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Supercelestial :: Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven..

Tropic :: Tropic (n.) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names..

Zenith :: Zenith (n.) That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.

Anagoge :: Anagoge (n.) An elevation of mind to things celestial.

Globe :: Globe (n.) A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe..

Day :: Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day

Celestial :: Celestial (a.) Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens..

Uranic :: Uranic (a.) Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical.

Ecliptic :: Ecliptic (a.) A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23¡ 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun..

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

Depression :: Depression (n.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.

Cathay :: Cathay (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.).

Horizon :: Horizon (n.) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon..

Celestial :: Celestial (n.) A native of China.

Equation :: Equation (n.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion..

Fleshly :: Fleshly (a.) Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.

Firmament :: Firmament (v. & a.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.

Supernatant :: Supernal (a.) Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace..

Declination :: Declination (n.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward..

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