The complement of the declination. The angular distance of a heavenly body from one of the poles, counted on from 0° to 180°.
·adj Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates. II. P...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Remoteness of place; a remote place. II. Distance ·vt To place at a distance or remotely. II...
The run which a ship has made upon the log-board. In speaking of double stars, it is the space separ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negat...
·adj Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which h...
The Arctic and the Antarctic; 23° 28′ from either pole. ...
See compression of the poles. ...
Those parts of the world which lie within the Arctic and Antarctic circles. ...
This term, when applied to celestial bodies, implies that the sun and moon, or moon and stars, are w...
An astronomical term, denoting the distance of a body from the sun or earth projected upon the eclip...
The average distance of a planet from the sun; it is equal to half the longer axis of the ellipse, a...
The angular distance of any celestial object from the zenith at the time of observation. In navigati...
The point within which iron-plated ships, under concentrated fire, may be damaged. ...
When the angle between her and the sun, or a star, admits of measurement for lunar observation. ...
When the angle between those bodies admits of measurement for lunars (about 130°). ...