The angular distance of any celestial object from the zenith at the time of observation. In navigation the meridional zenith-distance of a heavenly body is much used for finding the latitude.
·noun hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or p...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The pole of the horizon, or that point in the heavens directly overhead, as nadir is that which is d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·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...
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 complement of the declination. The angular distance of a heavenly body from one of the poles, co...
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°). ...