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hour circle

Astron. any great circle of the celestial sphere which passes through the celestial poles and is therefore perpendicular to the celestial equator

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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