codeclination

[ koh-dek-luh-ney-shuhn ]

nounAstronomy.
  1. the complement of declination; the angular distance along a great circle from the celestial pole.

Origin of codeclination

1
First recorded in 1805–15; co- + declination

Words Nearby codeclination

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British Dictionary definitions for codeclination

codeclination

/ (ˌkəʊdɛklɪˈneɪʃən) /


noun
  1. another name for polar distance

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