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EQUATORIAL AXIS

Specialty Definition: EQUATORIAL AXIS

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Space

Among the two mutually perpendicular axes of a telescope, the one that points at the celestial pole. To keep a star in view, the telescope must be rotated around this axis at the same rate as the Earth turns. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: EQUATORIAL AXIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-i-i-l-o-q-r-s-t-u-x"

-4 letters: equatorial, quixotries.

-5 letters: aerialist, ataraxies, estuarial, oralities, qualities, quartiles, requitals, solitaire.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EQUATORIAL AXIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 51 55 41 54 4F 52 49 41 4C      41 58 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010001 01010101 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 01001001 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000001 01011000 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#81 &#85 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#73 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#65 &#88 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0051 0055 0041 0054 004F 0052 0049 0041 004C      0041 0058 0049 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39515535544952433546235584353

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1. Anagrams
2. Orthography
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