The angular distance of a body from the first point of Aries, measured upon the ecliptic, as viewed from the sun.
·adj ·Alt. of <<Heliocentrical>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
As seen from, or having reference to, the centre of the sun. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Length; measure or distance along the longest line; — distinguished from breadth or thickness...
Is an arc of the equator, or any parallel of latitude, contained between the meridian of a place and...
The angular distance of a heavenly body from the first point of Aries, measured upon the ecliptic, a...
These are great circles passing through the poles of the ecliptic, and so cutting it at right angles...
See supplement of longitude. ...
The difference of any place from another eastward or westward, counted in degrees of the equator: th...
The distance east and west, as computed from the ship's course and distance run, carried forward fro...
Is estimated by the difference between the time at the place, and the time indicated by chronometer....
The term usually applied to its complement, or what it wants of 180°. ...
The longitude calculated by observing the moon's angular distance from the sun or a fixed star. It i...
An arc of the ecliptic, contained between the first point of Aries and a circle of longitude passing...