mean distance

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• Distance

  ·noun Remoteness of place; a remote place. II. Distance ·vt To place at a distance or remotely. II...

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• distance

  The run which a ship has made upon the log-board. In speaking of double stars, it is the space separ...

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• Mean

  ·noun Meantime; meanwhile. II. Mean ·noun A mediator; a go-between. III. Mean ·vi To have a purpos...

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• mean

  for means. Many American writers, following the Scottish models, make use of mean instead of means. ...

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• mean

  As a general term implies the medium, but a mean of bad observations can never make a good one. ...

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• angular distance

  This term, when applied to celestial bodies, implies that the sun and moon, or moon and stars, are w...

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• curtate distance

  An astronomical term, denoting the distance of a body from the sun or earth projected upon the eclip...

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• polar distance

  The complement of the declination. The angular distance of a heavenly body from one of the poles, co...

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• zenith-distance

  The angular distance of any celestial object from the zenith at the time of observation. In navigati...

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• Mean-spirited

  ·adj Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. ...

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• mean anomaly

  See anomaly. ...

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• mean equinox

  The position of the equinox independent of the effects of nutation. ...

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• mean motion

  The rate at which a body moving in an elliptic orbit would proceed at an equal velocity throughout. ...

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• mean noon

  The noon of a mean day supposing the year to be divided into days of equal length. It differs from a...

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• mean obliquity

  The obliquity of the ecliptic, unaffected with nutation. ...

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• mean sun

  See time, mean. ...

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• mean time

  See time, mean. ...

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• time, mean

  , or mean solar time. That shown by a clock or watch when compensated for the unequal progress of ...

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• breaking-plate distance

  The point within which iron-plated ships, under concentrated fire, may be damaged. ...

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• moon in distance

  When the angle between her and the sun, or a star, admits of measurement for lunar observation. ...

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• sun and moon in distance

  When the angle between those bodies admits of measurement for lunars (about 130°). ...

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• mean place of a star

  Its position at a given time, independent of aberration and nutation. ...

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