The equinoctial arc intercepted between the right and oblique ascensions (which see).
·adj Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional po...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Choice; preference. II. Difference ·vt To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as diff...
An important army term, meaning firstly the sum to be paid by officers when exchanging from the half...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The distance between any two places on the same meridian, or the difference between the parallels of...
The difference of any place from another eastward or westward, counted in degrees of the equator: th...