oblique ascension
Astronomy (now rare )
noun
(Of a celestial object) the arc of the celestial equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the celestial equator which rises at the same time as the body.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blundeville (fl. 1561), author and translator.
- rain boot
- rainbow
- rainbow agate
- rainbow bee-eater
- rainbow bird
- rainbow boa
- Rainbow Bridge
- rainbow cactus
- rainbow chase
- rainbow-chaser
- rainbow-chasing
- rainbow coalition
- rainbow crystal
- rainbow darter
- rainbowed
- rainbowfish
- rainbow flag
- rainbow flower
- rainbow-like
- rainbow lorikeet
- rainbow lory
- rainbow nation
- rainbow pitta
- rainbow runner
- rainbow serpent