单词 | celestial latitude |
释义 | celestial latitude (once / 1969886 pages) n WORD FAMILY celestial latitude USAGE EXAMPLESChunfen, which means spring equinox, falls when the sun is exactly at the celestial latitude of zero degrees. Wall Street Journal(Mar 20, 2013) For some reason astronomers have not, as we might expect, applied to these measurements the terms ‘celestial longitude’ and ‘celestial latitude.’ Grimm, Florence M., Astronomical Lore in Chaucer(2011) n (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere Syn|Hyper dec, declination angular distance the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer |
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