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vertical circle

Astron. any great circle of the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and the nadir and perpendicular to the horizon

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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