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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
Synonyms:
HA; hour angle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("HA" 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)
Context examples:
“Ha, ha! You remember my case!” said he proudly.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“The one I was always going to write to. And always didn't, eh! Ha, ha, ha! Yes, I had an uncle then. He died soon after I left school.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I am content if I am like the rest, so that no man stops if he see me, or pause in his speaking if he hear my words, 'Ha, ha! a stranger!'
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
You doubt your immortality, eh? Ha! ha! You are not sure of it. You won’t chance it. This life only you are certain is real.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Hum... ha... well, if the boy held his tongue because he promised, and not from obstinacy, I'll forgive him.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
You will hurt yourself, Miss Bertram, she cried; you will certainly hurt yourself against those spikes; you will tear your gown; you will be in danger of slipping into the ha-ha.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A shout of laughter greeted his entrance; noisy at first, and terminating in Grace Poole's own goblin ha! ha! She then was there.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It is a funny sight. I want to laugh out loud, Ha! ha! just like that, it is so funny.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Then he said: “Ha, ha, that is certainly my little cousin, who died only a few days ago,” and he beckoned with his finger, and cried: “Come, little cousin, come.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Ha, ha!
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
