Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
PLAYFAIR. Astron. The name of a depression in the north-central part of the moon, called after John Playfair (1748–1819), of Benvie, near Dundee, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh. Deriv. playfairite, in Geol., a lead antimony sulphide (1967 J. L. Jambor in Canadian Mineralogist IX. 191).
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Playfair ". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snd00090185>
