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Definition: Celestial Horizon |
Celestial HorizonNoun1. The great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | That great circle of the celestial sphere formed by the intersection of the celestial sphere and a plane through the center of the earth and perpendicular to the zenith-nadir line. Also called rational horizon. See horizon, horizon system. (references) |
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Synonym: Celestial HorizonSynonym: horizon (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Celestial Horizon |
| Specialty definitions using "celestial horizon": astro altitude ♦ celestial coordinates ♦ horizon system of coordinates ♦ nautical twilight. (references) |
Expression using "celestial horizon": rational or celestial horizon. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "celestial horizon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | истинный горизонт (rational horizon, true horizon). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-i-l-l-n-o-o-r-s-t-z" | |
-3 letters: creolizations. | |
-4 letters: colonializes, creolization, heliolatries, iconolatries, lectionaries, neorealistic, orientalizes, rhizoctonias. | |
-5 letters: centralizes, chlorinates, cholesterol, citronellas, clothesline, coleorhizae, colonialist, colonialize, horizontals, interschool, lecithinase, literalizes, orientalize, oscillation, recolonizes, relocations, resocialize, rhizoctonia. | |
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