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CELESTIAL LATITUDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
Synonyms:
celestial latitude; dec; declination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("celestial latitude" is a kind of...):
angular distance (the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
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