CELESTIAL LATITUDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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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