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GALACTIC CIRCLE

Definition: GALACTIC CIRCLE

GALACTIC CIRCLE

1. (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. --Herschel.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: GALACTIC CIRCLE

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	= galactic equator.See galactic system of coordinates. (references)
Literature	Galactic Circle (The) is to sidereal astronomy what the ecliptic is to planetary astronomy. The Galaxy being the sidereal equator, the Galactic circle is inclined to it at an angle of 63 degrees. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: GALACTIC CIRCLE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
World	Heavenly bodies, stars, asteroids; nebulae; galaxy, milky way, galactic circle, via lactea, ame no kawa.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: GALACTIC CIRCLE

English words defined with "GALACTIC CIRCLE": Galactic poles. (references)

Anagrams: GALACTIC CIRCLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-c-e-g-i-i-l-l-r-t"
	-5 letters: altricial, argillite, cartilage.
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Alternative Orthography: GALACTIC CIRCLE

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

47 41 4C 41 43 54 49 43 43 49 52 43 4C 45

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

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

01000111 01000001 01001100 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000011 01001001 01010010 01000011 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0041 004C 0041 0043 0054 0049 0043 0043 0049 0052 0043 004C 0045

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

41354635375443372374352374639

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography

5. Bibliography

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