could see the eclipse.
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Definitions of “comparative”
Of or relating to comparison.
“He gave us a comparative example to illustrate how the human mind works.”
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
“A comparative study between Homo Sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis.”
The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
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